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Round Up Days

Round Up Days return in 2025

The dates for the 2025 Round Up Days have been set! This summer we'll be coming out to the community four different times to save you a trip to the landfill. Check out the dates below and scroll further down for details on what you can bring.

Saturday June 21 – Carden
Carden Recreation Centre, 258 Lake Dalrymple Rd, Sebright, ON L0K 1W0

Saturday July 19 – Manvers
Rolling Hills Public School, 694 ON-7A, Bethany, ON L0A 1A0

Saturday July 26 – Bobcaygeon
Bobcaygeon Public School, 30 Balaclava St, Bobcaygeon, ON K0M 1A0

Saturday August 16 – Coboconk
Coboconk Road’s Depot, 2863 CKL #48, Coboconk, ON K9V 4W9

All events will be from 8am to 12pm. All suitable recyclable materials listed below will be accepted free of charge.


Here’s what we diverted in 2024 from all four Round Up Day events:

With your help, our Round Up Days diverted 14.5 tonnes of waste from our landfills last summer! See below for a breakdown for each category:

Household Hazardous Waste: 11 Tonnes

  • Items accepted include automotive products, batteries, paints and solvents, household products, empty tanks and containers, personal care products, products that contain mercury, pesticides and fertilizers. 

Textiles: 2 Tonnes 

The following items were accepted:

  • Clothing: active wear, bathing suits, bathrobes, belts, ties, coats, dresses, hats, jeans, pants, parkas, purses, scarves, shirts, skirts, socks, sweaters, t-shirts, undergarments, and uniforms.
  • Footwear: athletic shoes, boots, cleats, dress shoes, high heels, running shoes, slip-ons, slippers, loafers, and sneakers.
  • Linens: bedding, blankets, comforters, curtains, cushions, mats, oven mitts, pillows, rags, sewing fabric, sheets, sleeping bags, stuffed toys, towels, wash cloths.

Note: ripped and stained items were accepted for recycling.

Bulky Plastics: 1.5 Tonne

  • Items accepted include plastic beverage crates (milk crates), clean plastic drums, totes, empty garbage cans, recycling bins, plastic lawn furniture and clean plastic buckets/pails with any metal handles removed.
  • Items must be greater than 10 litres or 10 kilograms capacity (2.5 gallon), up to and including the size of Kawartha Lakes’ largest recycling bin (95 gallon).

Items that were not accepted for Bulky Plastic recycling: toys, rubber, tarps, carpet, liners, pool covers, dock barrels, PVC/ABS pipes, vinyl siding, boat wrap, coolers and anything that contained metal.

Electronics Bin:

  • Items accepted include computers and all accessories (headphones, mice, keyboards, etc), networking equipment (servers, switches, routers, etc), mobile devices (cell phones, tablets, mp3 players, e-readers, etc), displays (flatscreen TVs, monitors), printers (copiers, fax machines, scanners, etc), audio/video equipment (cable boxes, DVD/CD players, projectors, cameras, stereo systems, etc), small appliances (microwave, toaster, kettle, blender/mixer, slow cooker, coffee maker, etc), game systems, games, DVDs, and CDs.

Any questions or inquiries can be emailed to your Waste Management Team or call 705-324-9411

Sat May 28 – Manvers
   Rolling Hills Public School, 694 ON-7A, Bethany, ON L0A 1A0

Sat June 11 - Coboconk
  Coboconk Road’s Depot, 2863 CKL #48, Coboconk

Sat June 25 – Carden
  Carden Recreation Centre, 258 Lake Dalrymple Rd, Sebright, ON L0K 1W0

 Sat July 9 - Bobcaygeon

  Bobcaygeon Public School, 30 Balaclava St, Bobcaygeon, ON K0M 1A0

 

All events run from 8am to 12pm. All materials accepted free of charge. Residents are invited to drop off:

 

Household Hazardous Waste

  • Automotive products, batteries, paints and solvents, household products, empty tanks and containers, personal care products, products that contain mercury, pesticides and fertilizers. 

Textiles 

  • Clothing: Active wear, Bathing suits, Bathrobes, Belts/Ties, Coats, Dresses, Hats, Jeans, Pants, Parkas, Purses, Scarves, Shirts, Skirts, Socks, Sweaters, T-shirts, Undergarments, Uniforms.
  • Footwear: Athletic shoes, Boots, Cleats, Dress shoes, High heels, Running shoes, Slip-ons, Slippers, Loafers, Sneakers.
  • Linens: Bedding, Blankets, Comforters, Curtains, Cushions, Mats, Oven mitts, Pillows, Rags, Sewing fabric, Sheets, Sleeping bags, Stuffed toys, Towels, Wash cloths.

Note: ripped and stained items will be accepted for recycling.

Bulky Plastics

  • Items accepted include plastic beverage crates (milk crates), clean plastic drums, totes, empty garbage cans, recycling bins, plastic lawn furniture and clean plastic buckets/pails.
  • Items must be greater than 10 litres or 10 kilograms capacity (2.5 gallon) and up to and including the size of Kawartha Lakes’ largest recycling bin (95 gallon).

Not accepted: toys, furniture, pipes, carpet, liners, pool covers, dock barrels or vinyl siding.

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