Find the Recycle BC Community Events Team Near You This Summer
The Recycle BC Community Events Team is travelling across BC this summer and we may be coming to a community near you!
Visit us at festivals, fairs, markets and community celebrations to learn how to recycle right, ask your recycling questions and discover what happens to packaging and paper after it leaves your home.
Learn, play and enter to win
Stop by the Recycle BC booth to:
- Get answers to your questions about sorting packaging and paper.
- Learn which materials belong in your recycling and which should be taken to a depot.
- Discover how materials are collected, sorted and processed—and where they go next.
- Put your recycling knowledge to the test with our interactive sorting game.
- Enter for a chance to win a $1,000 gift card.
Whether you have one quick question or want to learn more about BC’s recycling system, our team is ready to help.
Upcoming Recycle BC community events
Here’s where you can find the Recycle BC Community Events Team next:
July
- Billy Barker Days Festival
- When: July 16–19; 11 a.m.–9 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and noon–5 p.m. Sunday
- Where: LeBourdais Park, 600 Gray Avenue, Quesnel
- Surrey Fusion Festival
- When: July 18–19, 11 a.m.–10 p.m. daily
- Where: Holland Park, 13428 Old Yale Road, Surrey
- BC Halal Food Festival
- When: July 24, 3–11 p.m.; July 25, 11 a.m.–11 p.m.; and July 26, 11 a.m.–9 p.m.
- Where: Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre, 17728 64 Avenue, Surrey
- Abbotsford Agrifair
- When: July 31–August 2, 9 a.m.–10 p.m. daily
- Where: Abbotsford Exhibition Park, 32470 Haida Drive, Abbotsford
- Filberg Festival
- When: July 31 and August 1, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; August 2, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
- Where: Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park, 61 Filberg Road, Comox
August
- Harmony Arts Festival
- When: Find Recycle BC there August 7–9. Friday hours are 2–10 p.m.; weekend programming generally begins at 11 a.m.
- Where: West Vancouver waterfront, including Millennium Park and Argyle Avenue
- BC Northern Exhibition
- When: August 13–16; event hours vary by day
- Where: Exhibition Park, 4175 18 Avenue, Prince George
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. FC Dallas
- When: August 22 at 6:30 p.m.
- Where: BC Place, 777 Pacific Boulevard, Vancouver
- Summer Music and Fireworks Festival
- When: August 22, 4–10 p.m.
- Where: New Westminster Quay, 810 Quayside Drive, New Westminster
- PNE Fair
- When: Find Recycle BC there August 28–30; check the PNE schedule for daily operating hours
- Where: PNE Fairgrounds, 2901 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
September
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Austin FC
- When: September 13 at 3:30 p.m.
- Where: BC Place, 777 Pacific Boulevard, Vancouver
Thanks for visiting us
We’ve already had the chance to connect with residents at events across BC this spring and summer. Thank you to everyone who stopped by, tested their knowledge with our sorting game and shared their recycling questions with us.
You may have seen the Recycle BC Community Events Team at:
- Ridge Meadows Home Show
- Coastal Wave Market – Maple Ridge
- Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair
- Steveston Farmers and Artisans Marke
- Vancouver Landfill Open House
- Vernon Sunshine Festival
- Williams Lake Stampede
- Celebrate Canada Day – Kelowna
- Maple Ridge Canada Day
- Kelowna Ribfest
Come say hello
There are plenty more opportunities to meet the Recycle BC Community Events Team before the summer is over.
Bring your recycling questions, try your hand at our sorting game and learn how recycling right helps keep BC’s recycling system working.
We look forward to seeing you!
Event dates, locations and operating hours may change. Check the event organizer’s website before attending. Contest rules and eligibility requirements apply.
