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At Waste Diversion, we take pride in being the first broker and large volume handler of waste lamps in Ontario. By introducing broader international competition into the Ontario market we established the affordability conditions required for the mass acceptance of lamp recycling by commercial and industrial property managers. We laid the groundwork for affordable lamp recycling in Ontario.
Waste Diversion is the first broker and large volume handler of waste lamps in Ontario. Waste Diversion is a leading provider of recycling services for waste light bulbs and tubes, batteries, ewaste, toilets, paint and other hazardous and hard to recycle waste streams. We focus on safety, cost-effectiveness and speed.Using patented Recycling Containers, along with our custom built Recycling Stations, we make diverting hazardous and hard to recycle waste from landfills easy and affordable.
Waste Diversion is the fruition of many years of experience in the lighting industry. Our parent company started in 1977 selling replacement light bulbs and tubes. As the energy efficiency industry began to gain traction we noticed that customers had trouble correctly disposing of mercury containing lamps. This put our customers in an awkward dilemma. First, they were in a position of regulatory non-compliance. Second, increasing individual awareness of the dangers of mercury and other heavy metals made employees and managers question legacy waste management practices. Finally, waste haulers began to refuse mercury containing lamps in their general waste streams. Lamp recycling, as a standard protocol for commercial building management was an idea whose time had come. The only barrier to wide scale adoption was Ontario’s stagnant industrial capacity to recycle lamps. Supply could not meet demand.
We can handle all your hard to recycle waste. We provide safe, convenient and fast solutions to divert waste items that require special handling. This includes both Hazardous Waste and Universal Hazardous Waste items. Unlike other specialized recyclers, we can pick up all your hazardous and hard to recycle waste. Our services are environmentally sensitive, streamlined, and cost-effective.
It was at this juncture that Waste Diversion was formed. It took passion, creativity and determination to overcome all the hurdles that came with doing something no one else had ever done. This vision of bringing better lamp recycling to Ontarians wasn’t easy, but that hard work was well worth it. As the pioneer in affordable lamp recycling, we brought awareness and laid the foundation for other parties, including competitors, who in turn created some of the well-known lamp recycling programs endorsed by the Recycling Council of Ontario.
The next problem we noticed was that our clients had problems storing the lamps safely. Due to the fact that lamps and tubes containing mercury are made of glass, they can easily break thereby releasing industrially altered methyl mercury into the environment in a manner where it could never be recovered. We invented safe storage containers for tubes and lamps (one of which is patented, the other patent pending) to help protect the lamps breaking during storage and shipping. These boxes offer convenience, safe storage, and greater visibility which in turn results in greater participation. Waste Diversion made it easy and safe for everyone to recycle lamps.
We're Making It Easy
We offer fast, effective service. Not just did we pave the way for affordable lamp recycling in Ontario, we're also making it safer and faster. As mentioned, our patented SAFE Storage Solutions allow for safe transport of glass lamps, and they also induce participation from tenants. We can offer same day/next day service for our customers, provide detailed reporting on their recycling, and save them time from counting waste items. How we see it, the easier it is to recycle, the more recycling we can expect to see. Together, Ontario can continue to see hard to recycle waste and hazardous waste be diverted from landfills at higher and higher levels.
Electronics contain valuable metals but can also contain hazardous materials as well. If we don’t recycle the materials inside electronics, we will contaminate the environment with hazardous materials. Electronics can be dismantled and the materials can be recycled and reused in new products or materials.Waste Diversion is a leading provider of recycling services for old electronics and other hazardous and hard to recycle waste streams. We can remove those unwanted electronics and make sure to recycle them so they don't end up in landfills. We focus on safety, cost-effectiveness and speed.
Why Recycle Electronics?
Mining of raw materials, which are used to produce these electronics can cause damaged habitat and an increased release of GHG emissions into the air and the environment. Televisions, laptops/computers, smartphones and monitors can also contain hazardous materials such as mercury, cadmium, and lead. It is important to keep the hazardous materials away from our landfills while extracting the valuable metals to help our environment. It is even more important knowing that the lifecycle of electronic products are getting shorter and consumers are abandoning older products for new ones at an increasing rate.
Steel is known to be one of the most common materials to be recycled in the world. Approximately 88% of scrap steel in North America gets recycled, according to the Steel Recycling Institute (SRI). Scrap metals are usually collected from old cars, ships, steel structures, factories, railroads, waste electronics and other items containing metals, which can be recycled and re-used. Factories known as “smelters” process the steel and melt the steel down to commodity grade steel, which can be used to produce new products.
We can place containers at your location for easy and safe pick up. Tenants/residents can place all of their batteries and small electronics inside the red bin. Once full, a professional driver will pick up your recyclables in the bin based on your batteries are dispatched to the location where they are recycled. A battery recycling factory processes the spent batteries into recycled products like chemicals (ie: manganese, zinc, mercury), metals (ie: silver, nickel, lithium), plastic and paper.
Batteries don’t last forever. Batteries need recycling because single-use and rechargeable batteries contain harmful chemicals such as lead, mercury, nickel and cadmium. Improperly disposed of batteries can contaminate our environment. While they are not as easily broken as lamps, most of the world’s consumer batteries end up in landfills or in our oceans. Over time they leach chemicals into the soil and water and this contaminates the environment. At this moment, there are billions of dead batteries in our landfills and oceans.We are also a member of the Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO) and can issue certificates of recycling. If you are a building manager these certificates of recycling can help your building get recognized or continue to maintain your ranking with associations like LEED and BOMA BEST.
We can place containers at your location for easy and safe pick up. Once full, a professional driver will pick up your recyclables in the box and dispatch them to the location where they are recycled. Factories known as “smelters” process the steel and melt the steel down to commodity grade steel, which can be used to produce new products.
| No | Material Name |
|---|---|
| Electronics | |
| 1 | Circuit Boards |
| 2 | Keyboards / Mice |
| 3 | Modems/Routers |
| 4 | Mother Boards |
| 5 | Printers |
| Metal | |
| 6 | Aluminum |
| 7 | Ballasts |
| 8 | Brass |
| 9 | Copper |
| 10 | Lead Acid Batteries |
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