Recycling collection has been affected by inclement weather conditions in some of the communities Recycle BC services directly. Please see the information below on how to view impacted service areas, and steps to take if your area has been impacted.
Viewing your Area’s Service Updates
To see if recycling collection has been impacted in your area, follow these steps:
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- Visit the Home Collection page
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- Navigate to your community
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- Enter in your address using the address search tool to see if your area is impacted
- Enter in your address using the address search tool to see if your area is impacted
Alternatively, you can also download the Recycle BC App to check the status of your area and receive notifications about your recycling pick-up services (in Recycle BC direct service areas only).
Recycling collection has impacted my area, what do I do now?
In most cases, your recycling pickup will resume during the following week’s scheduled pick-up. To ensure you’re up to date with any service alerts, continue to monitor the status of your community using service alerts in the Recycle BC App, or using the website address search tool located in direct service area communities.
What if my collection container is full?
There are a number of things you can do if your collection container is full before collection teams are able to collect from your home. In fact, we’ve written a blog post on solutions if your collection container is full before collection day. In addition, most of our partner recycling depots also accept all packaging and paper for drop off if you’re in a pinch.
Collection teams are working hard to safely collect what they can in challenging winter weather conditions. Thanks for your patience!
Why is it challenging to collect recycling in the snow?
Challenging conditions on snowy/icy roads in some areas make it unsafe for collection vehicles to navigate certain neighbourhood streets and laneways.
Typically, recycling trucks are single axle while garbage and green waste trucks are typically double axle, making the latter heavier and easier for them to maintain traction in more challenging areas.
