Accepted Items and Fees
Accepted Items and Fees
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Please ask the site attendant or contact the Township office if you require additional information.
Household waste and blue box fibres and containers are accepted at the following sites at no charge:
- Site 9
- Bayfield
- Pointe au Baril
- Skerryvore
- Crane Lake
- Healey Lake
- Woods Bay
- Devil's Elbow
- Sheep Head
- MacFarlane Street (Town of Parry Sound)
- Twelve Mile Bay Road (Georgian Bay Township)
- Site 9
- Crane Lake
- Healey Lake
- Woods Bay
- Skerryvore
- all textiles with the exception of under garments
- matching pairs of shoes
- purses
- linens, towels and draperies
- Site 9
- Crane Lake
- Healey Lake
- Woods Bay
The Township of The Archipelago is an Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA) authorized electronics collector. EPRA is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization that operates the regulated electronics recycling program across Canada, ensuring that end-of-life electronics are handled in a safe, secure and environmentally-sound manner.
As the Township is an approved collector with EPRA, both Township residents and non-residents may dispose of acceptable electronics for recycling at the sites listed below.
Household electronics are collected and diverted from the waste stream, free of charge, at the following sites:
- Site 9
- Crane Lake
- Healey Lake
- Woods Bay
There is no charge for the disposal of electronic waste.
- Site 9
- Crane Lake
- Healey Lake
- Devil's Elbow
- Sheep Head
- Woods Bay (Please note that the wood/furniture bin has been removed for the winter months effective November 9th, 2020. Ratepayers may use the Healey Lake Transfer Station for disposal of these items.)
Unfortunately, some property owners have just pulled their old docks into bays and have abandoned them. These docks create potential navigational issues. Not the least, they are unsightly in our otherwise beautiful environment.
Property owners are responsible for the safe disposal of their old docks. We ask that our residents and associations identify docks that appear to be abandoned; create a pictorial inventory; talk with surrounding property owners to clarify the status of the docks; and, when it is clear that a dock is truly abandoned, assist each other in finding a way to remove the dock from our waterways.
Thank you for your consideration and assistance.
- Site 9
- Crane Lake
- Healey Lake
- Woods Bay
- Devil's Elbow
- Sheep Head
- Site 9
- Crane Lake
- Healey Lake
- Devil's Elbow
- Sheep Head
- Woods Bay (Please note the the scrap metal bin has been removed for the winter months effective November 5th, 2019. Ratepayers may use the Healey Lake Transfer site to dispose of these items.)
Effective January 1, 2019, new Provincial regulation makes tire producers directly responsible and accountable for meeting mandatory collection and recycling targets for used tires. As a result, the Township of The Archipelago will no longer be collecting used tires at any of its sites. For more information regarding tire recycling in the Province, please visit the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) website.
Residents may dispose of used tires at the following locations:
1. At the retail facility where the tires were purchased.
2. At a Provincially approved collection site. To find a collection site in the Parry Sound area, please visit the RPRA website.
Should you have any questions, please email Lisa Voortman, Waste Lead Hand.
Residents and contractors may dispose of chippable wood and brush at the Site 9 Landfill site at a tipping fee of $15.00 per cubic yard.