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CRD Recycles

CRD Recycles

Collection Information• Place your recyclables in a visible

location at the curb by 7:30 a.m. on your collection day. Collection times may vary.

• Use CRD blue boxes, CRD blue bags. No garbage cans or oversized containers.

• Use clear bags for shredded paper. • If recycling is still out at

4 p.m., leave your materials at the curb and call Emterra at 250.385.4399.

• Regular pick-up on all statutory holidays, except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Refer to your schedule.

Your recycling pick-up day is

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Remember• Tin and rigid plastic containers

and plastic packaging may be mixed together in the CRD blue box.

• Plastic bags and styrofoam are NOT accepted for recycling at the curb but are accepted at designated depots.

• Ensure that glass bottles and jars are placed in a separate CRD blue box. Remove lids and place lids with your blue box containing mixed containers.

• There is no limit to the amount of CRD blue boxes or CRD blue bags that can be left at the curb (use of other containers permitted provided they are not larger in volume than 47 litres or 12 gallons and are used in conjunction with a CRD blue box or blue bag).

• CRD blue boxes or blue bags will be left behind if they contain unaccepted items; drivers will “tag” contaminated blue boxes and blue bags so that residents can remove non-recyclables for the next collection day.

For curbside recycling and collection information call:Emterra at 250.385.4399

Capital Regional District | Parks & Environmental Services625 Fisgard St., PO Box 1000, Victoria, BC V8W 2S6

M A Y 2015

S E P T E M B E R 2015

J U N E 2015

O C T O B E R 2015

J U L Y 2015

N O V E M B E R 2015

A U G U S T 2015

D E C E M B E R 2015

J A N U A R Y 2016 F E B R U A R Y 2016 M A R C H 2016

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CRD Recycles

CRD Recycles

Collection Information• Place your recyclables in a visible

location at the curb by 7:30 a.m. on your collection day. Collection times may vary.

• Use CRD blue boxes, CRD blue bags. No garbage cans or oversized containers.

• Use clear bags for shredded paper. • If recycling is still out at

4 p.m., leave your materials at the curb and call Emterra at 250.385.4399.

• Regular pick-up on all statutory holidays, except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Refer to your schedule.

Your recycling pick-up day is

Recycling Schedule May 2016 TO

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Remember• Tin and rigid plastic containers

and plastic packaging may be mixed together in the CRD blue box.

• Plastic bags and styrofoam are NOT accepted for recycling at the curb but are accepted at designated depots.

• Ensure that glass bottles and jars are placed in a separate CRD blue box. Remove lids and place lids with your blue box containing mixed containers.

• There is no limit to the amount of CRD blue boxes or CRD blue bags that can be left at the curb (use of other containers permitted provided they are not larger in volume than 47 litres or 12 gallons and are used in conjunction with a CRD blue box or blue bag).

• CRD blue boxes or blue bags will be left behind if they contain unaccepted items; drivers will “tag” contaminated blue boxes and blue bags so that residents can remove non-recyclables for the next collection day.

For curbside recycling and collection information call:Emterra at 250.385.4399

Capital Regional District | Parks & Environmental Services625 Fisgard St., PO Box 1000, Victoria, BC V8W 2S6

M A Y 2016

S E P T E M B E R 2016

J U N E 2016

O C T O B E R 2016

J U L Y 2016

N O V E M B E R 2016

A U G U S T 2016

D E C E M B E R 2016

J A N U A R Y 2017 F E B R U A R Y 2017 M A R C H 2017

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GREEN WEDNESDAY

CRD Blue Box Accepted

R Steel packaging (examples)

R Plastic containers (examples)

R Paper packaging containing liquids when sold (examples)

• Empty and rinse containers, labels are okay• Remove caps, pumps and lids; place loose in

blue box• Put metal lids inside cans and squeeze slightly• Take deposit containers to depot for deposit

refund

Remember

• Place newspapers and flyers loose in CRD blue bag, not inside plastic or paper bags. Remove plastic wraps.

• Remove liners from cardboard boxes. Flatten and place in blue bag, not inside a cardboard box.

• Shredded paper: tie shredded paper firmly in a clear plastic bag (no opaque, coloured or black bags).

• Remove plastic wrap from cardboard flats. If cardboard does not fit into the blue bag, flatten and tie in bundles no larger than maximum bundle size: 90 cm x 45 cm x 20 cm (36”x18”x 8”); staples and tape accepted; place bundles between boxes.

* All materials accepted, including paper and cardboard, are banned from the garbage

R Clean printed paper items (examples)

Remember

CRD Blue Bag Accepted Glass AcceptedR Clean glass bottles and jars (examples)

• Place clean glass in a separate blue box adjacent to your CRD blue box

• Empty and rinse, labels are okay• Recycle lids in your blue box with mixed

containers• Take deposit containers to depot for deposit

refund

RememberR Clean Paper Packaging containing dry goods when sold (examples)

T Hardcover or paperback booksT Non-paper gift wrap, e.g. foil, ribbons,

bowsT Musical greeting cards with batteriesT Paper towel, napkins or tissuesT Boxes with wax coatings, e.g. grocery

shipping boxesT Foil-lined bags, e.g., for cookies & pet

foodT Padded envelopes

Do Not Include

R Aluminum containers (examples)

T Straws, non-paper insulating wrapsT Foil-lined cardboard take-out containers

and lidsT Propane tanks or cylinders; paint cansT Metal or plastic toysT Appliances, hardware, scrap metalT Chip or foil bags; foil wrap with paperT Glass, plastic bags or styrofoam containersT Blister packsT Aerosol cans with any contents or HHWT Packaging labelled biodegradable or

compostable

Do Not Include

T Drinking glasses, dishes, cookware, whole or broken window glass

Do Not Include

• Cut off or remove metal grommets, rope drawstrings, non-plastic items

• Empty bags of paper receipts and food residues• Stuff and tie firmly into one bag keeping plastic

bags and overwrap separate from foam

Remember

T Crinkly cellophane wrapT Zipper-lock bags, potato chip, snack bagsT Kitchen stretch wrap or plastic wrap for meat,

poultry, fish, or cheeseT Lumber or construction wrapT Plastic shipping envelopes, bubble wrapT Packing chips, peanuts or foam noodlesT Blue or pink foam board insulationT Garbage bags (any colour)T Household hazardous waste

Do Not Include

Drop-off at Depots Visit myrecyclopedia.ca for details

R Plastic bags and overwrap (examples)

R Plastic foam packaging (examples)

• Visit myrecyclopedia.ca or call the CRD Hotline at 250.360.3030 for info on how to recycle items not accepted in the curbside program.

• Set recycling out on recycling day by 7:30am.• Prevent loose paper from blowing away,

make sure to use the CRD blue bag and place bag with open end folded under on top of CRD blue box.

Recycling Tips