One Bag Recycling Program
Residents within the City of Castlegar and portions of electoral areas I and J now have a one bag curbside recycling program.
The old recylcing system in this area required that residents sort their recyclables into blue or clear bags. Recent advances in recycling technology now allow you to include all your recyclables in one bag.
Residents outside of the curbside collection area in the West subregion (Electoral Areas H, I, J & K, the Village of Nakusp, Village of Silverton, Village of Slocan, and the Village of New Denver) use drop-off recycling depots (see locations below). Bins at recycling depots accept the same materials as the one bag program however no bags are required! All materials (except glass) can be deposited co-mingled in the recycling bins proivided. Seperate bins are designated at depots for glass only.
What to recycle in your blue OR clear bag |
- Box Board
- Catalogues
- Cereal & food boxes
- Coloured paper
- Computer paper
- Envelopes
- Flyer inserts
- Glossy paper
- Greeting cards
- Junk mail
- Corrugated Cardboard
| - Magazines
- Newspapers
- Paper bags
- Paper egg cartons
- Paper plates & cups (clean)
- Phone books
- Shredded paper
- Tissue boxes
- Wrapping paper (not foil)
| - Aluminum cans
- Aluminum containers (pie plates, etc.)
- Baby bottle liners, rinsed
- Bread bags
- Dry cleaning bags
- Glass jars and bottles
- Fruit and bakery clamshell plastic containers
| - Ice cream pails
- Plastic Code No. 1 to Code No. 7
- Plastic bags (including grocery & shopping bags)
- Plastic bottles (rinses & caps removed)
- Plastic containers
- Plastic film
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Placing contaminants in the bags or bins will result in increased processing costs and may result in the elimination of curb-side recycling services |
Drop-off Recycling Depots |
- Burton (248 Caribou Creek Road)
- Ootischenia landfill (670 Columbia Rd, Castlegar)
- Crescent Valley (Crescent Valley Hall)
- Edgewood (8855 Highway 6)
| - Nakusp (Next to the arena, 200-8th Ave NW)
- New Denver (7th Ave East)
- Silverton (Village works yard, 421 Lake St)
- Slocan (beside transfer station)
- Winlaw (5722 Highway 6)
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For more information on the curbside recycling program or the recycling depot program contact any of these local numbers:
Waste Management of Canada: 250-365-6372
City of Castlegar: 250-365-7227
Regional District of Central Kootenay: 1800-268-7325
See the attached documents for a program brochure and the 2012 pickup calendar
Attached Documents
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