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Although The Salvation Army does not refuse any donation, there are items that are not encouraged due to sanitary, health and safety reasons. They include:
- Air Conditioners
- Baby Accordion Gates
- Bathtubs (unless antique)
- Barbecues
- Boats (unless approved)
- Cars (older than 1990 or vintage, and in good running condition)
- Console Unit TV's and stereos
- Dehumidifiers/Humidifiers (older than 2002)
- Encyclopedias
- Flammable Materials/Chemicals
- Gas Appliance
- Hospital Beds
- Hide-a-beds
- Magazines (older than 2003)
- Metal Box Springs
- Newspapers
- Office Dividers
- Organs and Pianos (unless small and in working condition)
- Paint
- Photocopiers
- Propane Tanks
- Scrap lumber
- Tires
- Toilets
- Trees or Shrubs
- Typewriters
- Used Building Supplies
- Waterbeds (in any form)
- Wall to Wall Carpet and Underlay
- Water Heaters and Tanks
- Wooden Storm Windows/Doors
- Window Blinds
Recycling and Garbage Information
We thank you for considering The Salvation Army for your charitable donations. Unfortunately, due to high volumes of garbage received at our our warehouse, we would encourage customers to carefully evaluate their items prior to donating. If they are not resalable items, please consider the following:
- Refer to the Community Pages in the TBay Tel Directory for recycling information
- Visit www.thunderbay.ca/recycling&waste
- Contact the City of Thunder Bay's Transportation and Works dispatch at 684-2195
- Visit the City of Thunder Bay John Street Landfill site
- Curbside blue bag residential recycling (i.e. Newspapers, flyers, cans, glass, etc.)
- Take residential recyclables to the Recycling Depots located on Mountain Avenue at Walsh Street, Front Street between MacIntyre Street and VanHorne Street or John Street LAndfill Recycling
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Tips
From Thunder Bay's Transportation and Works Department
Large and Bulky Materials
Visit the John Street Landfill site for disposal
HHW Products
Take them to the Household Hazardous Waste Depot located
at the John Street Landfill site. The depot is open during
regular business hours
Televisions and Computers,
etc.
You may contact The Salvation Army to donate working items.
For more information on recycling these items, call Transportation
and Works dispatch at 684-2195
Auto Parts
Take to a local scrap metal dealer for recycling or to
the scrap metal lay-down at the John Street Landfill
site
Car Tires
Are banned from disposal at the John Street Landfill site
but can be taken there for recycling purposes. Call the
Landfill at 767-9472 for pricing
Liquids
Household Hazardous Waste liquids or harmful chemicals
can be brought to the Household Hazardous Waste Depot
located at the John Street Landfill site. Please label
or bring the liquid(s) in its original container. Please
do not pour fats and oils down the drain. Put them in
a container with a tight sealing lid and put them in
the garbage.
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