Recycling

Burnaby vet technician Jocelyn Marsh shows off part of her pill bottle return program. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

B.C. veterinarian has plan to eliminate millions of pieces of plastic from Canadian clinics

Very simple changes can have a large impact if adopted broadly, Jocelyn Marsh says

 

A playground furnished with recycled rubber. (Photo/ Tire Stewardship BC).

13 B.C. projects set to build playgrounds, recreation areas with thousands of recycled tires

TSBC contributes over $270,000 for the grant recipients’ infrastructure upgrades

 

Artistic rendering of what the planned outdoor playground and sports court at 2770 Boys Rd. will look like, although the surface area will have a beige/brown colour rather than the green shown. Cowichan Tribes has received a $14,400 grant to recycle 565 scrapped tires to provide a rubberized surface area for the project. (Submitted by Cowichan Tribes)

Cowichan Tribes gets grant to recycle tires for surface of community space

565 scrapped tires to be used

 

Nickel Bros. move a home from the 600-block of Oliver Street in Oak Bay on June 14. (Photo by Erik Otto)

Houses on the move as recycling movement picks up momentum in Oak Bay

Nickel Bros. relocates houses across the south coast, moving more than 100 in 2021

Nickel Bros. move a home from the 600-block of Oliver Street in Oak Bay on June 14. (Photo by Erik Otto)
Two staff members at the Bings Creek recycling centre will help reduce wait times at the CVRD’s recycling centres as users will be required to weigh their own yard waste during the month of June. (Submitted photo)

CVRD recycling centres requires customers with yard waste to weigh material in June

Information needed for future planning

  • Jun 7, 2022
Two staff members at the Bings Creek recycling centre will help reduce wait times at the CVRD’s recycling centres as users will be required to weigh their own yard waste during the month of June. (Submitted photo)
CVRD will be looking for input from the public in May on introducing three-stream curb-side collection in its electoral areas. (File photo)

CVRD looks for public input on doing more waste collection in electoral areas

Engagement process begins in May

CVRD will be looking for input from the public in May on introducing three-stream curb-side collection in its electoral areas. (File photo)
Gardener Norman Redcliffe and the CVRD are partnering in a new program that will see some plastic containers diverted from Bings Creek recycling centre to be used as plant pots. (Robert Barron/Citizen)

Local gardener and CVRD partner to reuse plastic containers for plant pots

Proceeds from sold plants to go to charity

Gardener Norman Redcliffe and the CVRD are partnering in a new program that will see some plastic containers diverted from Bings Creek recycling centre to be used as plant pots. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Recycle BC is bringing in a deposit system for milk and milk-alternative containers. (Recycle BC art)

10-cent recycling deposit added for milk and plant-based beverage containers

Deposits can be redeemed by returning containers to Return-It collection centres

Recycle BC is bringing in a deposit system for milk and milk-alternative containers. (Recycle BC art)
Costs of repairs at Bings Creek Recycling Centre skyrocket. (File photo)

Costs for repairs at Bings Creek Recycling Centre in Cowichan dramatically increase

Rise in costs of material and labour cited

Costs of repairs at Bings Creek Recycling Centre skyrocket. (File photo)
The Sustainable Clothing Project aims to divert clothes that were destined for the landfill and redistribute them to people in the community. (Pixabay)

Sustainable Clothing Project aims to help people, keep clothing out of landfill,

Unsold clothing from thrift stores gets distributed to people and families who need it

The Sustainable Clothing Project aims to divert clothes that were destined for the landfill and redistribute them to people in the community. (Pixabay)
Recycling volume continues to pile up in some Capital Regional District neighbourhoods. Oaklands resident Rachelle Lamb shows what a five-week build-up at her Victoria home looks like. (Photo courtesy of Rachelle Lamb)

Some Vancouver Island residents going on six weeks without recycling pickup

Weather, high volumes, staff shortages and equipment repairs prolong capital region delays

Recycling volume continues to pile up in some Capital Regional District neighbourhoods. Oaklands resident Rachelle Lamb shows what a five-week build-up at her Victoria home looks like. (Photo courtesy of Rachelle Lamb)
In this Oct. 7, 2010, file photo, a Green Mountain Coffee single-serving brewing cup is seen in a Keurig machine in Montpelier, Vt. The Competition Bureau says Keurig Canada will pay a $3 million penalty in Canada for making false or misleading claims that its single-use K-cup pods can be recycled. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Toby Talbot, File

Keurig to pay $3 million fine for false, misleading claims on recycling of its K-CUPs

Keurig Canada has to change its packaging, publish notices about the changes

In this Oct. 7, 2010, file photo, a Green Mountain Coffee single-serving brewing cup is seen in a Keurig machine in Montpelier, Vt. The Competition Bureau says Keurig Canada will pay a $3 million penalty in Canada for making false or misleading claims that its single-use K-cup pods can be recycled. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Toby Talbot, File
Starting Dec. 27, Recycle BC has resumed the collection of Styrofoam at all Recycle BC depots (File photo)

CVRD’s recycling centres now allowing Styrofoam again

November’s flooding impacted deliveries to main centres

  • Jan 3, 2022
Starting Dec. 27, Recycle BC has resumed the collection of Styrofoam at all Recycle BC depots (File photo)
Recycling centres in the CVRD have resumed collecting glass, but Styrofoam collection still suspended

CVRD resumes collection glass at recycling centres

Styrofoam collection still suspended

  • Dec 25, 2021
Recycling centres in the CVRD have resumed collecting glass, but Styrofoam collection still suspended
The CVRD has begun a six-month pilot project to divert painted wood waste from the landfill. (File photo)

CVRD begins pilot project to divert painted wood waste from landfill

Pilot project will run for six months

  • Dec 13, 2021
The CVRD has begun a six-month pilot project to divert painted wood waste from the landfill. (File photo)
Recycling centres in the Cowichan Valley will be unable to accept glass and foam packaging until further notice. (File photo)

CVRD unable to accept glass, foam packaging until further notice

Flooding has impacted transportation corridors

  • Nov 23, 2021
Recycling centres in the Cowichan Valley will be unable to accept glass and foam packaging until further notice. (File photo)
Unacceptable contamination rates in recycling bins has led to North Cowichan launching an education campaign about the program. (File photo)

North Cowichan to begin inspecting recycling bins in January

Contamination rates too high

  • Nov 12, 2021
Unacceptable contamination rates in recycling bins has led to North Cowichan launching an education campaign about the program. (File photo)
Electronic cigarettes are seen in a display case at a store in downtown Montreal, Wednesday, May 6, 2015. A study looks at the use of electronic cigarettes among Canadian teens and whether it might lead to tobacco use. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

E-cigarettes, mattresses, lithium-ion batteries soon to be recyclable in B.C.

Province working to expand recycling under extended producer responsibility five-year plan

Electronic cigarettes are seen in a display case at a store in downtown Montreal, Wednesday, May 6, 2015. A study looks at the use of electronic cigarettes among Canadian teens and whether it might lead to tobacco use. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Esquimalt, Nanaimo, Richmond, Rossland, Saanich, Surrey, Tofino, Ucluelet and Victoria all have plastic bag bans. (Pixabay.com)

B.C. cities will no longer need provincial approval to launch single-use plastic ban

More than 20 municipalities in B.C. are developing bylaws banning single-use plastics

Esquimalt, Nanaimo, Richmond, Rossland, Saanich, Surrey, Tofino, Ucluelet and Victoria all have plastic bag bans. (Pixabay.com)
The 200 residents of the Nitinaht community now have recycling services for the first time in an effort led by local students. (Submitted photo)

Nitinaht community has recycling for first time thanks to students

Community’s students led the charge

  • Jul 2, 2021
The 200 residents of the Nitinaht community now have recycling services for the first time in an effort led by local students. (Submitted photo)