Recycling

Residential curbside recycling is in place and is picked up every other week by Loraas Recycling. Recycle carts must be at the curb no later than 7 a.m. on the collection day (view 2023 schedule). Pick up times vary from week to week and pickup frequency is subject to change.  Residents are asked to remove carts from the street and bring back on their property by 8 p.m. that same day.

This is a single-stream recycling program meaning that items do not have to be sorted by the resident. 

Use of Carts

Only place items that are designated as recyclable within the blue recycling cart. Carts will be monitored and unacceptable items will be left curbside, or your cart will be rejected for collection. Thank you for your cooperation and commitment to recycling.

Allowable Materials

1. Paper / Fibre Materials (do not bag or tie)

• Flattened corrugated cardboard and paperboard (i.e. empty cereal boxes, empty detergent boxes, empty tissue boxes)
• Newspapers, flyers, inserts, junk mail
• Magazines, catalogues, paperback books, hardcover books with covers and spine removed
• Telephone books
• Letter quality paper
• Brown paper bags, tissue roll cores, gift and packing paper, paper egg cartons
• Envelopes with or without windows
• Copier paper, computer printouts, NCR (no carbon required) paper

2. Containers (clean and rinsed, do not bag or tie) 

• Aluminum soft drink and beer cans
• Household tin cans (please rinse)
• Milk cartons and jugs (please rinse and remove caps)
• Juice cartons, boxes and aseptic containers (please rinse)
• Plastic soft drink and water bottles (please remove caps)
• Household plastic containers and bottles (must have the recycling arrows with a number #1 through #7 on the bottom. A container with the arrows but no number means the container is made from recycled materials, but may not be recyclable itself and cannot be accepted)

Not Accepted

3. Paper / Fibre Materials 

• Waxed, plasticized or food contaminated paper, cardboard, cups or paper plates
• Soiled tissues, napkins and paper towels
• Confetti shredded paper
• Heavily dyed or colored construction paper
• Styrofoam or other foam packing materials
• Household garbage, organics, hazardous or regulated waste
• Items other than those listed in the paper / fibre section

4. Containers 

• Contaminated plastic food or product wrap
• Hazardous chemical containers (e.g. motor oil containers)
• Auto parts, batteries
• Any scrap metals other than household tin and aluminum cans
• Propane tanks, gasoline or any type of fuel containers
• Wire or plastic clothes hangers
• Clear plastic clamshell containers without the recycling arrows and number 1 through 7
• Plastic toys or Tupperware
• Plastic pipe
• Outdoor lawn furniture
• Items other than those listed in containers section
• No cups, dishes, ashtrays, window glass, mirrors, Pyrex, ceramics, light bulbs or crystal 
• ***NEW*** Effective April 2018, plastic grocery bags and wrap are no longer accepted for recycling. This includes clean plastic food wrap and clean plastic product wrap

For more information please visit the Loraas recycling website.