Household Hazardous Waste & Eco Centre

DROP-OFF HOURS

Monday - Friday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Select Saturdays 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM


Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off
Eco Centre Drop-off


2026 SATURDAY DROP-OFF DATES:

January 17
February 21
March 14
April 11
May 9 & 30
June 13 & 27
July 11 & 25
August 15 & 29
September 12 & 26
October 17 & 31
November 14
December 12


CONTACT INFORMATION

Located at 345 1st Street, Winkler, MB, Canada

Telephone: 204-325-7535

Email: publicworks@cityofwinkler.ca




HOW TO DISPOSE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, USED OIL, & ANTIFREEZE

  • Products must be in their original container with the label intact.
  • Containers must be sealed.
  • Gasoline must be in an approved ULC gasoline container. (For safety reasons, gasoline containers will not be returned to the consumer).
  • Do not mix different types of products.
  • Maximum container sizes we can accept are as follows:
    1. 25 litres (Paint & Gasoline)
    2. 10 litres (Corrosives, Toxic and Flammable products)
    3. 24 oz (660 grams) Aerosols
  • E-Waste (electronics) can be dropped off at Gateway Resources located at 1582 Pembina Ave, Winkler.


For more information on hazardous waste recycling in Manitoba, please visit Product Care Recycling at:

www.productcare.org/products/hhw/manitoba

Look for the four warning on your household use  products.


Flammable warning icon.
FLAMMABLE
Corrosive warning icon.
CORROSIVE
Explosive warning icon.
EXPLOSIVE
Poison warning icon.
POISION


Products Accepted:

Full, partial, or empty containers of:

  • Paints, Varnish and Urethanes
  • Deck and Floor Coating
  • Undercoats and Primers
  • Wood Finishing Oils and Sealers
  • Wood or Driveway Sealer
  • Household Caulking Compound
  • Rust Remover, Grout Cleaner
  • Pool and Hot Tub Cleaners
  • Paint and all other Aerosols                  
  • Camping Fuel/Lighter Fluid

  • Single Use Fuel Cylinders
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Flammable Liquids, Solids, Solvents
  • Mineral Spirits, Acetone, Kerosene
  • Paint Stripper/Paint Thinner
  • Paint & Varnish Remover
  • Turpentine & Varsol
  • Old/Leftover Gasoline in ULC approved container only (jerry can)
  • Mercury Thermometers
  • Thermostats containing Mercury

  • Domestic Pesticides/Weed control
  • Fluorescent Tubes & CFL Bulbs
  • Light Ballasts
  • Batteries (any type-no refunds given)


Instructions for Drop-off:

  • Products must be in their original container with the label intact.
  • Containers must be sealed.
  • Gasoline must be in an approved ULC gasoline container. (For safety reasons, gasoline containers will not be returned to the consumer).
  • Do not mix different types of products.
  • Maximum container sizes we can accept are as follows:
    1. 25 litres (Paint & Gasoline)
    2. 10 litres (Corrosives, Toxic and Flammable products)
    3. 24 oz (660 grams) Aerosols

Accepted Products:

  • Used Oil (engine oil, transmission oil, gear oil, 2 cycle oil, and other automotive related oils)
  • Antifreeze
  • Filters
  • Empty DEF Containers, Empty Plastic Oil and Antifreeze Containers

For more information please visit: https://usedoilrecyclingmb.com

  •   Cooking Oil (empty containers can be taken home, rinsed & recycled)


Instructions for Drop-off:

  • Products must be in their original container with the label intact.
  • NO products of any kind in glass containers unless the glass container is the original product container.
  • Containers must be sealed.
  • Do not mix different types of products.
  • Commercial, Industrial & Agricultural Products

  • Non-hazardous, non-toxic products

  • Products not in original containers

  • Unidentifiable, unknown, unlabelled products

  • Leaking, unsealed products

  • Refillable propane tanks

  • Diesel & DEF Fluid

  • Liquid automotive paints, craft paint, line marking paint, quick drying paint, 2-part or component paint containing catalyst or activators, hardeners

  • Brushes, rags, rollers

  • Medications, medical sharps

  • Smoke detectors & lighters are household garbage

  • Non-Fluorescent Light Bulbs:

  • (L.E.D, Incandescent, Halogen, HID, Sodium High pressure Bulbs)

  • Helium tanks

  • Essential Oils

  • Non-toxic Insecticides

  • Non-toxic Insecticides
  • Non-hazardous Cleaners
  • Car Wax
  • Shoe Polish
  • Non-hazardous Adhesives
  • Non-hazardous Caulking
  • Non-hazardous Wood Filler
  • Non-hazardous Drywall Compound
  • any product intended for cooking, consumption, or use on humans



E-Waste (electronics) can be brought to Gateway Resources located at 1582 Pembina Ave, Winkler

For more information please visit: https://recyclingelectronics.ca/mb


Appliances & Scrap Metal can be brought to Winkler Scrap Metal located @ 450 Cargill Rd.


Agricultural Products – contact the seller as to safe disposal  

For more information please visit https://cleanfarms.ca