RESIDENTIAL WASTE: Improving waste diversion Sorting saves you money! Your waste disposal charge will fluctuate depending on the amount of recyclable materials you remove and recycle before visiting the landfill. This activity is referred to as waste diversion. When waste is diverted away from the landfill into streams that convert would-be waste into repurposed or recycled materials, it eases the burden on existing landfills and extends their usable life.
FOR RESIDENTS: What you need to know To encourage commercial customers to sort out recyclable and prohibited materials, commercial fees will be increasing for unsorted/mixed waste by 76% and 5% for sorted waste. Although residential fees are not changing ($55/tonne for sorted and $110/tonne for unsorted), the increase may effect residents who rent disposal bins. If your load contains 10% or more (by volume) of carboard, a $250/tonne fee will be charged.
YOU CAN SAVE MONEY: Check your diversion habits Do you recycle cardboard? Do you separate wood, metal and/or concrete from bagged waste and each other before disposing? Do you remove hazardous materials (oil/antifreeze/paints) from your disposal bins? Do you recycle refundables like bottles, cans and juice boxes? If you answered no to any of these questions: You could be subjected to paying the mixed rate of $110/tonne or worse, $250/tonne for placing cardboard in your garbage bins.
Making small changes in how you bring in your waste can make big impacts in the future.
SORT OUT RECYCLING: What goes where? When waste that could be reused or recycled gets buried as trash, it takes up valuable space in the landfill and reduces its service life. The following recyclable items have separate homes:
Bessborough Chetwynd North Peace Regional
Appliances
Batteries
Concrete
Electronics
Grain bags and twine
Prespatou, Tomslake and Wonowon only
Cecil Lake, Prespatou, Tomslake, Buick, Rolla Transfer stations only
Cecil Lake Rose Prairie Dawson Creek Tomslake Kelly Lake Wonowon Prespatou
Buick Creek Goodlow Moberly Lake
Pink Mountain Rolla Upper Halfway
Metal
Paint and Flammables
Propane bottles
Prespatou only
Dawson Creek TS only
Wood
Tires (off rim)
Household Recycling • • • •
Cardboard Printed paper Containers, plastic Containers, aluminum
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White styrofoam Coloured styrofoam Plastic film/overwrap (stretchy plastic) Flexible plastic (crinkly)
Visit prrd.bc.ca for more information on hours and locations for landfills and transfer stations