Link to Automated Waste Collection Program webpage and information on proper use of the carts and how to use the carts during winter months.  Winter Cart Placement Video (To view you may need the free Windows Media Player)

View the 2010 Living Greener Calendar

View the 2009 Recycling Directory

Waste Reduction Office News

Sugar Loaf Transfer Station Extends Hours
This facility serving North Westside residents is open an additional four hours each week through September for drop off of residential waste and recycling.  Located on the Sugarloaf Mountain/Whiteman Creek Forest Service Road (approximately 3.2-kms past the fire hall on Udell Road in Killiney Beach) is open Monday and Wednesday from 8:00 am to 12 noon and Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.  For more information contact the Regional Waste Reduction Office at 250-469-6250 or email recycle@cord.bc.ca .

Westside Residential Waste Disposal and Recycling Centre Open
This facility at the site of the now closed Westside Landfill on Asquith Road (off Shannon Lake Road) in West Kelowna accepts residential solid waste materials for disposal Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday between 7:30am and 4:00pm while Recyclables are accepted at the Recycling Centre - seven days a week between 7:30am and 4:00pm.  View More Information

New Yard Waste Cart Option for Electoral Area Residents
Central Okanagan East and West Electoral Area residents on curbside collection may now upgrade the size of their yard waste cart for an annual $10 fee.  A similar option is available to residents of other municipalities in the Central Okanagan.  Link to more information on Yard Waste Collection webpage

Plastic Flower Pots and Plant Trays
You can recycle those plastic flower pots and plant trays.  Just clean them out and put them into your blue lid recycling cart or take them to any recycling depot for disposal.  View News Release

Curbside Yard Waste Pickups Underway!
From March 1st through the end of November, residents receiving curbside waste collection may use their yard waste carts again...that's the one with the green lid!  Bi-weekly curbside yard waste collection is underway.  View News Release and Yard Waste Collection webpage for more details.

Change outs now accepted for Garbage/Recycling/Yard Waste Carts
Residents that have received their new garbage, recycling and yard waste carts and would like to request a larger GARBAGE and/or RECYCLING  and Yard Waste carts, are now able to do so by contacting their municipality.   Upsizing the recycling cart can be done without charge however there is a $72 per year user-fee ($50 in Lake Country) to receive a larger garbage cart.  All Central Okanagan residents receiving curbside collection may upsize their yard waste cart for an annual fee (View Yard Waste Collection webpage for details). Follow this link for more information on the Automated Waste Collection Program or please call the Regional Waste Reduction Office at 250-469-6250 or email recycle@cord.bc.ca. 

Greening Your Business Workshop Presentations
“Green” was the subject on the minds of over a hundred local business owners.  They invested some of their time by attending a free “Greening Your Business” workshop organized by the Regional District Waste Reduction Office and the City of Kelowna.   

They heard several presentations from experts in the field and received practical tips that they can use to help operate a more environmentally-conscious business. 

Here are links to each of the presentations made during the workshop:  Electronics Recycling, Energy - GasEnergy - PowerSense, Transportationn, Waste Reduction, Water and Pesticides and the presentation on Sustainability for Businesses by keynote speaker Mark Holland.

Check Online for Waste Collection Day
RDCO Web Maps and follow the directions.

Province-wide Electronics Recycling Program!
A province-wide end of life electronics recycling program is now underway.  You can drop off computers, monitors, printers, fax machines and televisions at designated Encorp Return-It collection sites (two in the Central Okanagan), without charge and be assured they will be responsibly recycled.   For more information visit the Encorp Return-It website:  www.electronicsrecyclingbc.caa or view a Program Poster or Program Information pamphlet. 

Website Promotes Reuse!
Do you have items under $100 that you’d like to get rid of, which could still be used?  Are you looking for a bike for a growing kid, a kitchen table for a college student, or some free shrubs to improve your yard?  The latest tool for helping folks get unwanted stuff to people who need it can be found online at www.okanagan.reuses.com.