Helping Vancouver Government Waste Collection

You clean up your house regularly, you segregate food scraps, liquid waste, and compostable stuff, and you’re ready to fill your garbage bin with your common household wastes. While loading your garbage bin, you assume that you have done your part and properly handled rubbish from your home. You have peace of mind knowing that you have not dumped anything harmful or illegal for Vancouver waste collection to pick up.

 

But do you know that although it might appear harmless, some seemingly non-threatening items we throw in the trash every day such as glossy paper should not be treated as regular trash and mixed with the usual household garbage we throw every day?

 

Yes, while you intend to do your part as a good citizen that you exert extra effort in handling your household wastes, it pays to be aware of the limitations of Vancouver waste collection in order to maximize the help you can give when it comes to proper waste handling.

 

• For an instance, just like glossy paper, other recyclable paper products just like milk cartons, crumpled cardboard, packing paper, should be deposited to recycling depots in Vancouver.

 

• There is also a certain type of recyclable plastics that are banned and requires special handling when it comes to disposal. Glass containers are not accepted by the community waste collection either.

• Additionally, plastic containers for some cleaning agents such as bleach or fabric conditioners may be accepted – so long as these containers are rinsed well before being thrown in the garbage bin.

• Even though crumpled or wrinkly cardboard boxes are accepted at designated recycling depots, you have to flatten and cut them into pieces for better and easier handling.

 

• Aluminum foils are accepted in recycling depots or in blue boxes but you have to ensure that the foils were rinsed well and no food remainder are stuck on it.

 

You have to do your best in helping the community waste collection. When you do this, you’re not just helping the waste collectors themselves, you are also helping the planet.