News and Media Releases

For Immediate Release
September 24, 2025

The City of Swift Current is pleased to announce the second of this year’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days will be held at the InnovationPlex on Thursday, October 9^th, 2025, from 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM.

Collection will take place at the InnovationPlex in the southeast corner of the lower parking lot. Residents are asked to stay in their vehicle and wait for an attendant to unload the items for collection.

All materials must be labelled. A complete list of acceptable hazardous household items is provided on the City website at www.swiftcurrent.ca/hhwd which include:

• Chemicals, cleaners
• Solvents, corrosives, oxidizers
• Aerosol containers
• Pesticides, herbicides
• Fluorescent light bulbs
• Propane cylinders
• Batteries (also accepted at the City Recycle Depot) 
• Paint (also accepted at SARCAN)
• Automotive materials (oil, antifreeze, filters, and containers also accepted at Tune-A-Matic)
• Pharmaceuticals (also accepted at local pharmacies)

To find out where to drop off items that are not hazardous, please visit http://www.saskwastereduction.ca/

The Household Hazardous Waste Day (HHWD) is open to materials from households only. Commercial and agricultural materials will not be accepted with this program. The next HHWD event is scheduled to take place in Spring of 2026.

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For more information contact:
Keegan Story
Manager of Environmental Services
306.778.2748
k.story@swiftcurrent.ca

For media inquiries, please contact:
Rri Branconnier-Bye or Kayla Gaetz
Communications & Stakeholder Relations
306.778.2759 or 306.778.2783
comms@swiftcurrent.ca