Plastic bottled beverages are convenient for a refreshing drink on the go or 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
Switch to a glass bottle dairy, where your empty bottles will be reused at least a dozen times before re-entering the recycling cycle. Limit purchases of smaller containers of milk in favour of using reusable containers filled from your large at-home jug.
Reuse
Milk jugs can be used for a variety of house and garden DIY purposes: remove the spout and you have a handy bucket or water baler with a built-in handle; fill with sand and use to hold down a tarp or furniture that might be blown in the wind; fill with water and place in the freezer to make blocks of ice.
Recycle
All plastic beverage containers can be recycled in the curbside Blue Box program. Rinse, remove the caps and flatten if possible.
Facilities
BFI Canada
2240 Keating Cross Road
Saanichton
250-652-4414
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, Queens
655 Queens Avenue
Victoria
250-727-7480
Cascades Recovery Inc.(Formerly Metro, Commercial Only)
2800 Bridge Street
Victoria
250-480-1274
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
Mayne Island Recycling Depot
390 Campbell Bay Road
Mayne Island
250-539-3383
Oak Bay Green Committee / Carnarvon Park Recycling Depot
Carnarvon Park
Victoria
reFUSE (Commercial and Residential)
2111 Government Street
Victoria
250-381-6007
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
Sidney Bottle Depot
#5-10025 Galaran Road
Sidney
250-655-4878
South Jubilee Neighbourhood Association Plastic Re-Cycle
1625 Bank Street
Victoria
250-595-2685
West Shore Bottle Depot
935 Ellery Street
Victoria
250-381-1482
The Environmental Story
Most plastic beverage containers are made of high density polyethylene (HDPE) or No. 2 Plastic - water is #1 plastic (PETE) - which like other Plastics, can only be downcycled and in some form or another may end up filling up our landfills and waterways. Plastic milk jugs are fully acceptable at a variety of locations across the Capital Region as part of the BC Dairy Council voluntary milk container recycling program and in your CRD Blue Box. Your empty jugs might end up as a new bucket or a pail.
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.
A little junk in the trunk is a good thing. Want to learn about our campaign and what you can do to help?
Go blue. It's the right thing to do.
Use CRD Blue Boxes & Bags at the curb.