22 January 2009 - 11:37Hazardous Materials Just Got Less Haphazard
Dear Good People of Ontario,
You’ve waited a long time for this. You’ve wanted a dependable resource that not only tells you what to do with old paint cans, antifreeze, batteries and other hazardous materials, but tells you the nearest place to take them.
Stewardship Ontario’s new online resource www.dowhatyoucan.ca can tell you where the nearest depot is, including more and more retailers like Home Depot, RONA and Jiffy Lube, not just municipal take-back sites.
Go to dowhatyoucan.ca and type in your postal code or municipality. You’ll find out which products you can return and where.
BUT…do note that this online resource is a work in progress. Currently in phase one, the program allows for returns of paints and coatings and their containers, solvents such as thinners for paint, lacquer and contact cement, paint strippers and degreasers, used oil filters, oil containers of 30 litres or less, single-use batteries, antifreeze, propane tanks, fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides and pesticides.
The next stage (up by the summer) will include more items such as aerosol containers, fluorescent light bulbs and tubes, switches that contain mercury, thermostats, thermometers and barometers.
The last phase will address items like corrosive cleaners such as ammonia, and pool and photo chemicals.
Thanks to Keith McArthur for the tip and for reading ecoblogist!
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