Regional Recycling Depot (Essex)

Hours (Year Round)

• Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

2024 Holiday Schedule

• Christmas Eve (Dec. 24th) - OPEN / 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon
• Christmas Day (Dec. 25th) - closed.
• Boxing Day (Dec. 26th) - OPEN / 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon
• New Years' Eve (Dec. 31st) - OPEN / 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon

2025 Holiday Schedule

• New Year's Day (Jan. 1st, 2025) - closed.
• Family Day (Feb. 17th) - closed.
• Good Friday (April 18th) - closed.
• Easter Monday (Apr. 21st) - OPEN.
• Victoria Day (May 20th) - closed.
• Canada Day (July 1st) - closed.
• Civic Holiday (Aug. 4th) - closed.
• Labour Day (Sept. 1st) - closed.
• National Day for Truth & Reconciliation (Sept. 30^th) / OPEN.
• Thanksgiving Day (Oct. 13th) - closed.
• Remembrance Day (Nov. 11th) - OPEN.
• Christmas Eve (Dec. 24th) – OPEN / half day
• Christmas Day (Dec. 25th) - closed.
• Boxing Day (Dec. 26th) - closed.
• New Years' Eve (Dec. 31st) – OPEN / half day
• New Year's Day (Jan. 1, 2026) - closed.

Drop-off any of the following in the electronics bin at the Regional Recycling Depot free of charge.

Acceptable Materials:

• Computers (Desktops, laptops, tablets)
• Printers (desktop and floor-standing)
• Printer cartridges
• Video gaming devices
• Telephones, including cellular phones
• Display devices (TV’s, LCD and CRT monitors)
• Radios and stereos, including after-market vehicle stereos
• Headphones
• Speakers
• Cameras, including security cameras
• Video recorders
• Drones with audio or visual recording equipment
• Peripherals and cables used to support the function of information technology, telecommunications and audio-visual equipment, including charging equipment
• Parts of information technology, telecommunications and audio-visual equipment sold separately, such as hard drives
• Handheld point-of-sale terminals or devices
• Electronic musical instruments
• Audio recording equipment

List of Unaccepted Electronic Items

• ITT/AV Equipment weighing more than 250 kg
• Small and large appliances
• Power tools
• Electric vehicles (scooters, e-bikes)
• Children’s toys
• Textiles, clothing, furniture or any other upholstered or stuffed articles containing electronic components

Many everyday household chemical products are considered ‘toxic’ to the environment , humans and pets too! It is extremely important for all homeowners to remember that once they are finished with a household chemical product, if there is a “leftover or unused portion”, that it should be properly disposed by dropping it off at an EWSWA Depot.

Residents can drop off the following HHW materials - free of charge. Please note, this list is not comprehensive – this is just a sample of the types of products accepted. For more information regarding household chemical waste please refer to the Household Hazardous Waste section of the website.

• Household Cleaners
• Car Care Products
• Pool Chemicals
• Propane Tanks
• Gasoline
• Paints, stains, varnishes

There are designated bins available at the Regional Recycling Depot for the drop off of blue and red box materials - free of charge. A list of acceptable Blue and Red Box materials can be found the recycling webpage.

Scrap metal items (e.g. swing sets, barbeques) can be dropped off - free of charge.

Tipping fee schedule for tires is below:

• Tires (Car, SUV & Light Pick-up Truck – free of charge (no more than 10 tires per vehicle, per day)

Parameters

• 10 tires (car, SUV, & Light Pick-up Truck) per vehicle, per day are FREE.
• Both tires with AND without rims are accepted.
• Air has to be removed from tire - if possible; however, mandatory air removal for a split rim. 
• For loose tires without rims, tubes need to be removed and disposed of as garbage.
• As per O. Reg. 225/18, any customer dropping off more than 10 tires will be asked to provide their name and phone number by the scale staff. 

Excluded are bicycle tire and airplane tires.

There are other sites that accept tires for recycling.

EWSWA receives more than 20,000 tonnes of grass, leaves and other yard waste each year. These organic materials are processed, shredded, cured, and screened into nutrient-rich compost that is quality tested. Both residents and businesses can drop-off (fees may apply):

• Leaves
• Tree Stumps (restrictions apply)
• Plants, flowers, and garden waste

Thank you for keeping our local Essex-Windsor Regional Landfill. For more information on local efforts to keeping materials out of the landfill check out the annual Waste Diversion Report that the EWSWA submits to the Ministry.