Recycling
Practical information
- BATTERIES (rechargable):
return to Canadian Tire, Home Hardware or other retail outlet that sells rechargeable
batteries
- BLUE BOX PROGRAM:
contact your local municipality (for phone numbers check the Blue Pages or
call the BC Recycling Hotline: 604-732-9253 or 1-800-667-4321
outside the Lower Mainland)
- BOTTLE DEPOTS
(for deposit refunds, bottle drives): contact the BC Recycling Hotline for
the location closest to you at 604-732-9253 or 1- 800-667-4321
outside the Lower Mainland.
- BUSINESS DISCARDS
(large quantities): contact the BC MEX (Materials Exchange) operated by
the BC Recycling Hotline: 604-732-9253 or 1-800-667-4321 outside
the Lower Mainland to offer or find interesting and useful materials (pails,
office supplies, etc.).
- BUSINESS/CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY RECYCLING: contact the GVRD for recorded recycling information:
dial 604 437-4873, press 1 for business recycling, , press 2 for construction
waste recycling, press 3 for waste reduction tips for the home.
- CAR RECYCLING:
contact the Kidney Foundation ($50 tax receipt) 604-327-CARS, Canadian
Council for the Blind (to donate car) - 1-800-535-4703; or the Scrap-it-Program
(for Lower Mainland residents to trade older, high polluting vehicles for
incentives toward cleaner forms of transportation): 1-888-655-1000 (website:
http://www.rcbc.bc.ca/www.aircare.ca)
- HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD
PRODUCT DISPOSAL (paint, thinners, pesticides, oil, tires, batteries,
medicines, fuels): contact the BC Recycling Hotline for the depot location
closest to you: 604-732-9253 or 1-800-667-4321 outside the Lower
Mainland.
- PAINT
- Dispose of surplus
paint through the Recycling Council of BC's Materials Exchange Program.
Call the BC Recycling Hotline: 604-732-9253 or 1-800-667-4321
outside the Lower Mainland.
- Get free paint.
If you are a non-profit organization, you may be eligible to receive free
bulk paint under the BC Post Consumer Paint Stewardship Program. Call
the BC Recycling Hotline: 604-732-9253 or 1-800-667-4321
outside the Lower Mainland.
Recycling Organizations
- RCBC Hot-Line (Recycling
Council of British Columbia) - 604-732-9253 or 1-800-667-4321
outside the Lower Mainland.
- Recycling Council of
British Columbia: operates the BC MEX which is the Materials Echange
Program at 604-683-6009 website: http://www.rcbc.bc.ca/
- Encorp Pacific: operates
the deposit/return program for non-alcoholic beverage containers: 604/433-2400
website: www.encorpinc.com
- BC Liquor Distribution
Branch: operates the deposit/return program for alcoholic beverage containers:
contact the Manager of Social Responsibility at (604) 252-3038 website:
www.bcliquorstores.com/service/recyclingcentres.cfm
- BC Paint and Product
Care: operates the return system for household hazardous products (paint,
etc.): email: contact@productcare.org, website: http://www.paintandproductcare.org/
Recycling Policy information
- Industry Product Stewardship
programs: visit
http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/epd/epdpa/ips/ for background information on
British Columbia's producer-responsibility programs for beverage containers
and household hazardous products.
Recycling: Other resources,
private and government
- Changes Recycling Centres
- Grocery packaging recycling depots located at numerous Save-On-Foods stores.
website: www.changesrecyclingcentre.com
- Delta Recyling Society:
recycling depot and information - 604-946-9828 - website: www.drsociety.bc.ca
- GVRD for information
and tips on recycling for business, home, construction etc. - 604-437-4873
- East Van Bottle Depot
- 604-255-4243 - address: 2605 Kaslo St., Vancouver (near Broadway
& Renfrew)