Green Bin WEEKLY Green Bin WEEKLY Garbage WEEKLY

How to set it out What’s In How to set it out

All Dairy Bread Raw Have bin available for service at designated pick up uneaten products Cakes meat Have bin available for service at designated pick up food and Cheese Cooked location on your collection day by 8:00 a.m. location on your collection day by 8:00 a.m. plate Pastries Eggs/ meat scrapings Shells Bones Secure bin after collection as soon as possible. Secure bin after collection as soon as possible. food dairy bread and meat and pastries bones Keep the lids closed. Keep the lids closed. Paper tea Raw Fish Paper bags, tea vegetables Cooked fish towels, Green Bin leaves Cooked plates, Green Bin Bones Coffee vegetables napkins Garbage Soft shells grounds Whole fruit Food soiled • Collected weekly from lobster, Peelings cardboard, • Collected weekly. tea & coffee Coffee fruit and fish crab or food soiled • One Green Bin per Strata grounds vegetables paper food soiled • One Garbage Bin per Strata. filters shrimp • Place accepted materials loose in the Green Bin or in paper bags placed inside the newspaper • Place accepted materials in securely sealed bags and place into the bin. Green Bin. Contractor will replace the bin liner after each service. What’s Out • Should your bin require maintenance, please contact the Contractor. • Keep your bin clean by wrapping food waste in newspaper or using paper bags. The You can also include cut flowers, flower Garbage moisture in the food waste will be absorbed by the paper, helping to eliminate odours. bunches and house plant cuttings. What’s In • Should your Green Bin require maintenance, please contact the Contractor. Liquids of any kind Dryer lint, vacuum contents, hair, pet waste • Garbage generated by residential premises from typical household use Coexisting with Wildlife Elastics, staples, twist ties or produce stickers • (garbage) of a non-toxic nature • Garbage capable of being contained in a garbage can Help keep wildlife wild, and communities safe. Plastics of any kind, including compostable or biodegradable Hard shells from clams or oysters What’s Out • Keep your Green Bin and Garbage Bin secured at all times so wildlife do not Yard or garden green waste access bins and become habituated in the community. • Yard and garden green waste, branches, logs • Keep your Green Bin and Garbage Bin clean. Reducing Food Waste • Land clearing waste What can be recycled? • Construction/demolition waste such as wood, • Find more information: www.wildsafebc.com/live Did you know that wasted food costs an average Canadian household over $1,100 per year? www.scrd.ca/- scrap metal or gypsum Check out www.scrd.ca/reduce-food-waste for how these three mottos can help you at home! • Liquids of any kind directory By using your Green Bin you will help cut down the amount of food waste • Commercial, industrial, institutional waste that ends up in our . Food waste that is sent to the landfill takes up • Hot or burning material valuable space. While it rots in the landfill, it releases methane gas — a harmful PLAN IT USE IT KEEP IT • Hazardous, explosive, chemical waste greenhouse gas. Food waste collected from the Green Bin program wil be processed OUT UP FRESH • Waste oil, petroleum by-products locally by Salish Soils into , a beneficial resource. • Paint, batteries of any kind

www.scrd.ca/curbside-food www.scrd.ca/curbside-food www.scrd.ca/curbside-garbage Multi-Family Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Depot Recycling Curbside Collection 2020-2021 GUIDE

PAPER CONTAINERS GLASS Clean and dry Empty and Empty and Waste Reduction Tips paper only rinse containers rinse containers

Choose products that have minimal or no packaging. Pick reusable instead of disposable.

Put all Donate items for reuse or purchase used: www.scrd.ca/reuse-directory. ! lids with Magazines, containers Newspapers, Boxboard boxes Plastic bottles, Plastic trays and Plastic garden pots Glass bottles - Glass jars - inserts, flyers catalogues, jars and jugs clamshells and seedling trays Borrow from a friend or neighbour. phone books clear & coloured clear & coloured Recycle or compost as much as you can before disposing as garbage. NOT ACCEPTED (Do NOT place with Glass) Moulded paper Household paper Envelopes Caps, tops, lids Plastic or paper Cartons for soup, and pumps take-out cups, bowls milk, etc. Visit www.scrd.ca/holiday-recycling for reduction and recycling tips for and lids

Dishes & Windows & Ceramic products Light bulbs seasonal celebrations year round. cookware mirrors Paper bags Shredded paper Cardboard boxes (contain in paper Aerosol cans Foil wrap and take Metal cans out containers AIR bag or box first) (empty) AIR OTHER FLEXIBLE AIR 3 Plastic packaging for toys, 3 Plastic pails less than 25L

DY Green Waste Recycling AN 3 Greeting cards 3 Paper carry-out beverage trays batteries etc. Separate for laundry detergent, cat RICE C E CHIPS PLASTIC COFFE 3 Paper gift wrap 3 Cores from paper towel and plastic from paper backing litter, etc. PASTA 3 3 SNACK BA 3 Paper gift bags toilet tissue Spiral wound cans and lids for Plastic tubs for yogurt, PACKAGING R frozen juice concentrate, chips, etc. margarine, etc.

Green waste can be composted in your backyard or taken to one NOT ACCEPTED NO HAZARDOUS NOT ACCEPTED Do NOT place with Paper MATERIALS Do NOT place with Paper of the SCRD drop-off locations. For location information and what’s Exclude batteries; medical sharps; GAS accepted, visit . Did you know? Dumping bleach or aerosol www.scrd.ca/composting containers with any Hard and soft Plastic bags and contents remaining; green waste in our forests or beside the road is illegal—dumping can cover books overwrap compressed gas Plastic bags Hazardous waste Glass and overwrap Crinkly wrappers Flexible packaging Zipper lock and  cylinders, for example and bags with plastic seal stand-up pouches used propane harm our waterways, spread invasive species, and attract wildlife. cylinders; containers for paint, motor oil, vehicle lubricants, Clothing and textiles Food, yard waste or antifreeze; or RICE and wood containers for Toys and games Hangers, pots, pesticides with the Electronics and appliances pans and other Woven plastic Non-food protective µ Non-paper gift wrap, foil wrap, cards words DANGER, scrap metal or paper with glitter bags packaging Home Composting WARNING or µ Rubber bands, ribbons, bows POISON, and µ Foam packaging µ Wiring, metal cords, µ Padded envelopes precautionary octagon µ Chip or foil bags, candy wrappers hardware µ Plastic squeeze tubes, plastic-lined paper, paper-lined plastic, µ Bags and boxes with foil liners or diamond symbols µ Stand up pouches µ Clothing textiles and shoes plastic strapping µ Paper towels, napkins and tissues with skull and cross µ Packaging labeled µ Food and yard waste µ 6-pack rings, vinyl, biodegradable plastic Get started or brush up on home composting at www.scrd.ca/composting for tips on µ Foil or plastic lined paper bags bones. biodegradable or compostable keeping your compost productive and safe from wildlife. Home composting helps your Characteristics of Plastic Bags and Overwrap vs. Other Flexible Packaging garden and the environment. For the materials you are not backyard composting, use PLASTIC BAGS FOAM your Green Bin. AND OVERWRAP PACKAGING Plastic Bags and Overwrap NOT CRINKLY CAN POKE YOUR SINGLE MATERIAL

Residential Recycling NOT CRINKLY THUMBCAN POKE THROUGH YOUR IT SINGLE MATERIAL

THUMB THROUGH IT CHIP CHIP S

Other S CHIPS The SCRD provides recycling through Recycle BC’s residential recycling Flexible CHIPS Foam meat trays Foam take-out Foam cushion Plastic program at three depots on the Sunshine Coast. For an overview of what Outer bags and (remove absorbent containers packaging used to product wraps pad) and cups protect electronics etc. Packaging CRINKLY DOESN’T STRETCH FOIL LINING is accepted see the next page of this brochure. For more information and Plastic bags CRINKLY DOESN’T STRETCH FOIL LINING Want to recycle something not included here? 3 Bags for groceries, 3 Overwrap for diapers, µ Blue or pink foam insulation, packing chips and peanuts Search Recycle BC’s Waste Wizard or download a full material list at depot locations visit www.scrd.ca/recycling-depots. produce, newspapers feminine hygiene products, µ Squishy or flexible foam, foam noodles RecycleBC.ca paper towels, soft drink flats To recycle items that are not packaging or printed paper, contact the Recycling Council of BC (RCBC) at 1-800-667-4321 or visit RCBC.ca. Get updates with the SCRD Collects App: www.scrd.ca/solid-waste www.scrd.ca/recycling-depots www.scrd.ca/curbside-food