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Tofino Recycling: Plastic, Paper, Soft Plastics...

2011/2012 Recycling Schedule for Tofino

SonBIrd Recycling Info Sheet | ACRD Recycling Sheet

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Tofino Recycling, Ucluelet Recycling
Curbside Pickup Every 2 Weeks - Place on curb by 8 am

2011/2012 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. See below in Common Recycling Questions for why glass is not collected in the ACRD.

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
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, toilet paper cardboard, etc.
Yes	Flatten, make sure it is clean & dry, remove any staples, bundle large amounts (30x30x8")
No	No plastic/styro, waxed/coated boxes, tape, staples, or boxboard, no soiled pizza boxes. No food contaminated paper.
	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.

SonBIrd Recycling Info Sheet | ACRD Recycling Sheet

2011/2012 Recycling Schedule for Tofino

Tofino Recycling Dates - Wednesdays, every second week

Ucluelet Recycling Dates - Wednesdays, every other second week

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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).

Common Recycling Questions answered by Alberni Clayoquot Regional District

Where do I put the recycling boxes? Place your boxes alongside your garbage can.

What if I need more boxes? Yellow recycling stickers can be obtained from the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District office at 3008 Fifth Avenue. These stickers can be affixed to additional boxes (i.e., Rubbermaid tote, 80 litre garbage can) to identify it as a recycling box. The additional containers must not exceed 44lbs. Additional Blue Boxes can be purchased from the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District of at the cost of $15 each, or at many hardware stores.

What materials can I recycle? Cardboard (non-waxed), Boxboard, Mixed Paper, Newspaper, Plastics (Numbers 1,2,4, & 5 and plastic bags), metals (tin and foils). ALL materials must be clean and free of food residual. Plastic bags should be all placed together in one bag and tied off.

Pizza Boxes? Can they be recycled? The bottom portion of the pizza box will be soiled and cannot be recycled. If the top portion is clean and free of oil and food debris, it may be placed in the blue box.

Is there anything we cannot recycle? Glass and Styrofoam are not included in the program. Food soiled items, batteries, yard waste. These items can be brought to locations that will recycle them. Please see the 'Everything Else' Materials List for locations to deposit these items.

Why is glass not accepted? Glass causes safety hazards to the staff collecting and sorting recyclable material. Glass can also contaminate other materials. There are no viable markets for glass collected through the recycling program. Deposit or refundable glass containers such as juice, wine, beer and liquor bottles can be returned to the bottle depot for a refund.

Is there anything in particular I should do with my plastic bags? All plastic grocery bags and plastic film should be cleaned and placed inside a grocery bag and tied off. Make sure the receipt has been removed from the bag.

Is there a limit on how many recyclable materials I am able to put out? There is no limit but containers must be 80L or less and weigh less than 44 pounds each.

My recycling was not picked up? Check to see if it is your Recycling Pick-up week. If it is, please call Sun Coast Waste at (250) 720-2161 (Alberni Valley), or Sonbird Refuse & Recycling at (250) 720-4406 (West Coast).

What happens to the materials I put in my blue box? Your materials are transported to Vancouver Island Recycling in Nanaimo where they are sorted and sent to processing plants to be made into other products. Corrugated cardboard reappears as cereal boxes. Mixed paper is made into new boxboard products. Plastic can be recycled into shampoo bottles or plastic lumber.

The Truth About Plastics

Say No To Plastic
Canadians take home an estimated 55 million plastic bags per week. This is a total of over 2.86 billion bags per year.

This creation of plastic bags contributes to greenhouse gas emissions.

It is estimated that only 5% of all plastic bags get recycled: the rest end up in landfills or polluting the environment.

How Many Animals are Killed From Plastic Bags?
Estimates are that 100,000 animals (dolphins, whales, fish, turtles, birds...) are killed every year due to plastic bags.

1) Reduce

Take along cloth bags when shopping.
Sort your reusable bags in your car or purse
Make a reminder note and place on dash of your car or house door
Hang cloth bags on house door handle to remind you to bring them shopping
Reuse small veggie and fruit bags not just the big outer bags.
Use no bags or as few as possible in veggie and fruit department

2) Reuse

Reuse any plastic bags you may accumulate
Reuse small veggie and fruit bags not just the big outer bags
Next time your shop, use 1 bag for multiple purchases from different stores

3) Recycle

Recycle clean, fry, empty bags in your curbside recycling program
Make sure all receipts are removed
Bag the Bag: group all bags together and tie shut!

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

Earth-Friendly Programs

Canada's Residential and Commercial Thermostat Exchange Program
Administered by the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI), and supported by the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating (CIPH), the Switch the 'Stat program works with heating and cooling contractors and wholesalers to encourage the installation of energy-efficient programmable thermostats, while simultaneously diverting the older mercury-containing and electronic thermostats from landfill. Switching to newer and more energy-efficient programmable thermostats and responsibly disposing of older mercury-containing thermostats reduces energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and prevents mercury from contaminating our air, soil, and water.

Used Oil Recycling in British Columbia
British Columbians have done an exceptional job of recycling used motor oil (79.3% recovery), oil filters (85.5%) and oil containers (88.3%). But when you consider that a single litre of used oil can contaminate a million litres of ground water it is clear that more needs to be done. Please ensure every drop of used oil, every filter and every container is brought to a collection facility during regular business hours so it can be disposed of properly. Most of these collection facilities will now also accept used antifreeze and antifreeze containers.

Battery Recycling Program
Residents and organizations in British Columbia and Manitoba can now recycle all household batteries including alkalines or single-use batteries weighing less than 11 lbs/5 kg.

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