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Personal hygiene items

How to dispose of personal hygiene items

Cotton balls

Cleaning wipes

Band-aids

Cotton swabs

Dental floss

Cotton rounds

All types of cosmetics

Examples of personal hygiene items

  • Wet wipes, disinfecting wipes, wet naps, flushable wipes and other disposable wipes
  • Band-aids and adhesive bandages
  • Cosmetic wipes and personal wipes
  • Dental floss
  • Cotton balls and rounds
  • Q-tips and cotton swabs
  • Condoms
  • Cosmetics and makeup
  • Petroleum jelly (Vaseline)

  • Put into your black cart

Put personal hygiene products into your black cart as garbage. 

Special instructions

Never flush personal hygiene items down the toilet, sink or drain as they can be harmful to the environment and may cause damage to the pipes in your home.

Why can't this be composted?

  • Many hygiene products are often used for make-up removal, cleaning and other chemicals that do not belong in the green cart.
  • Hygiene products may also be made of a mix of organic and synthetic fibres, plastic or manufactured products that will not breakdown during the composting process.
  • To ensure we're creating the highest quality compost possible, leave these items out of your green cart.

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