ultimate objective is to decrease the amount of contamination being put out by residents and thereby decrease the amount of contamination at the MRFs. The program was renewed in 2017 and 2,050 residents registered for the “Gold Star” program. In 2017, 1,000 households were inspected and 604 gold boxes were awarded. In 2018, the fourth round of inspections were undertaken to complete the inspections of all 2,050 residents who registered in 2017. During 2018, 613 gold boxes were awarded. The program continued in 2019 being offered to the first 300 online applicants; 284 gold boxes were awarded in 2019 to keep offering this positive brand to the public.

7 Municipal Hazardous or Special Wastes (MHSW) Program

7.1 MHSW Depots

The Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority opened its Windsor MHSW Depot in October 1995. In addition to the Windsor facility, the Authority opened a second MHSW Depot at Transfer Station No. 2 in the Town of Kingsville in 1997. A third depot was opened at the Essex-Windsor Regional Landfill Site in October 2013. The Depots replaced the annual Household Chemical Waste Days held in Essex-Windsor. All facilities were operated year-round in 2019. A total of 596,936 litres and 112,741 kg of MHSW materials were delivered to the sites in 2019. See Table 14 and 15 for details.

Reuse Centre

A Reuse Centre has been operational at the Windsor MHSW facility since 1995.

Paint is distributed in both 1-gallon and 5-gallon pails for reuse. According to the records, 2,785 residents accessed the Reuse Centre and took 57,908 products or approximately 83,516 kg of paint and miscellaneous materials in 2019 compared to 54,555 products or 77,853 kg of reusable materials in 2018.

Demand for the Reuse Centre remains high, however quantities available depend largely on how good the products are that are delivered by households to the facility.