Recycling Depots - How and What to Recycle 
The RDKB operates recycling depots for SOME materials. As well, there are industry groups that operate recycling or disposal programs for their materials.
The RDKB operates programs for regular household materials such as
- cardboard
- mixed paper
- tin cans
- glass
- rigid plastic and (in the Boundary) film plastic
The Province has also required several industry groups to set up depots for consumers to dispose of the following materials. (please click on the link to visit their website or check out www.rcbc.bc.ca ):
Recycling depots will only accept recyclable products if they are properly prepared. Please do your part in sorting products correctly in the designated containers.
Since September 1, 2001, all materials accepted in our recycling programs,tin cans, glass, rigid plastic, mixed paper, newspaper and corrugated cardboard have been BANNED from RDKB landfills .
Please read this carefully and if you have any questions, the RDKB will be happy to answer your queries. Call 368-0232 or 1-800-355-7352 toll free, or email us .
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Paper Products
Newspaper
Place loose in the bin marked ONP or NEWSPAPER. In the Boundary please place your newspaper in the Mixed Waste Paper bin. Everything that comes with your newspaper can be recycled with your newspaper. Keep it dry and clean .
Mixed waste paper
Mixed waste includes magazines, catalogues, glossy flyers, paperbacks, scribblers, hardcover books, telephone books, junk mail and boxboard (see below).
Office paper
If you have a steady supply of computer paper and white ledger, a pickup service may be available through your local recycling contractor or community organization. Otherwise deposit in the Mixed Waste Paper bin.
Corrugated cardboard
Loose, clean, flattened cardboard and brown paper bags can be placed in corrugated cardboard bin. Please flatten all cardboard to increase the bins capacity. REMEMBER ! Wet, stained, waxed or plasticized cardboard cannot be recycled.
Metal
Aluminum cans, aluminum foil or trays, tin cans
Please rinse all food cans to remove residue. Remove paper labels from tin cans and flatten them. Do not flatten aluminum cans. All metal cans go in the bin marked TIN.
ALL REFUNDABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS ARE BANNED FROM THE RECYCLING PROGRAM. Please return them for refund.
Scrap Metal 
Large scrap metal items can be dropped off for recycling at any landfill in the area in the "White Goods" section. This includes appliances like stoves, washers, dryers, water tanks and furnaces. Please no fuel tanks unless they've been cut up. Empty propane tanks up to 100 lbs. are accepted for recycling at all our landfills. Ask the attendant for directions.
VERY IMPORTANT!
Any appliance containing a refrigerant must be drained by a certified technician prior to disposal at the McKelvey Creek Landfill. All other landfills provide marshalling areas for these units. It is illegal to release Ozone Depleting Substances into the atmosphere. The RDKB provides a $10 per unit subsidy for CFC removal in the East Subregion.
Glass
This includes all glass and ceramic products. ALL REFUNDABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS ARE BANNED FROM THE RECYCLING PROGRAM. Please return them for refund.
Glass collected in the recycling program is crushed on site in Grand Forks and McKelvey Creek and used locally as road base in highway construction.
Plastic
The program accepts all rigid plastic containers #1 to #7 with the following exceptions: No motor oil containers, and no styrofoam, and no bags or film wrap.
PLASTIC BAGS & PLASTIC WRAP IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RDKB'S PLASTIC RECYCLING PROGRAM Paint
Product Care Depots are located at the McKelvey Creek Landfill, the Grand Forks Landfill and at Norbert Salvage & Recycling in Bridesville. Depots for paint will open in mid June at the Greenwood Landfill and the Beaverdell Transfer Station. The program is industry funded and accepts latex and oil based paint in its original container. The program also accepts aerosol paint. Solvents, Pesticides and Residual Fuels
Product Care provides a depot for disposal of residential solvents, pesticides and residual fuels at the McKelvey Creek Landfill in Trail. Product care depots for all these products will soon be established at the Grand Forks and Greenwood Landfills and the Beaverdell Transfer Station. For more information on this program please call the BC Recycling Hotline at 1.800.667.4321. All Product Care depots will be open the same hours as the landfill or transfer station where they are located.
Propane Tanks Any propane tank 100 lbs. capacity or smaller may be recycled at any RDKB Landfill or the Beaverdell Transfer Station. Antifreeze Used antifreeze may be recycled at the McKelvey Creek Landfill in Trail free of charge. Ask the attendant for instructions. Automotive Batteries May be recycled free of charge at any RDKB Landfill or the Beaverdell Transfer Station. As well, most scrap dealers and auto wreckers will accept 'car' batteries. Some may even pay for these items.
Concrete, Bricks, Asphalt & Asphalt Shingles May all be recycled at the McKelvey Creek and Grand Forks Landfills. A tipping fee of $10 per tonne applies. Pieces must measure no larger than 1 metre square. Rebar may be included. Loads must not contain any other materials. Ask the attendant for instructions.
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