Recycling

Gateway Resources provides curbside recycling pick-up service for the City of Winkler.  If you have recently moved to Winkler and do not have a blue box, please contact the City of Winkler.

Within city limits, residential curbside pickup of household recyclable items (not E-waste) is set up to co-ordinate with the city’s weekly garbage collection schedule. For information on collection dates for your area please refer to the City of Winkler Collection Calendar. To ensure recycling pick-up, please have you recycling out by 7:45 a.m. 

The Recycling Depot is open for Household recycling drop-off only, 24/7. However the Depot will be closed for long weekends.

Acceptable Blue Box Recyclables:
Aluminum – Beverage Cans
Box Board – Single Layer such as Cereal, Tissue Boxes
Cardboard – Corrugated
Glass – Food Jars & Beverage Containers. All Broken Glass should be put into the garbage
Milk Jugs
-Food & Beverage Cartons such as milk, cream, soup, broth, plant-based beverage
All Paper Products such as: 
  Newspapers, Flyers, Inserts, Junk Mail, Office Paper, Materials such as Letter Quality Paper,
  Envelopes (With or Without Windows), Copier Paper, Computer Printouts, Paper Egg Cartons, Phone
  Bags
, Tissue Roll Cores, Gift and Packing Paper
Plastics with Recycling Logo #1, 2, 4, 5, & 7 such as:
  Pop & Water Bottles, Laundry Detergent Jugs, Shampoo Bottles,
Condiment Bottles, Food Containers
  such as Yogurt,
Margarine, etc.
Tin Cans – Soup cans, Ketchup cans, etc.

Please Remember To:
-Empty and Rinse all Containers
-Flatten Cardboard Boxes

We Do Not Accept:
#3 Plastics
#6 Plastics
– Aluminum Trays, Pie Plates & other Containers, Foil
– Bubble Wrap
Disposable Diapers
Fluorescent Bulbs/Light Bulbs
Household Hazardous, Bio-hazardous, Chemical Waste Containers  (Accepted at the City of Winkler Public Works    Yard – 345 1st St.)
Medical Waste (Prescription Pills, Syringes, Bio-Hazardous Material)
Outdoor Lawn Furniture
Paint/Paint Cans
Photos (Glossy Paper)
Plastic Bags
Plasticized, Waxed, or Laminated Material
Propane or Helium Tanks
Pyrex or Dishware Glass, Window Glass, Mirrors, Ceramics, Porcelain
Rubber Tires
Scrap Metals
Styrofoam/Styrofoam Packing Material
Vinyl Siding
Wood Waste/Pallets
Wrapping Paper that is glossy/shiny

Acceptable E-waste – (Drop off at Recycling Depot only)
Batteries – All Sealed Single and Rechargeable Batteries. No Automotive Batteries
Cameras/Audio -Video Devices
Cell Phones/Phones/Answering Machines
Computers/Keyboards/Mice/Monitors/Video Gaming Peripherals
Cables & Conductor Wires
DVD Players, VCR’s
Fax Machines
IT Devices
Laptops
Medical & Monitoring Devices
Microwaves
Photo Copiers, Printers, Scanners
Stereos
TV’s