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Change is coming to B.C.’s Return-It program for refundable beverage containers
It’s time to get recyclable beverage containers of one litre or more back for a…
Why North Okanagan residents can soon add glass to curbside recycling but others can’t
Households across the North Okanagan will soon be able to recycle glass bottles and jars…
Recycling program for single-use masks coming to B.C. Interior
A new program to recycle single-use masks and respirators will soon be expanded from the…
Wine corks into footwear: New recycling pilot program in Kelowna
A new pilot recycling program in Kelowna is going to find out if the public…
B.C. plan to expand recycling includes mattresses, single-use fuel canisters and even fire extinguishers
Producers and consumers will be required to recycle more products in the province, as part…
SunRype switches its juice box straws to paper
SunRype is getting ahead of the proposed federal ban on plastic straws by switching to…
Why road closures mean you can’t recycle your glass and foam in Kamloops, Okanagan
The floods and blocked highways have forced Recycle B.C. to stop, as of next Monday,…
New eco-friendly facility recycles used oil, antifreeze in Kamloops
Residents of Kamloops can take used oil and antifreeze to a new facility that turns…
No curbside food waste collection in Central Okanagan as other regions move ahead
Kamloops has been given the green light for a new curbside food waste collection program,…
Recycle old tires at collection events around Kamloops, Okanagan
A non-profit is hosting old tire collection events around Kamloops, Okanagan ahead of wildfire season.…
Garbage and recycling over the holidays: What Vernon and area residents need to know
VERNON - Between all that wrapping paper, tinsel and empty eggnog cartons, garbage and recycling containers are bound to get filled up this holiday season. Luckily, there aren’t too many changes to local landfill hours and garbage pick-up schudules over Christmas time. The Regional District of North Okanagan says its recycling and disposal facilities will...
Why Kamloopsians will be paying more for their recycling
KAMLOOPS – The cost of processing the material collected in the Kamloops recycling program is going up and that cost is being passed onto homeowners in the city. Residents will be paying roughly $17 more per year in recycling fees in the New Year. The city is citing the recently renewed recycling contract with Emterra...
Utility rates on the rise in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Taxpayers will have to dig a little deeper in their pockets in 2016, utility charges and property taxes are set to increase by an average of nearly $60 per household. Council was presented with a preliminary budget report and asked to authorize an additional $2.95 million to the combined operational and capital budgets...
Cost of recycling may increase as Kamloops looks to renew contract
KAMLOOPS – Emterra Environmental may be awarded the City of Kamloops’ recycling contract even after this summer’s labour dispute and a new bid almost double the cost of the previous one. A report by city staff will be coming to council tomorrow, Dec. 1, recommends Emterra get the contract. The current contract with the city...
Kamloops may see new company sorting recyclables in 2016
KAMLOOPS - Recyclables collected by the City of Kamloops, both at depots and curbside, could be sorted by a new company come the new year. “We have already gone out to (request for proposals) to renew the contract essentially. To look for processors who can do the same work starting Jan. 1,” Public Works Director...