CD cases are a type of rigid plastic packaging, made from polystyrene, a number 6 plastic which comes in a foaming and non-foaming state. CD Cases are simple for residents of the CRD to recycle—they can be placed in your curbside CRD Blue Box for recycling. Remove the paper 'liner notes' and place the paper in your CRD Blue Bag.
Reduce | Reuse | Recycle | Facilities
How do I go green?
Reduce
Consider downloading your music instead of buying new CDs. If burning music onto CDs, use envelopes to store them rather than thick cases.
Reuse
Have a CD that doesn’t play any more? Recycle old cases by reusing them with newly burned music. Cases also make great photo frames!
Recycle
CD cases can be recycled in your CRD Blue Box, the same way you discard of tin cans, bottles and other plastics. Don’t forget to remove any paper inserts from the case first and place them in your CRD Blue Bag.
Facilities
Ellice Recycle
Enter at 524 David Street
Victoria
250-386-4342
Emterra Environmental / International Paper Industries (Commercial Only)
302-304 John Street
Victoria
250-385-4399
Hartland Recycling Facility
# 1 Hartland Avenue
Victoria
250-360-3030
Oak Bay Municipal Depot (Oak Bay Residents Only)
1771 Elgin Road
Victoria
250-598-4501
Pacific Mobile Depots
Victoria
250-893-3851
reFUSE (Commercial and Residential)
2111 Government Street
Victoria
250-381-6007
Sooke Garbage Disposal
6228 Sooke Road
Sooke
250-642-3646
The Environmental Story
Polystyrene is made using benzene, a known human carcinogen. Benzene is released into the air if the polystyrene is burned.
Polystyrene makes up a significant part of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a slowly rotating collection of plastic in the centre of the North Pacific Ocean Gyre. There are 3.3 million pieces of plastic per square kilometer in the garbage patch. Over 8 billion kilograms of plastic ends up in our oceans each year, much of it polystyrene. These plastics don’t biodegrade, but rather break into increasingly smaller pieces, which can cause harm or death to sea birds, fish, turtles and other marine life.
Using as little polystyrene as possible, and recycling what you do acquire in a responsible manner, is one of the best things you can do for the health of our marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
Save the Date!
This year, Hartland Happening is on Sunday June 24th.
10:30 am to 3:00 pm
Click here for more details
Questions? Call the CRD Hotline.
We can answer your questions on the Hartland landfill, composting, household hazardous waste, recycling and more!
t: 250.360.3030
toll-free: 1.800.663.4425 #3030
Go blue. It's the right thing to do.
Use CRD Blue Boxes & Bags at the curb.