Hazardous waste depots this weekend in Ottawa

Spring is in the air and that means it's time to clean out the basement, garage or storage locker of all the unwanted stuff you collected over the winter.

The City of Ottawa is continuing with its popular household hazardous waste collection program this year.

The first one will be on Sunday April 29 at the OC Transpo Park & Ride, 1201 Trim Road between the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Here is a list of things you can take to the depot:

Aerosol containers
Propane cylinders
Disinfectants
Fluorescent bulbs/tubes
Fire extinguishers
Fertilizers and pesticides
Mercury switches/thermometers
Needles and syringes
Pharmaceuticals
Paints and coatings
Oven and window cleaners
Pool chemicals

The electronic waste (e-waste) depots have already started and the next one will be at the Kanata Recreation Complex, 100 Charlie Rogers Place on Saturday April 28 between the hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Residential, industrial and commercial e-waste is accepted at this site.

Here is a list of things you can take to the depot:

Televisions
Desktop computers and terminals
Monitors
Laptop computers
Desktop printers
Fax machines
Disk drives
CD-ROM drives
Keyboards and mice
Amplifiers, stereos, speakers, receivers
Cameras, digital cameras
Copiers, fax machines, scanners
Pagers, PDAs
Radios
Telephones, cellphones, answering machines
VCR and DVD players

Household hazardous waste is not accepted at the e-waste depot.