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Tofino Recycling, Ucluelet Recycling - New Program begins 7 May 2008
Curbside Pickup Every 2 Weeks
Place on curb by 8 am

Cardboard, Boxboard, Mixed Papers, Newsprint, Rigid (hard)
Plastic, Soft (bags and film) Plastic, Domestic Metals, No Glass

Material
	Household Mixed Paper
	Including junk mail, envelopes, brochures, paper bags, fibre egg cartons, and household boxboard packaging such as cereal, detergent, and shoe boxes, paper towel cores and toilet paper, white and coloured office paper, computer paper, newspapers, flyers
Yes	Make sure paper is clean & dry, flatten, remove windows from envelopes
No	Sunburnt or soiled newspaper, no books, no paper laminated with foil
	Boxes Cardboard
	Packing boxes, liquor boxes, shipment boxes, etc.
Yes	Flatten, make sure it is clean & dry, remove any staples, bundle large amounts (30x30x8")
No	No plastic/styro, waxed or coated boxes, tape, staples, or boxboard, no soiled pizza boxes. No paper contaminated with food
	Rigid Plastics
	Milk containers, product packaging, etc.
Yes	Clean, free of any food waste or residue, dry. Flatten, if possible. No plastic from hazardous materials or products.
No	No styrofoam. Must not have paper, boxboard or cardboard attached. No take-out food lids.
	Soft Plastics
	Must be placed in a plastic bag and tied with the handles or plastic tie. Loose film plastics contaminate the remaining products. Flatten bag whenever possible
Yes	Clean, free of any food waste or residue, dry. Flatten, if possible. No plastic from hazardous materials or products
No	No styrofoam. Must not have paper, boxboard or cardboard attached.
	Metals
	Household metals, tin cans, etc.
Yes	Clean, remove labels, free of any food waste or residue, dry. Flatten, if possible.
No	No metal pots; foil, butter or cigarette wrappings, foil yogurt lids or other metal products.
X	No Glass
	Glass is not part of the recycling program in Tofino and Ucluelet.
X	No Books
	Books are not part of the recycling program in Tofino and Ucluelet.
X	No Foil
	Foil is not part of the recycling program in Tofino and Ucluelet. No foil of any kind: foil lids from fast food or yougurt containers
X	No Used Pizza Boxes
	Soiled cardboard is not able to be utilized in the Tofino and Ucluelet Recycling Program.

Material	Depot	Curbside	Do!	No
Newspaper			bundle, clean & dry	sunburnt or soiled newspaper, no books
Boxes Cardboard			flatten, clean & dry	plastic/styro or wax coatings, tape, staples, or boxboard, no soiled pizza boxes
Ledger Paper			white or coloured	no staples
Paper Envelopes			remove plastic windows
Computer Paper			bond or laser, keep track attached
Magazines			glossy mags & flyers	no sticky address labels
Phone Books				no sticky address labels
Tin & Tin Bottle Caps			food cans: remove labels, wash, flatten, usually have a seam	aluminum (tin rusts, alum doesn't)
Aluminum Cans			rinse, empty, let dry	tin
Aluminum Scrap			pie plates, foil, irony aluminum incl lawn chairs	wood, paper, plastic or non aluminum parts, paint containers, spray cans
Glass Bottles and Jars			remove labels/plastic rings, wash	ceramics, drinking glasses, plate glass, light bulbs, mirrors, opaque glass
Plastic Milk Jugs			#2 clear gallon milk jugs only, wash, flatten	any other plastics, store them and take them with you when you visit a town that does recyckle plastic. Ask a visiting friend to taked your plastics with them if their town recycles it.
Batteries			6 volt, 12 volt	alkaline batteries

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Tofino Recycling is changing.
Currently the depot is only open from 9am-12pm, 3 days a week.

Tofino Recycling and Ucluelet Recycling of Cell Phones and Printer Cartridges
The Ucluelet Secondary School will recycle cell phones and printer cartridges. You may drop either of those items off in Tofino at Tofino Sea Kayaking (320 Main Tofino, BC) or the Ucluelet Secondary School office (1450 Peninsula, Ucluelet, BC).

Tofino Bottle Depot and Ucluelet Bottle Depot

Locations

Ucluelet Bottle Depot
2390 Pacific Rim Hwy
Ucluelet, BC

Hours of the Ucluelet Bottle Depot: 10 am to 3:45 pm
Days: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays

Tofino Bottle Depot
671 Industrial Way
Tofino, BC

Hours of the Tofino Bottle Depot : 10 am to 3:45 pm on
Days: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays

Material	Depot	Yes!
Returnable Bottles		Rinse, empty, let dry. Any returnable beverage container on which a deposit is paid at purchase, including liquor bottles and tetra packs.
Returnable Tetra Packs		Rinse, empty, let dry. Any returnable beverage container on which a deposit is paid at purchase, including liquor bottles and tetra packs.
Milk and milk-substitute containers		Rinse, empty, let dry, flatten. All milk and milk-substitute containers. Since no deposit was paid, no refund is given.
Soy, rice milk containers		Rinse, empty, let dry, flatten. All milk and milk-substitute containers. Since no deposit was paid, no refund is given.
Some electronics		Computers and monitors, fax machines, DVD players and televisions (as long as the screens are intact.)
Paper	X	Not accepted at the bottle depots

Deposit Refunds
Remember that you pay a deposit on some containers and that these containers may be returned to the place of purchase or a bottle depot to collect your refund. You may also drop your refundable containers off to the recycling depot and contribute to the recycling budget.

Containers < or = to 1 litre - refund is 5 cents
Containers > 1 litre - refund is 10 cents
Alcohol Containers < or = to 1 litre - refund is 10 cents
Alcohol Containers > 1 litre - refund is 10 cents

Reuse before you Recyle
Reuse those plastic bags again and again. You know those light plastic bags you get your veggies in at the store, take them back and use them again. Share your paper and magazines with someone else so they don't have to pick up additional copies.

Recyclable Plastics other than milk jugs
Clean and store at home until you take a trip to a community that does recycle these platics. Then throw them in your vehicle and drop them off at those depots. If your friends who are visiting live in such a community ask them to take the plastics with them when they leave.

Setup a Sorting Area
It's always a drag to get to the depot and have to sort through your recycling there. Setup an area in your garage or carport where you can pre-sort the materials. It'll make your recycling much faster and less of a hassle.

Just like your compost bucket...
Have a small recycling bin in your kitchen so it's easy to recycle. Rinse out food cans, bottles, etc. right there and place into the small kitchen bin. When it fills up simply take it out to your sorting area.

Make it a Family Affair
Don't put the recycling onto one person. Educate everyone in the house. Have them participate by cleaning material, removing labels and putting them into the recycling bin. Working together makes it easy, having just one person doing recycling duty makes it a chore.

Wait until you have a full load before heading to the depot
If you are driving to the depot make sure you have a full load and try to make the trip when you are going out to do other things. And when you're dropping your material off, shut off your vehicle, don't let it idle. If you bike up to the depot, make lots of small trips and get into great shape!

If your vehicle is going to idle for more than 10 seconds turn it off!
That's the amount of gas it'll take to restart your vehicle.

Every little bit helps!
If you see a piece of plastic, paper or cardboard
on a Tofino beach or trail - pick it up and put it in the next trash can.
Sometimes things fall out of our pockets and we don't notice.
By picking up another piece of trash we can help compensate for what we may drop.

Keep the Tofino sunrise beautiful
- pick up a piece of litter and recycle!