Recycling / Blue Bag Program
For Recycling Information call the Regional District of the North Okanagan at 550-3700.
As of June 1, 2009 a mandatory Recycling service will be provided to the Commercial and Industrial properties within the City of Vernon with the exception of Blue Jay, Foothills, Predator Ridge, Turtle Mountain, and Okanagan Landing past the Yacht Club. For more information regarding pick up times and location, please contact Aldon Waste Systems Ltd.
Blue Bag Collection Information
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here for Recycling Guide & Calendar - PDF
Aldon Waste Systems - Phone 1-888-547-6961
Office Open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
1. Collection Time
Please put recyclables out at the front curb in a clear or blue transparent bag by 7:00 a.m. on your colored day.As of June 1, 2009 for Commercial Properties in the Vernon Business Improvement Area (VBIA), blue bag recycling can only be placed for pick up only in the back alleys and lanes during the hours of 10 am and 2 pm.
2. Quantity Limit
You may put out an unlimited number of blue bags every other week.Unlimited quanities will be picked up for Commercial and Industrial Properties three times a week.
3. Items To Recycle - Click here for Recycling Guide & Calendar - PDF
Ledger paper, newspaper, cardboard, tin cans, aluminum, books, magazines, all colours of plastic containers with the recycling symbols 1-7 and all plastic film (grocery & shopping bags, box wrapping, saran wrap, etc) and boxboard.
The above listed items are banned from the sanitary landfill.Cardboard for Commercial and Industrial properties must be bundled and tied in packages not exceeding 2' by 3' by 6".
Glass is no longer allowed in blue bags, recycle your glass bottles and jars at:
- Venture Training Centre
- Enderby & Armstrong Bottle Depots
- Interior Freight & Bottle Depot
- Chasers Bottle Depot
- Meier’s Building Supplies
- All RDNO Recycling & Disposal Facilities (Landfills)
Related Information:
- Refuse Collection Schedules
- Clear Bag Program
- Christmas Tree Disposal
- Spring Chipping Program
- Greater Vernon Recycling and Disposal Facility
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