Sometimes you just don't know if that box is recycling or not.  These links might help you to lighten your garbage each week and help reduce your waste instead.

Recycling in Canada:
http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/mms-smm/busi-indu/rec-rec-eng.htm 
 
Specialty Recycling Resources in Canada:
 
Styrofoam:
http://www.cwma.bc.ca/articles/recycle/rec0004.html (Vancouver)
 
Electronics:
 
http://www.encorp.ca/cfm/index.cfm?It=101&Se=40 (BC)
 
http://www.era.ca/ (Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary)
 
http://www.acestewardship.ca/consumers/dropofflocations (Atlantic Canada)
 
Batteries:
 
Nu-Life Industries
http://www.nulife-ind.com/

Offering environmentally sound management of all types of batteries as well as fluorescent tubes and other mercury containing lights.
 
Raw Materials Company (RMC)
http://www.rawmaterials.com/rmcmain.htm

Battery recycling specialists. RMC has a patented process in Canada and the U.S. to recycle alkaline batteries.
 
Rechargeable Batteries:
 
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC)
http://www.rbrc.org/start.php

A non-profit, public service organization that recycles rechargeable batteries for free. 
 
Things to remember to put in the recycling bin: 

• Aluminum foil and plates (remove food residue)
• Light bulbs (incandescent)