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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.

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
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. 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.
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.

Tofino RecyclingUcluelet Recycling

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