Round-up Days

All Round Up Events will run from 8am to 12pm

Round Up Dates for 2026:

  1. June 20 - Carden Recreation Centre - 258 Lake Dalrymple Rd, Sebright
  2. July 25 - Rolling Hills Public School - 694 Hwy 7A/Hwy 35, Manvers
  3. August 15 - Bobcaygeon Public School - 30 Balaclava St., Bobcaygeon
  4. August 29 - Coboconk Roads Depot - 2863 Kawartha Lakes Road 48, Coboconk

Here’s what you can bring to our Round Up Day events:

Household Hazardous Waste:

  • 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:

The following items are 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:

  • 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:

  • 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, DVD's, CD's

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

Contact Us

Kawartha Lakes 
P.O. Box 9000, 26 Francis Street
Lindsay, ON, K9V 5R8
Telephone: 705-324-9411
Toll free at 1-888-822-2225
After-hours emergencies: 1-877-885-7337

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