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# Landfill & Recycling
### Johnson Tarbutt Joint Landfill
Location:
3860 Government Rd, Desbarats, ON P0R 1E0
Between Puddingstone Road and the railway tracks.
**Landfill Hours**
Saturdays : 9 am - 5 pm
Wednesdays : 12 pm -7 pm (summer)
12 pm - 5 pm (winter)
**Share Shed Hours**
Saturdays : 9 am - 5 pm
Wednesdays : 12 pm - 5 pm
## RECYCLING PROGRAM
### New for January 1, 2026
## What you can recycle
**Glass bottles, jars, foam packaging and flexible plastics are now accepted** in the Township's recycling program. This update is part of province-wide changes through**Circular Materials Ontario** to modernize recycling and improve convenience for residents.
## Be recycle ready
* Give containers a quick rinse before putting in your recycling
* Place materials clean, dry and loose in your recycling
* Flatten and bundle cardboard to save space
* Lids and labels can remain on containers
* Sort your materials before arriving at the Landfill for a quicker drop off
* Hazardous materials like batteries and medical sharps do not belong in your recycling. Safely recycle them at a designated drop off location
Paper and Fibre
Plastics and foam
Metal
Glass
Paper and Fibre
Cardboard boxes
Pizza boxes, direct mail boxes, moving boxes, shoe boxes.
Boxboard
Cereal boxes, tissue boxes, egg cartons, rolls from toilet paper and paper towel.
Paper laminate packaging
Pet food bags, food service paper bags, and plates.
Paper laminate containers
Spiral cans, cookie dough package, ice cream containers, and hot and cold beverage cups.
Cartons
Beverage cartons, juice and milk cartons, coffee creamers, and sugar cartons, soup and sauce cartons.
Paper
Any colour, including flour bags, prescription bags, paper produce bags.
Notepads, white or coloured loose paper, file folders, other printed materials.
Community newspapers, flyers, brochures and magazines.
Greeting cards and envelopes, gift boxes.
Plastics and foam
**Hard Plastic containers**
Laundry detergent and household cleaner jugs, shampoo, body wash, salad dressing, condiment, dish soap, mouth wash bottles, plastic beverage bottles.
Plastic packaging and containers
Food trays, salad, yogurt, peanut butter, bakery and egg containers, plastic cups, plastic tubs and lids, black plastic containers.
Tubes
Toothpaste tubes, deodorant, hand cream tubes.
Small item plastic packaging
Hand sanitizer bottles, medication bottles, blister packs, plant pots.
Flexible plastic packaging
Bags used for dry cleaning, bread, newspapers and flyers. Overwrap (paper towel & toilet paper, beverage containers). Coffee bags or deli pouches, chip bags, bubble wrap, snack wrappers, cereal liner bags, plastic gift bags.
Foam packaging
Meat trays, takeout containers, cups, plates, bowls, foam packaging for products.
Metal
Metal containers
Food cans, metal lids, cookie, coffee and tea tins, beverage cans.
Aluminum (foils and trays)
Aluminum foil, pie plates, frozen food trays.
Aerosol containers
Food spray, hairspray, air fresheners, shaving cream, deodorant.
Glass
Glass containers
Clear and coloured glass.
Food containers, jars and bottles, cosmetic containers, spice bottles, oil and vinegar bottles, non-alcoholic glass beverage containers.
### Where to Recycle
Recycling is available at the Joint Landfill Site located at **3860 Government Road**, Desbarats.
### On-Site Etiquette and Safety
* Please use a clear garbage bags for co-mingle recycling items (foam packaging, glass, plastics, etc.,)
* If the sea containers appear full, **ask the Landfill Assistant for direction.**
* **Do not leave materials on the ground** inside or outside the landfill.
* **Do not discard recyclables into the household or non household bins.**
* Please use caution while at the landfill.
### Household Hazardous Waste
**Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)** can be taken to the **Sault Ste. Marie Hazardous Waste Site** at **402 Fifth Line East, Sault Ste. Marie.** The hours of operation of the Household Hazardous Waste site can be viewed here
Please ensure you tell the attendant that you are from the Township of Tarbutt.
Click here to find out whats Acceptable vs Unacceptable.
## Tipping Fees (Effective February 1st, 2026)
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| **Landfill Tipping Fees** | |
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| Household Garbage (deposit in small green bins) | No Charge |
| Scrap Metal in designated bin (no propane tanks) | No Charge |
| Batteries (<5kg) and Electronics in designated containers | No Charge |
| Unpainted wood, yard waste, brush must placed in burn pile | No Charge |
| | |
| **Non-Household Waste** | ***(construction materials, furniture, painted wood, non recyclables)*** |
| Single Trailer | $15 |
| Half Ton Truck | $30 |
| Dual Axle Trailer | $75 |
| Single Axle Truck (one ton) | $75 |
| Double Axle Truck | $150 |
| Triple Axle Truck | $250 |
| | |
| Boats - wooden | 8.00 per foot (to back cell) |
| Boats - aluminmum | 8.00 per foot (to scrap metal) |
| Boats - fibreglass | 15.00 per foot (set aside at back cell) |
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| **Call Out Fee** (attendant is required to attend during off hours, to be arranged in advance with Township Office | ***Minimum 3 hours pay, plus expenses. Tipping fees to the tracked and invoiced.*** |
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| **Contaminated Non-Hazardous Waste Fees subject to change** | ***Must be approved in advance by Clerk with TCLP*** |
| 1 to 25 Loads | $200 per load |
| 26 to 50 Loads | $150 per load |
| 51 to 75 Loads | $100 per load |
| More than 75 Loads | $75 per load |
| 1 Load is taken to be a dump truck. Belly dumps to be taken as 2 Loads | |
### Battery Recycling
Please recycle batteries using the dedicated battery recycling station.
The Battery Recycling at the Joint Landfill has been relocated from the front of the office to a the side of share-shed sorting sea- container.
Please use caution and place damaged lithium-ion batteries in the dedicated safety container. Please talk to a landfill attendant about recycling damaged lithium-ion batteries.
### The Don'ts
Many items are labeled with the familiar recyling symbol, however, this does not mean that it is recycleable in OUR program!!
If you turn your plastic containers upside down, you will usually find the plastic identified by a number inside the recycling symbol and /or the letters **PETE** or **HDPE** underneath it.
Some exceptions to the #2 plastic that we CANNOT accept are: Motor oil bottles, pesticide and herbicide containers.
### Please do not recycle...
* Propane Bottles,
* Fridges
* Window pane glass, ceramics or china
* Light bulbs
* Coat hangers (plastic or metal)
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