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White Goods: Metal Items
The term "White Goods" refers to METAL items such as: stoves, fridges, freezers, air conditioners, swing sets, dehumidifiers, washers, dryers, hot water tanks, metal sinks, microwaves, and various other metal items.

A White Goods collection service is provided for residents in your municipality. Please call your municipal office to arrange for a white goods collection. Remember to place your white goods out for collection the night prior to your assigned collection day. Please remove doors to ensure the safety of small children.

Effective March 1, 2010 the disposal fee is $15 per item with a compressor on White Goods containing CFCs (chloroflurocarbon), a known ozone depleting chemical. The following appliances are subject to the $15 fee unless it carries a tag noting that CFCs have been removed:Protect our earth. Don't release CFCs into the environment, they harm the ozone.

    • Refrigerators
    • Freezers
    • Air Conditioners
    • Dehumidifiers
    • Water Coolers
    • Compressors

For more information about CFCs and the Ozone, visit Environment Canada's UVI web pages at: http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/uvindex/about_uvradiation/about_e.html
and Artic Ozone Science

Your White Goods Collection for the following municipalities is scheduled ONCE per month, call to book your pickup:

  • Amherstburg, call: (519)736-0012, Collection: 4th Thursday
  • Essex, (519) 776-7336, Collection: 1st Thursday
  • Kingsville, (519) 733-2305, Collection: 1st Tuesday
  • LaSalle, (519) 969-7770, Collection: 3rd Thursday
  • Leamington, (519) 322-2346, Collection: 3rd Tuesday

Dates & Rates are subject to change without notice. Please contact your Municipal office to confirm pickup schedule.

In June 2007, ENWIN Utilities Ltd. & Ontario Power Authority promoted the Great Refridgerator Roundup. The following document contains details and background of the program. EWSWA is not involved with this program you need to contact ENWIN or OPA to participate in the project.
White Goods: fridge & stove

You can drop off White Goods yourself at the Windsor Public Drop Off Depot or Transfer Station No.2's Public Drop Off Depot.
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Last Revised: February 18, 2010

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Some municipalities do not offer White Goods Collection programs. Contact your municipal office to confirm their participation:

Lakeshore
(519) 728-2700

Tecumseh
(519) 735-2184

or drop off your white goods (metal items) at Windsor Public Drop Off Depot in Windsor or Transfer Station No. 2, Kingsville