Comments on: Recycling plastics: your municipality accepts more than you think!

By: James

James — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:23:47 +0000

I took a plastic bag full of plastic bags to the Kent recycling station a while ago and was told it was to be taken to a Safeway or similar grocery store or a private recycling depot.

By: Peter Bissada

Peter Bissada — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:26:03 +0000

We will take the bags if you drop it off at our shop in Richmond. @ Unit 3 – 2480 Shell Rd. If you have any questions call us @
604-247-1667

By: Eva

Eva — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:32:33 +0000

Why does it say on the Vancouver recyling site that they will take plastic plant pots and plastic hanging basket pots and when you take them to the Kent Avenue recycling depot they refuse to take them? Where can one dispose of them then?

Reply from Peter: what about the regular residential garbage collection?

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:58:54 +0000

Hi Mike, sorry about that. Plastic bags are supposed to be plastic types 2 and 4, so maybe it’s just containers of those types that are accepted. However, I have noticed that several grocery stores, such as the Changes recycling depot at Save-On Foods, will recycle plastic bags.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:15:01 +0000

I got excited when i saw that you could recycle plastic shopping bags here in vancouver, but looked into it further and discovered that you’re unfortunately mistaken.

http://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/solidwaste/recycling/howto.htm

plastic bags are always in the "unacceptable material" sections, oh well

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:36:08 +0000

Thanks for the tips, Peter! I didn’t realize that even pizza boxes were recyclable – that’s great!

By: Mr Montreal

Mr Montreal — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:13:14 +0000

I’m taking care of the recycling for my building. It’s amazing what people will throw into the recycling bins. Sometime, I even take wood pieces out of it. I wish I could find a good way to educate people as to what is recyclable and what is not…

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:35:57 +0000

Yes, they do sort through the items, although don’t count on misplaced items being diverted to other recycling facilities (i.e. if it doesn’t apply, they might just toss it). Just do your best

By: Thom

Thom — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:33:22 +0000

Didn’t know you were recyclable, Pete

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:28:58 +0000

Here’s something I’ve always wondered…

We have the giant blue recycling bins for our building (condo) that separate the recyleables into 3 type – paper, newspaper and "containers". The containers one encompasses most types of plastic/glass – but I know there are exclusions on there too. For exmaple, I think it says no #7 plastics.

Anyway, do people sort through these things at the recycling depot, and would it be the end of the world if some of the non-accepted things end up in there? Although we use cloth bags for grocercies, we inevitably end up with some plastic bags – half of which are the recyleable variety and the other half are biodegradeable. I try to be careful about making sure they end up in the proper place, but what if they don’t?