CURBSIDE RECYCLING & GARBAGE COLLECTION

Download your Residential 2010 Collection Calendar

(The Multi-Family Recycling Calendar is the same as the Residential one)

Everybody recycle!  This compulsory service will significantly reduce the amount of garbage entering our landfill. In addition to preserving landfill space, recycling ensures that materials like paper, plastic and metals are returned to the manufacturing process where they can be made into new products instead of requiring the harvest of raw materials from the environment.

This program is compulsory  and you are not able to “opt out” of it.  The cost for garbage and recycling pick up of $15.00 monthly ($13.50 if paid by the due date) for single-family residences will automatically be added to each utility bill every month.

Multi-family residences receive municipal collection service for recyclables only and pay $4.50 per month ($4.05 if paid by the due date).

If your garbage/recycling does not get picked up, call Summerland Waste @ 250 486-4340

Garbage

• 2 bag weekly limit (max 25 kg (55 lb) per bag)

• Use dark bags – the bags can be placed in containers

• Extra Bag Tags for over limit bags can be purchased for $1.50 per bag from Municipal Hall, Public Works or the landfill

• Do not place hazardous waste (paint, gas, pesticides), recyclables (see below) or yard waste in these bags

• Make sure it is placed at the CURB

• *GLASS can go in your garbage as there is no longer a market for it.  It does not harm the landfill as it gets ground up into sand.  There is a spot at the landfill for you to take it if you prefer.

Recycling

• collected biweekly (every second week)

• use clear blue bags purchased from most retail stores

• no limit on number of  bags (max 25 kg (55 lb) per bag)

• no sorting necessary; recyclables can all be mixed in the blue bags

• Styrofoam, glass, waxy material is NOT accepted (see more info below)

This all can go in the blue recycling bag:

      Glass Jars & Bottles       

• No glass containers are allowed in the blue bag curbside recycling program. Glass may be put in your regular garbage as right now there is no viable market for it. We are grinding it down and using it for cover material. There is also a container to put it in at the landfill if you prefer.

Refundable beverage containers can be taken to Summerland Bottle Depot at 9615A Victoria Road South (494-0398)

Unused paint can also be taken to the Summerland Bottle Depot (address above)

Paint, pesticides and gasoline can also be taken to J & C Bottle Depot, 200 Rosetown Ave, Penticton (492-5144).

Rechargeable batteries can be taken to The Source on Main St.

For more information, call the BC Recycling Information Hotline, toll free: 1-800-667-4321 or email  Engineering and Public Works at recycle@summerland.ca or all them at 250 494-0431.

Yard Waste Pickup

For 2010 there will be 6 yard waste collection events.  Collection will occur on your regular garbage day for these proposed weeks:

    April 13-15         May 25-27         July 6-8       Aug. 17-19      Oct. 26-28     Nov. 23-25

• you can put out as many clear bags and bundles as needed. 

• Place plant trimmings, weeds, grass clippings and leaves in clear plastic bags. 

• Branches and prunings may also be bundled.  Tie with string and bundles can be no longer than 1 meter (3 feet).  Do not use wire, nylon or plastic bands.

• Bags or bundles cannot weigh more than 25kg (55 lb)

• Do NOT include kitchen waste, animal feces, rocks or dirt, sod, plant pots or tags, noxious weeds, large branches or dimensional lumber.

Frequently Asked Questions

Collection Day Map                                          

For more information on the Curbside Garbage and Recycling Program, call 250 494-0431 or recycle@summerland.ca.

For Landfill information, click here.                    

OKANAGAN REUSES

Do you have items you think someone else can use?  Are you looking for a bicycle for a growing child, a potting bench or a second-hand couch?  Do you have an upcoming yard sale you’d like to advertise for free?  Visit www.OkanaganReuses.com, where you can do all this and more!   

Post your unwanted items for give-away, or for sale for under $100.  This service is free to District of Summerland residents.  You can even sign up for an email notification when the item you’re seeking comes available!

Don’t chuck it; Give it away!