Recycling

The Town of Melita offers Curbside Recycling Pickup available to all residents and businesses.

Frequently Asked Questions

Residential & Commercial Recycling

-effective June 12 residential and commercial will be picked up on the same day.

-Commercial cardboard will not be picked up

2012 Scheduled pick up Dates:

-June 13 & 27

-July 12 & 26

-August 10 & 24

-September 8 & 22

-October 9 & 23

-November 6 & 21

-December 5 & 19

Recycled items indlude:

  • Newspapers - including flyers & inserts.
  • Aluminum Containers - including all rigid aluminum containers.
  • Glass Containers - including all liquor bottles and glass jars.
  • Plastic Containers - including soft drink bottles, milk jugs, food products and personal care product containers, and laundry detergent containers.
  • Steel Containers - including all steel food/beverage cans.
  • Magazines/Catalogues - including glossy paper publications.
  • Gable Top Beverage Cartons - including milk, milk products and juice cartons.
  • Boxboard - including all paperboard boxes (e.g. cereal boxes, laundry detergent boxes, toy boxes, show boxes, etc.)


Items Not accepted

Hard cover books (if cover is removed will accept)
Tin foil of any kind
Styrofoam
Glass from windows
Plastic bags and film
#3 plastic (PVC)
Non-food containers IE:  anti-freeze, motor oil containers
General metal scrap
Computers, TV’s another electronics

Please Note: Labels will not have to be removed from containers, but all containers must be rinsed out.