Tape cassette cases (not the cassettes themselves) are a type of rigid plastic packaging, made from polystyrene, a number 6 plastic which comes in a foaming and non-foaming state. Rigid plastic tape cassette cases are simple for residents of the CRD to recycle - they can be placed in your curbside Blue Box for recycling.
Reduce | Reuse | Recycle | Facilities
How do I go green?
Reduce
It’s now easy to purchase music online using iTunes or other websites. This eliminates the need for tapes all together, which saves the world from stacks of plastic. If burning music onto CDs, use envelopes to store them rather than thick cases.
Reuse
Cassette tape cases are good for storing small items such as business cards or photographs.
Recycle
Cassette tape cases can be recycled in your Blue Box, the same way you recycle other rigid plastics. Paper sleeves and paper inserts can go into your Blue Bag.
Wondering how to recycle the actual cassette tape? See Tapes (audio & video)
Facilities
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
Pacific Mobile Depots
Victoria
250-893-3851
reFUSE (Commercial and Residential)
2111 Government Street
Victoria
250-381-6007
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 kilometre 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
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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.