Newspaper is one of the Capital Region’s recycling success stories. Every resident in the region has access to newsprint recycling, using an Apartment Tote or a CRD Blue Bag, and thus, paper is banned from disposal at the Hartland landfill.
Reduce | Reuse | Recycle | Facilities
How do I go green?
Reduce
The best way to reduce your paper use is by refusing it. Post a ‘no junk mail’ sign on your mailbox and switch to receiving your bills online. Read your newspaper online; share your paper with your colleagues or your neighbours; consider alternatives to tree based paper, such as hemp, cotton or rice.
Reuse
Save the Sunday edition for wrapping paper and packaging material. Shredded newsprint makes an excellent garden mulch or litter box liner.
Recycle
Just drop it in the CRD Blue Bag! As long as paper and non-corrugated cardboard isn’t wax or plastic lined, it can go in your curbside recycling. Have a lot? Check out the paper recycling drop off locations listed below.
Facilities
Alpine Disposal & Recycling
1045 Dunford Avenue
Langford
250-474-5145
BFI Canada
2240 Keating Cross Road
Saanichton
250-652-4414
Cascades Recovery Inc.(Formerly Metro, Commercial Only)
2800 Bridge Street
Victoria
250-480-1274
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
Galiano Recycling Depot
220 Sturdies Bay Road (at Galiano Freight Yard)
Galiano Island
250-539-5769
Hartland Recycling Facility
# 1 Hartland Avenue
Victoria
250-360-3030
Mayne Island Recycling Depot
390 Campbell Bay Road
Mayne Island
250-539-3383
Oak Bay Municipal Depot (Oak Bay Residents Only)
1771 Elgin Road
Victoria
250-598-4501
Pender Island Recycling Depot
4400 Otter Bay Road
Pender Island
250-629-6962
Port Renfrew Recycling Drop Box
Parkinson Road
Port Renfrew
1-800-663-4425
reFUSE (Commercial and Residential)
2111 Government Street
Victoria
250-381-6007
Salt Spring Island Recycling Depot
349 Rainbow Road
Salt Spring Island
250-537-1200
Saturna Island Recycling Depot
Navarez & Harris Road
Saturna Island
250-539-9940
The Environmental Story
Newsprint spans the gamut in terms of environmental sustainability. Some types are almost fully post consumer recycled, do not use whiteners or bleaches and instead use vegetable based inks. Check for the Forest Stewardship Council mark or the Canadian EcoLogo mark, both of which indicate the paper has met environmental standards for recycled content. Other symbols indicate chlorine free bleaching processes and low acidity, which allow the paper to last longer. The majority of North American newsprint sent to recycling facilities ends up in the post-consumer market in China and abroad, where newsprint forest resources are not as plentiful.
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
Don't abandon your better judgement.
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Use CRD Blue Boxes & Bags at the curb.