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Tofino Recycling, Ucluelet Recycling
Curbside Pickup Every 2 Weeks - Place on curb by 8 am
2010 Recycling Schedule for Tofino
Cardboard, Boxboard, Mixed Papers, Newsprint, Rigid (hard)
Plastic, Soft (bags and film) Plastic, Domestic Metals, No Glass
Recyclable Glass
Unfortunately, glass is not part of the recycling program
in Tofino.
Have you been saving recyclable glass (pickle jars, sauce jars, oil bottles
etc.) around the house and are running out of space? Do what a lot of people do. Save your glass and take it out when you leave town to recycling facility that does offer glass recycling. Have friends visiting - as them to take your glass to their home if they have a recycling centre that offer glass recycling.
| Recycling Containers The Regional District provides two re-usable plastic bags. Permanently mark your street address on each bag. Need an additional container? Just grab another container and mark it 'Recyclable Materials'. Any container can be used: another strong bag or a garbage can - just make sure it's marked. |
| Material for Curbside Recycling Pickup | |||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. Do what a lot of people do. Save your glass and take it out when you leave town to recycling facility that does offer glass recycling. Have friends visiting? - ask them to take your glass to their home if they have a recycling centre that offers glass recycling. |
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| X | No Books | ||
| Books are not part of the recycling program in Tofino. | |||
| X | No Foil | ||
| Foil is not part of the recycling program in Tofino. No foil of any kind: foil lids from fast food or yogurt containers | |||
| X | No Used Pizza Boxes | ||
| Soiled cardboard is not able to be utilized in the Tofino Recycling Program. | |||
2010 Recycling Schedule for Tofino
Tofino Recycling Dates 2010 -
Wednesdays, every second week
Ucluelet Recycling Dates 2010 -
Wednesdays, every other second week
Tofino Recycling
Ucluelet
Recycling

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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
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
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

