Plastic bottled beverages are ideal for a refreshing drink on the go and at the gym. Unfortunately, these low cost and seemingly disposable containers can have some serious environmental consequences.
Reduce | Reuse | Recycle | Facilities
How do I go green?
Reduce
Why buy bottled water when we have fabulous and clean tap water? Purchase and sterilize a reusable container that you can fill from the tap or a larger beverage bottle.
Reuse
Refill the bottle a few times before recycling it. Cut it in half and leave the lid on to make a clever picnic or camping drinking goblet.
Recycle
All plastic beverage containers and caps can be recycled in the curbside Blue Box program. Rinse and separate the caps. You may also return these bottles to grocery stores or a return-it depot for return of your deposit; see location details below:
Facilities
Alpine Bottle Depot
1045 Dunford Avenue
Langford
250-474-5145
BC Liquor Stores
All Locations
Victoria
Bottle Depot, The - Glanford
4261 Glanford Avenue
Saanich
250-727-7480
Bottle Depot, The - Quadra
3961 Quadra Street
Victoria
250-727-7480
Bottle Depot, Victoria
655 Queens Avenue
Victoria
250-727-7480
Cascades Recovery Inc.(Formerly Metro, Commercial Only)
2800 Bridge Street
Victoria
250-480-1274
Encorp
Multiple Depot Locations
Burnaby
1-800-330-9767
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
London Drugs
All Locations
Mayne Island Recycling Depot
390 Campbell Bay Road
Mayne Island
250-539-3383
Pacific Mobile Depots
Victoria
250-893-3851
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
Return-It Centre at Saturna General Store
101 Narvaez Bay Road
Saturna Island
250-539-2936
Salt Spring Island Recycling Depot
349 Rainbow Road
Salt Spring Island
250-537-1200
Saltspring Refund Centre
370 Lower Ganges Road
Ganges, Saltspring
250-537-8784
Saturna Island Recycling Depot
Navarez & Harris Road
Saturna Island
250-539-2868
Sidney Bottle Depot
#5-10025 Galaran Road
Sidney
250-655-4878
Sooke Bottle Depot
2036 Idlemore Road
Sooke
250-744-8906
West Shore Return-It Centre
935 Ellery Street
Victoria
250-381-1482
The Environmental Story
Most plastic beverage containers are made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or No. 1 Plastic, which like other Plastics, can only be downcycled and in some form or another may end up filling up our landfills and waterways. In BC, Encorp levies a fee at point of purchase on many plastic beverage containers to offset the cost of recycling and offer the incentive of a refund for return of these items into the recycling stream. Your empty bottles will be baled and shredded and perhaps reconstituted as a fleece jacket, or a new bleach or motor oil bottle.
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.