Cardboard is one of the first items that comes to mind when thinking about recycling. Accepted at depots and in the curbside recycling program, cardboard is relatively easy to recycle. The CRD has been recycling cardboard with the Blue Box program since 2000. Corrugated cardboard has been banned from Hartland land fill since 1993.
Reduce | Reuse | Recycle | Facilities
How do I go green?
Reduce
Buy products that use less packaging or order one big pizza instead of several small ones. Resist delivery pizza and go out for pizza or make one from scratch.
Reuse
Use grease and food free pizza boxes in the garden as a sheet mulching layer or as a brown layer in your compost. There are a number of creative corrugated cardboard reuse suggestions here: box art or make a chair.
Recycle
Pizza boxes are acceptable at the curb through the CRD recycling program. Remove liners and food waste, unfold, flatten the box, bind it with string along with any other corrugated cardboard materials (max. bundle size: 36”x18”x18”) and place it with your blue bag and box.
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
DL's Recycling Centre
6844 Oldfield Road
Saanichton
250-544-3103
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
ICC Group
981 Maughan Road
Nanaimo
250-722-4614
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
250-539-2868
Sooke Garbage Disposal
6228 Sooke Road
Sooke
250-642-3646
The Environmental Story
Most types of cardboard can be recycled up to five times before wood fibers shorten and begin to disintegrate. Your old packing or pizza box can be put to good use many times before reaching the end of its lifespan. Using any cardboard, however, means the harvesting of trees, as new fibres must be blended with old ones for adequate strength.
Save the Date!
This year, Hartland Happening is on Sunday June 24th.
10:30 am to 3:00 pm
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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.