Recycling - Depots and
Other Locations
General Information
Four recycling depots are available for disposal of extra materials, or for
residents who are not on the curbside recycling collection program (such as apartments
and homes on First Nation Lands). Recycling Depot Locations
and Bottle Depot Locations and Computer
and Electronics Recycling and
Unplugged - the Provincial
Small Appliance Recycling
Program.
What can be recycled at the Recycling Depots?
Coloured plastic containers, all plastic flower pots and trays, sheet plastic
and plastic bags are accepted at depots for recycling.
You may also recycle
all your glass containers at the recycling and bottle depots. Plate glass
is being accepted at a cost of $50 per tonne by
Cascades Recovery, 144 Cambro Road off Sexsmith.
All glass containers are
accepted (without
deposit) at Planet Earth
Recycling Limited,
2035B Louie Drive.
Locations
- Kirschner Road
1988 Kirschner Road
Open daily from 8:00 am - 6:00 pm (Bottle depot on site open
until 5 pm)
Closed December 25 and January 1
- Glenmore Landfill
Located on Glenmore Drive, 8 km north of Hwy 97
Open Monday to Sunday, 7:30 am - 4:45 pm
Closed December 25 and 26, January 1 and Good Friday
- Westside
Residential
Waste Disposal
and Recycling
Centre (former
Westside
Landfill)
Asquith Road, off Shannon Lake Rd.
Recycling
only may be
dropped off daily from 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Closed December 25 and January 1
- Transfer Stations
Traders Cove and North Westside Road residents may take their sorted recyclables
and household garbage to the their transfer stations.
Link to
Transfer Station Information
- The Traders Cove station
is located off Westside Road and is open during the Winter months, Wednesday from
6:30 am to 10:30 am and Sunday from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Summer hours are each
Wednesday from 6:30 am to 10:30 am and Sunday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
- The North Westside station is located at Sugar Mountain on the Whiteman Creek Forest
Service Road
(follow the signs - turn
at the corner of
Westside Road and
Sugarloaf
Mountain/Whiteman Creek
Forest Service Road).
It's hours are Monday,
Wednesday, Saturday and
Sunday from 8:00 am to
12:00 pm.
What can be recycled at the Depots?
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Tin Cans
- all tin cans
with
lids
attached
- empty and rinse
- labels ok
- no beverage containers (return for refund)
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Corrugated Cardboard
- clean cardboard
only
- no wax or plastic coating
-
flatten boxes
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Aluminum
- foil and food containers
- empty and rinse
- labels ok
- no beverage containers. (return for refund)
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Boxboard & Heavy Paper
- cereal box type cardboard, brown envelopes, paper bags, cardboard egg cartons,
gift wrap, etc.
- flatten boxes and remove liners
- no
foil
gift
wrap
or waxed, plastic coated cartons
(return
wax
coated
milk
containers
to
your
local
bottle
depot
for
recycling).
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Glass Jars & Bottles
- all glass jars and bottles
- all colours
- empty and rinse
- labels and lids ok
- no windows, mirrors or china
- no cookware or drinking glasses
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Books & Magazines
- all magazines, catalogues, hard cover and paper back books
- no plastic binders
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Newspapers
- all newspapers and flyers, including all inserts and ad mail
- do not bundle
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No. 1-7 Plastic Containers
- all plastic containers with #1 - 7 recycling symbol (simply remove lids, rinse and
flatten)
- all
stretchy plastic film
including grocery bags
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Writing Paper
- all white, neon, coloured paper and envelopes
- all computer paper, labels and envelopes with windows
- no carbon paper, used tissue, or paper towels
- all papers and corrugated cardboard are not accepted as garbage. Please recycle
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Phone books
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Waxed Dairy Containers
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please return
wax
coated
milk and
milk
substitute
containers to your local bottle depot for recycling
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Bottle Depots
Glass containers may be recycled at local bottle depots. Return your beverage
containers for refund at one of the following locations:
- Boucherie Bottle Depot:
2711 Kyle Road (off Byland Road on the Westside): 769-7122
Open 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday to Saturday
Closed holidays
- Columbia Bottle Depots:
1988 Kirschner Road: 763-2500
Open 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday to Sunday
Closed holidays
1314 St. Paul
Street: 763-2554
Open 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday to Sunday
Closed holidays
680 Dease Road: 765-9115
Open 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday to Saturday
Closed holidays
- Winfield Return-it Centre:
Lakewood Mall
Highway 97 north at Oceola Road
Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday to Saturday
Closed Sunday and holidays
You can also return beverage containers to most retailers. Retailers often limit
the number of containers accepted for refund.
Empty cream, milk and milk substitute
containers
(plastic/cartons/jugs)
may be recycled at your
local bottle depots.
Unlike other beverage
bottles and cans,
there's no deposit paid
when you purchase milk
or milk substitute
products, so there's no
refund when you
Return-it (visit
www.encorp.ca/milk
for details)
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Computer and Electronics Recycling
The
Return-It Electronics program
began in August
2007. Link to
Return-It Electronics. No charge for recycling of
electronics, computers, monitors,
printers, fax machines and tv's at
these four Central Okanagan locations:
- Boucherie Bottle Depot:
2711 Kyle Road (same
entrance as Sears
Flooring) 250-769-7122
Open 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday to
Friday
10:00am - 4:00 pm,
Saturday
- Planet Earth Recycling:
2035B Louie Drive
250-768-0878
Open 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday to Saturday
Closed holidays
- Battery Doctors
1972 Windsor Road:
250-860-2866
Open 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday to Sunday
Closed holidays
- Columbia
Bottle Depot
- 680 Dease
Road, Rutland
250-765-9155
Open 8:00 am -
5:00 pm, Monday
to Friday
Open 8:00 am -
4:00 pm,
Saturday and
Sunday
- 1314 St.
Paul
250-763-2554
Open 8:00 am -
5:00 pm Daily
Unplugged
- the Provincial
Small Appliance Recycling
Program
This program began in
September 2011.
Link to the Unplugged
website (www.unpluggedrecycling.ca) for
information and depot
locations. You may
recycle small
appliances at
these
participating Central Okanagan locations:
- Boucherie Bottle Depot:
2711 Kyle Road (same
entrance as Sears
Flooring) 250-769-7122
Open 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday to
Friday
10:00am - 4:00 pm,
Saturday
- Planet Earth Recycling:
2035B Louie Drive
250-768-0878
Open 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday to Saturday
Closed holidays
- Battery Doctors
1972 Windsor Road:
250-860-2866
Open 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday to Sunday
Closed holidays
- Columbia
Bottle Depot
- 680 Dease
Road, Rutland
250-765-9155
Open 8:00 am -
5:00 pm, Monday
to Friday
Open 8:00 am -
4:00 pm,
Saturday and
Sunday
- 1314 St.
Paul
250-763-2554
Open 8:00 am -
5:00 pm Daily
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