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Recycle BC Adds Additional BC-based End Market for Glass

Recycle BC is adding a new BC-based end market for glass collected as part of our program. Progressive Planet, which creates CleanTech innovations from its C-Quester™ Centre of Sustainable Innovation will receive post-consumer glass from our program for the manufacture of a new ingredient to dramatically reduce CO2 emissions from cement. The recycled glass will …

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Recycle BC Reduces Emissions with 100% Electric Truck

Recycle BC is excited to welcome its first 100% electric truck into its recycling transportation fleet. This truck will give BC’s residential packaging and paper recycling a cleaner trip from recycling depots to the recycling facility. With the addition of this truck, Recycle BC is leading the way as one of the first extended producer …

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New Flexible Plastics Collection Category

We’re excited to simplify recycling for residents and introduce a single collection category for Flexible Plastics, which are collected at participating depots only. This new category will replace two former categories of Plastic Bags and Overwrap and Other Flexible Plastic Packaging. This change is possible because, after considerable research and development work over the past …

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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Often called Orange Shirt Day, inspired by Phyllis Webstad’s personal story shared in 2013, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Actions we take today – whether observing what September 30 signifies, attending an event, or donating resources to Indigenous organizations and charities – are the first step toward reconciliation. Having a …

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Packing Lean and Leaving Clean Overnight

The payoff of an overnight camping trip is sleeping under the stars here in beautiful BC. How you prepare for your night out in nature is where you can really shine. An overnight camping trip requires smart planning – including how you will dispose of your recyclables and waste. Learn how to pack lean and …

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Clean Camping for Kids – Responsible Recreation for Your Family

Our last post featured a step-by-step guide on how to separate and store your recyclables — this week is about showing the next generation of campers that responsible recreation and recycling is fun for the whole family, and important for preserving the environment. By teaching kids to pack lean and leave clean, you’re ensuring that …

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How to Separate and Store Recyclables

In our last post, we talked about packing lean to reduce your use and lighten your impact on the environment when you’re out enjoying the beautiful landscapes of our province. This week, we have tips for you to leave clean.. Leaving nature the way you found it means preserving our outdoor spaces for decades to …

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Prepare Before You Get There – Tips and Tricks for Packing Lean

This summer camping season in BC, learn how to pack lean and practice responsible outdoor recreation. Responsible recreation means trying to preserve our environment when we spend time in nature, so our parks and outdoor spaces can be enjoyed by everyone for decades to come. Many campers and outdoor adventure-seekers can tell you that the …

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Recycle BC joins Canada Plastics Pact

We are excited to join the Canada Plastics Pact as an Implementation Partner. As Canada’s first fully producer funded and managed extended producer responsibility program for residential packaging and paper, we are proud to play an essential role in supporting the responsible management of plastic packaging through the value chain. Through this partnership, we will …

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Soft Plastic Collection Events

  This summer Recycle BC is hosting a number of soft plastics collection events around BC! Join us as we aim to keep plastic bags, plastic overwrap, stand-up zipper lock pouches, crinkly wrappers and bags, plastic net bags, and other flexible plastic packaging out of the landfill. Bring the following soft plastics to our team: …

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Pack Lean, Leave Clean

Summer is camping season in BC, and whether you are escaping the city for the day or sleeping under the stars, we are encouraging everyone to leave nature the way they found it with tips to Pack Lean, Leave Clean. Pack Lean, Leave Clean shares information about recycling camping packaging, specifically soft plastics. We want …

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Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day 2022

We are honoured to celebrate and collaborate with First Nations communities throughout the year. In British Columbia, various recycling programs are responsible for the collection and management of materials ranging from residential packaging and paper collected by Recycle BC to non-rechargeable batteries, to tires. Nine of these programs, including Recycle BC, came together in 2018 …

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How to Recycle Plastic Plant Pots

Celebrating Mother’s Day can include gifts or a nice brunch, but it’s most often celebrated with fresh, spring flowers. This past weekend is one of the busiest times of year for the purchase of potted plants and hopefully those plants will last for years to come. The plastic plant pots your new blooms arrive in, …

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Meet the Extended Team

By now, you’ve seen the stars of our Recycle Right campaign spreading our message of conscientious clean-up and environmental awareness. Yes, some of the scenarios our models posed for are exaggerated for the camera but being the pros they are, each of them took on the challenge of communicating a simple but effective message: Recycle …

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