Algonquin Park’s

Recycling & Organics Program

 

The Park has MOLOK units throughout the HWY 60 corridor to collect recyclables, organics & garbage. So at any given location you may see a MOLOK containers for Paper Recycling, Container Recycling and Regular Garbage. Organics MOLOKs are available at some locations, check with your park staff to see if it is available where you are staying.

Visitors to Algonquin Park’s campgrounds will be given a blue plastic bag for recycling and a paper bag for organics collection (where available).

All visitors to Algonquin park are required to separate paper and container recyclables and organic waste (where available) from you regular garbage. See below for how to separate your waste properly.

For more information on how to sort your recyclables and where to deposit them, look on the posters around the park, on page 7 of your Park tabloid or ask Park staff.

What Goes Where?

Click on the icons below to bring you to lists of acceptable recyclable items

Paper Recycling

Can be mixed together but must be kept separate from containers

Container Recycling

Can be mixed together but must be kept separate from paper

Organics

In paper bags only

Garbage

 

 

 

Paper Recycling

Paper can be mixed together but must be kept separate from containers.

 

What Can I Recycle?

  • Boxboard (cereal, tissue & cracker boxes)
  • Books (hard covers and bindings removed)
  • Corrugated cardboard
  • Colouring books
  • Catalogues & magazines
  • Paper towel rolls
  • Newspapers & flyers
  • Junk mail
  • Phone books
  • Paper bags
  • Wrapping & tissue paper
  • Greeting cards
  • Shredded paper (in a clear plastic bag)
  • Writing paper & envelopes
  • File folders
  • Computer paper

NO dirty or soiled paper

NO paper with contaminated with food

 

NO Propane Tanks

Look for the correct MOLOK when depositing recycling

 

Container Recycling

Containers can be mixed together but must be kept separate from paper.

What Can I Recycle?

  • Aerosol cans, empty
  • Aluminum plates and cans
  • Applesauce, pudding, yogurt cups
  • Baby wipe containers
  • Cartons (milk, juice, cream)
  • Cardboard cans (frozen juice, peanuts, hot chocolate, etc.)
  • Egg cartons, plastic only
  • Glass bottles and jars (lids removed)
  • Juice boxes
  • Plastic bags: bread, hotdog hamburger, milk&grocery (stuff plastic bags into another plastic bag)
  • Plastic containers (food & beverage, shampoo bottles,household cleaning bottles)
  • Plastic tubs and lids
  • Styrofoam products (plates, cups, meat trays, egg cartons, packaging)
  • Steel cans
  • Soup cans

NO wood bags

NO Propane Tanks

Look for the correct MOLOK when depositing recycling

 

Organics

click here for list of locations


Paper Bags only

 NO plastic bags

NO biodegradeable bags

No Plastic compostable bags


What Can I Compost?

  • All table scraps
  • Cooking oil, grease, fat (solidified, small  quantities only)
  • Meat, chicken, fish, bones
  • Fruit & vegetable peelings
  • Egg & nut shells
  • Bread, rice, pasta
  • Dairy products, cheese
  • Microwave popcorn bags
  • Waxed corrugated cardboard
  • Paper cups
  • Paper egg cartons & trays
  • Coffee grounds & filters
  • Tea leaves & bags
  • Soiled paper (including cardboard, napkins, towels, plates, cups,
    tissues & waxed paper)

NO diapers

NO animal feces

NO plastics of any kind

         NO Propane Tanks

 

 

Garbage

What Goes in Regular Garbage?

  • Wood bags
  • Animal feces
  • Broken glass & mirrors
  • Bubble wrap
  • Ceramics & dishes
  • Cookie bags
  • Chip bags
  • Candy wrappers
  • Cereal box liners
  • Clothing
  • Diapers
  • Hot dog wrappers
  • Shrinkwrap/cling wrap/food wrap
  • Feminine hygiene products
  • Freezie wrappers
  • Empty oil containers
  • Plastic toys
  • Pool floats/noodles
  • Broken plastic furniture

NO Propane Tanks