Organizing Links
You have many options when it comes to donating or recycling your sorted items, and you’ll find a few general suggestions on this page.
Charities
Canadian Diabetes Association – Donate used clothing, linens, dishes, toys, furniture, knick-knacks, empty or expired inkjet and laser cartridges, vehicles
Habitat for Humanity – Donate reusable building materials such as windows, doors, paint, hardware, lumber, tools, lighting fixtures
May Court of Canada, women’s shelters – household and clothing items donation
Environmentally Friendly Recycling
Paper Retriever Recycling (green and yellow bins) – paper and box board donations
Electronic Recycling – Best Buy, Staples, landfill site depots
Batteries – Rona, Staples
Medications – drop off at your local pharmacy
Paint, Chemicals – take to your local landfill site depots
Unopened Paint – Habitat for Humanity Restore
Hazardous materials – landfill site depots
Tech-Heads – electronic recycling
Cleaning and Property Maintenance Services
Professional Cleaning Specialists
Other Resources
Freecycle Network – Find a new home for those items you no longer need
Kijiji – Free Classified Ads in Canada
Craigslist– Classified Advertisement Website
Auctioneers – your items can be sold with those of others at a larger event, on site or off site