Westside Residential
Waste Disposal &
Recycling Centre
The Regional District of
Central Okanagan operates
this facility at the site of
the former Westside Landfill
on Asquith Road, off Shannon
Lake Road in West Kelowna.
It has two components for
Residential Waste materials:
A Waste
Disposal Transfer facility
and a
Recycling Centre.
The Residential Waste
Disposal facility is a
larger municipal solid waste
transfer station, as all
materials that are accepted,
are disposed of and
processed off site.
For example, residential
garbage, yard and
construction wood wastes are
trucked to the Glenmore
Landfill in the City of
Kelowna, the only remaining
active landfill for the
Central Okanagan. The
Westside site provides a
convenient drop off location
for residents of West
Kelowna, Peachland, Central
Okanagan West and the
Westbank First Nation
reserves #9 and #10.
Residential Waste
Disposal
This facility is open
every Friday, Saturday,
Sunday and Monday from
7:30am to 4:00 pm for drop
off of residential solid
waste. It is closed
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. When
applicable, materials are
subject to regular tipping
and disposal fees. For
more information please call
the Information Line at
250-768-7110 for view the
Hours and Rates
link.
Please remember that all
loads must be covered.
Recycling Centre
The Recycling Centre
offers services at the
Asquith Road location, seven
days a week between 7:30am
and 4:00pm (closed Christmas
and New Year's Day).
All residential materials
accepted for recycling may
be dropped off at this
location during operating
hours. This includes
unwanted items for reuse
that may be dropped off at
the Big Brothers/Big Sisters
trailers. For more
information please call the
Information Line at
250-768-7110.
Former Westside
Sanitary Landfill
As of July 16, 2010 the
active land filling life of
this facility ended and
materials are no longer
being buried at the Asquith
Road property. The
landfill is currently in the
early stages of closure as
required by the Ministry of
Environment. A formal
Closure Plan is being
developed by the Regional
District of Central Okanagan
to guide it in the formal
closure process, site
rehabilitation and ongoing
environmental monitoring.
The Regional District
Solid Waste Management
Plan, outlined a gradual
phase out and scaling
down of the Westside
Landfill operation.
View more about this on
the
Westside Landfill Closure webpage
Links to:
How We're Doing?
Since 1999, a number of areas have been tracked to provide a benchmark and indication
of how our Waste Management programs are performing. Here's how we're doing
in the areas of
Solid Waste,
Recycling and
Hazardous Waste.
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