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Curbside recycling – acceptable items
Free drop-off at Recycling Depots – acceptable items
Recycling and garbage calendars
CVRD Recycling Depot locations
CVRD neighbourhood recycling bin locations
Useful links

Curbside recycling – accepted items

Plastic

Plastics must be clean and have recycling symbol and number showing (between #1 and #7). Note: you cannot recycle Styrofoam at the curbside (but it can be recycled for free at the CVRD’s Recycling Depots).
Examples include empty milk jugs, yogurt or margarine containers, windshield washer jugs, shampoo or soap bottles, etc.
Remember to remove all paper or plastic labels!
Bag your bags! All film plastic (grocery bags, bread bags, cling wrap, sheet plastic etc.) should be placed in one bag and securely tied.

Paper and cardboard

Must be clean and free from glue, sparkles, plastic, paint or other contaminants.
Examples include office paper, newsprint, magazines, catalogues, inserts and flyers, telephone directories, file folders, calendars, packing paper, gift wrap (no foil), post-it notes, cereal boxes, detergent boxes, shoe boxes, egg cartons, etc.
Corrugated cardboard is also accepted, but it must be flattened and folded into sections no larger than 2’ x 3’ (no waxed or soiled cardboard please).

Tin cans

All clean and flattened tin foil, aluminum pie plates, etc.
Tin cans and lids are accepted (remember to remove labels).

Have something to recycle that's not on the list? Give us a call at (250) 746-2540 (toll free 1-800-665-3955) or email us and we will do our best to help.

Free drop-off at Recycling Depots – accepted items

Used motor oil, oil filters and containers. Up to 20 litres.
Used antifreeze.
Passenger / light truck tires. First four units free, $2/unit thereafter.
Disposable and rechargeable batteries. Charges apply to commercial quantities.
Vehicle batteries.
Scrap metal (e.g. appliances, bicycles, BBQ's).
Clean bulk plastics. Must have code # 1-7 stamped on them and be clean; no #3 PVC pipe or vinyl siding.
Residential organics. Accepted at Bings Creek only – up to a 5 gallon pail (23 litres) per visit is free; thereafter $3.00 minimum charge for quantities up to 55 lbs.
Yard and garden materials – includes grass, leaves, and branches no greater than three inches in diameter. No sod, rock or dirt.
Fluorescent tubes / bulbs. First 11 tubes / bulbs free, $.50 per tube / bulb thereafter.
Cell phones (handset, batteries and chargers).
Household recyclables (clean plastic containers, clean plastic film, tin cans, foil, magazines, mixed paper, boxboard, newspaper, cardboard, and glass).
Propane tanks and canisters (refillable and disposable).
Refrigerators / freezers, and air conditioners. First unit free, $15/unit thereafter.
Styrofoam.® Must be clean of all contaminants. No blue or pink sheets of insulation.

Have something to recycle that's not on the list? Give us a call at (250) 746-2540 (toll free 1-800-665-3955) or email us and we will do our best to help.

CVRD Recycling Depot locations

Bings Creek Recycling Depot (map)

3900 Drinkwater Road, Duncan
Open every day 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Closed on statutory holidays, Easter Monday and Boxing Day

Meade Creek Recycling Drop-off Depot (map)

8855 Youbou Road, Lake Cowichan
Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
November 1st to March 31st - Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
April 1st to October 31st - Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
Closed on statutory holidays and Boxing Day

Peerless Road Recycling Drop-off Depot

Trans Canada Hwy. and Thicke Rd., Ladysmith
Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
November 1st to March 31st - Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
April 1st to October 31st - Wednesday through Sunday
Closed on statutory holidays and Boxing Day

CVRD neighbourhood recycling bin locations

All multi-bins accept newspapers and inserts, magazines and glossy fliers, tins cans, and glass. The CVRD has conveniently placed bins (mini-recycling centres) at local businesses around the valley to help you do your part and keep our waste disposal down. Listed below are the locations and hours of operation for the multi-bins.

Duncan
Chemainus
Cobble Hill
Mill Bay
Shawnigan Lake

Duncan

Active Industrial Waste Management
5271 Boal Rd., Duncan
Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Steel Pacific (formerly Harper's Recycling)
3015 Boys Rd., Duncan
Monday - Saturday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Chemainus

Across from Horseshoe Bay Pub
9756 Chemainus Rd.
Bare Point Rd., Chemainus
Every day, dawn - dusk

Cobble Hill

Country Grocer (Valley View Centre)
1400 Cowichan Bay Road (at Trans Canada Highway), Cobble Hill
Every day, dawn - dusk

Save-on-Gas (at Bench Road)
4801 Trans Canada Highway
Cobble Hill
Every day, dawn – dusk

Mill Bay

Kerry Park Recreation Centre
1035 Shawnigan Mill Bay Rd., Mill Bay
Every day dawn – dusk

Shawnigan Lake

Shawnigan Lake Community Centre
2804 Shawnigan Lake Rd.
Shawnigan Lake
Every day, 8:00 am - 8:00 pm