While not required, pink "Glass Bottles and Jars Only" labels are available by contacting Emterra at These are helpful in designating your glass collection bin. There are several reasons we need to ensure that containers are clean when placed at the curb, such as:. To prepare pizza boxes for recycling, empty them of all food waste, liners and inserts. Tear off lid or fold in half and place out with your cardboard. The program provides residents with one CRD blue box and two blue bags per home.
If you are a new resident or require a replacement blue box or blue bag, please contact our collection contractor, Emterra Environmental, at Boxes and bags are also available for pick up at the following locations. Call first to ensure availability. While the CRD blue box size promotes efficient, safe lifting and limits items that are too heavy and too large, other plastic boxes or bins may be utilized as well.
Look for receptacles that are similar in size to a CRD blue box see dimensions below , as the recycling truck driver lifts and empties over 2, boxes and bags every collection day.
Receptacles placed out in addition to a CRD blue box or bag do not have to be blue or contain the recycling symbol. Cardboard boxes and paper bags are not suitable receptacles for the container stream and glass. Plastic bags are also not suitable for containing recyclables at the curb, materials left in plastic bags will not be collected.
Note: The recycling bins measuring If your recycling has not been picked up by 6pm on your collection day, check to ensure your materials have been prepared and placed out properly or if they have been tagged with a preparation sticker. If there does not appear to be an issue, leave your items at the curb and contact Emterra Environmental at You can also drop your recyclables off for free at Recycle BC depots in the region. Recycle BC is the industry association that is responsible for residential recycling of packaging and printed paper in the Province, as required under the BC Recycling Regulation.
These services are provided through a combination of curbside collection, drop-off depots and multi-family residential programs. Have extra items? Want to recycle styrofoam, plastic bags and overwrap or other flexible plastic packaging?
Click here for a list of Recycle BC Depots in the region. Visit myrecyclopedia. Hold on to your recyclables until your next collection day should service be affected by unsafe road conditions. Missed your collection or have extra items to drop off? ReGeneration is a not-for-profit industry association that manages product stewardship programs for hazardous household and special waste across Canada.
ReGeneration accepts consumer products only. ReGeneration collects over 2 million litres of program products annually, enough to fill an entire Olympic sized swimming pool. Where can I recycle?
What happens to it? Examples include: Better quality paint is given away for free in the PaintReuse program available at participating depots. Latex and alkyd paint is reprocessed into paint and coating products. Latex paint is also used as a raw material in the manufacturing of recycled concrete and Portland cement.
Alkyd paints, flammable liquids and waste gasoline are used as fuel in licensed facilities with environmental controls. Stewardship Program Program website ReGeneration Annual reports and stewardship plans as provided to the Province are posted for convenience. Copy Cancel. Did you find what you were looking for? Thank you for your response. Waste Wizard Search by item to see how to recycle or safely dispose of it. Single family homes and duplexes Get details on garbage, food scraps, and yard waste collection.
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