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2020-21 Recycling & Garbage Collection Calendar - District of ...
2020-21 Recycling
& Garbage Collection Calendar
        Keep this Recycling &        How to use this Calendar
        Garbage Collection Calendar
        handy throughout the         Garbage Collection occurs Tuesdays A or Wednesdays B

        year for collection details, Recycling collection occurs on alternating Thursdays.
        schedules and program
        information.                 Residents with garbage collection on Tuesdays have recycling
                                               collection on Thursdays marked with    A.
                                               Residents with garbage collection on Wednesdays have recy-
  Questions about your collection schedule?    cling collection on Thursdays marked with B
  Please contact the District of Invermere:
  Visit Invermere.net • or call 250.342.9281   Please note that Invermere’s garbage bylaw does not allow garbage
  914 8th Avenue Invermere, BC V0A 1K0         to be placed curbside before 8am the day of pickup because of issues
                                               with wildlife.
2020-21 Recycling & Garbage Collection Calendar - District of ...
2020-21 Recycling & Garbage Collection Calendar

                           JANUARY 2020
     SUN        MON        TUES        WEDS        THUR        FRI        SAT
                                  1           2           3          4

                B          A                       B
5          6          7           8           9           10         11

                           A           B           A
12         13         14          15          16          17         18

                           A           B           B
19         20         21          22          23          24         5

                           A           B           A
26         27         28          29          30

                           A           B           B
                                                          31

                      FEBRUARY 2020
     SUN        MON        TUES        WEDS        THUR        FRI        SAT
                                                                     1

                           A           B           A
2          3          4           5           6           7          8

                           A           B           B
9          10         11          12          13          14         15

                           A           B           A
16         17         8           19          20          21         22

                           A           B           B
23         24         25          26          27          28         29
2020-21 Recycling & Garbage Collection Calendar - District of ...
2020-21 Recycling & Garbage Collection Calendar

                           MARCH 2020
     SUN        MON        TUES        WEDS        THUR        FRI        SAT
                                                                     7

                           A           B           A
1          2          3           4           5           6

8          9          10          11          12          13         14

                           A           B           B
15         16         17          18          19          0          21

                           A           B           A
22         23         24          25          26          27         28

                           A           B           B
29         30         31

                           A
                             APRIL 2020
     SUN        MON        TUES        WEDS        THUR        FRI        SAT
                                  1           2           3          4

                                       B           A
                           A           B           B
5          6          7           8           9           10         11

12         13         14          15          16          17         18

                           A           B           A
19         20         21          22          23          24         25

                           A           B           B
                                       B           A
26         27         28          29          30

                           A
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2020-21 Recycling & Garbage Collection Calendar

                                   MAY 2020
     SUN             MON        TUES        WEDS        THUR        FRI        SAT
                                                               1          2

3               4          5           6           7           8          9

                                A           B           B
10              11         12          13          14          15         16

                                A           B           A
17              18         19          20          21          22         23

                                A           B           B
24              25         26          27          8           29

                                A           B           A
                                                                          30

           31

                                   JUNE 2020
     SUN             MON        TUES        WEDS        THUR        FRI        SAT

                                A           B           B
                1          2           3           4           5          6

7               8          9           10          11          12         13

                                A           B           A
14              15         16          17          18          19         20

                                A           B           B
21              22         23          24          25          26         27

                                A           B           A
                     B
28              29         30

                                A
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2020-21 Recycling & Garbage Collection Calendar

                                        JULY 2020
     SUN             MON             TUES        WEDS        THUR        FRI        SAT

                                                             B
                                            1           2           3          4

5               6               7           8           9           10         11

                                     A           B           A
12              13              14          15          16          17         18

                                     A           B           B
19              20              21          22          23          24         25

                                     A           B           A
26              27              28          29          30          31

                                     A           B           B
                                     AUGUST 2020
     SUN             MON             TUES        WEDS        THUR        FRI        SAT
                                                                               1

                                                             B
                                     A           B           A
2               3               4           5           6           7          8

9               10              11          12          13          14         15

                                     A           B           B
16              17              18          19          20          21         22

                                     A           B           A
23              24              25

                                     A           B           B
                                            26          27          28         29

           30              31
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2020-21 Recycling & Garbage Collection Calendar

                      SEPTEMBER 2020
     SUN        MON        TUES        WEDS        THUR        FRI        SAT
                      1           2           3           4          5

                           A           B           A
6          7          8           9           0           11         12

                           A           B           B
13         14         15          16          17          18         19

                           A           B           A
20         21         22          23          24          25         26

                           A           B           B
27         28         29          30

                           A           B
                           OCTOBER 2020
     SUN        MON        TUES        WEDS        THUR        FRI        SAT
                                              1           2          3

                                                   A
4          5          6           7           8           9          10

                           A           B           B
11         12         13          14          15          16         17

                           A           B           A
18         19         20          21          22          23         24

                           A           B           B
25         26         27          28          29          30         31

                           A           B           A
2020-21 Recycling & Garbage Collection Calendar - District of ...
2020-21 Recycling & Garbage Collection Calendar

                      NOVEMBER 2020
     SUN        MON        TUES        WEDS        THUR        FRI        SAT
1          2          3           4           5           6          7

                           A           B           B
                                                          13         14

                B          A                       A
8          9          10          11          12

15         16         17          18          19          20         21

                           A           B           B
22         23         24          25          26          27         28

                           A           B           A
29         30

                      DECEMBER 2020
     SUN        MON        TUES        WEDS        THUR        FRI        SAT

                           A           B
                                              3           4          5

                                                   B
                      1           2

                           A           B           A
6          7          8           9           10          11         12

13         14         15          16          17          18         19

                           A           B           B
20         21         22          23          24          25         26

                           A           B           A
                           A           B           B
27         28         29          30          31
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Container Recycling

                            Ensure your recyclables are collected!
                            Follow these preparation instructions

ACCEPTED ITEMS AND PREPARATION                                                  DO NOT INCLUDE

                    Glass Bottles       Food and beverage bottles and          No overwrap (eg: from cases of
                                        tubs with #1 through #6 in the         pop, bottled water, toilet paper,
                    and Jars            recycling symbol.                      etc).
                    All plastics        Laundry jugs and bottles;              No dry cleaning plastic, ‘baggies’
                                        cleaner, soap and shampoo              or food wrap
                    #1-#6               bottles, etc                           No liners (eg: from cereal or
                    Bags                Plastic grocery or other shop-         cracker boxes)
                                        ping bags                              No motor oil or chemical con-
                                        Empty and rinse all containers.        tainers
                                        Discard lids and sprayers              No toys

                    Aluminum            ALL FOOD AND BEVERAGE cans             No aerosol or paint cants
                                        and lids                               No cooking pots or pans
                    and Tin Cans        Clean aluminum foil contain-           No other metal items
                                        ers                                    No paper-backed foil (lids from
                                        Empty and rinse cans                   take-out food)
                                        Labels are ok                          No foil laminates (potato chip
                                                                               bags)

                    SORRY NO            Glass in Yellow Bins marked
                                        GLASS ONLY:
                    GLASS in            • Invermere Transfer Station
                    container           • Invermere Bottle Depot
                                        • Columbia Valley Landfill
                    recycling.
                                        Only food grade glass contain-
                                        ers (any colour, rinsed and lids
                                        removed). Eg: pickle jars, olive oil
                                        bottles, jam jars.
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Paper Recycling

                            Ensure your recyclables are collected!
                            Follow these preparation instructions

ACCEPTED ITEMS AND PREPARATION                                              DO NOT INCLUDE

                    Newspapers          Newspapers and all flyers.         No aluminum foil
                                        Pack loosely in blue bag - do      No elastic bands
                                        NOT bundle.

                    Mixed Paper         Items that are 100% paper,         No metallic or glitter gift wrap/
                                        such as magazines, telephone       cards
                                        books, junk mail, cards, bags,     No photographs
                                        egg cartons, office paper, etc.    No used tissues or paper tow-
                                                                           els or any other contaminated
                                        Books are accepted - remove        paper
                                        and discard hard covers (consid-   No milk or juice boxes or cartons
                                        er donating to the library).       No paper beverage cups (coffee,
                                                                           pop, etc)

                    Boxboard            Window envelopes are ok            Remove plastic windows from pasta
                                        Boxboard such as cereal boxes,     and tissue boxes.
                                        shoe boxes abd paper towel         Remove inside bags and liners.
                                        centre cores, etc.
                                        Paper egg cartons.

                    Corrugated          Corrugated boxes must be           No cardboard that has been
                                        flattened.                         contaminated with oils or chem-
                    Cardboard           Pack loosely in blue bag - do      icals
                                        NOT bundle.
                                        Maximum weight of 25kg
                                        Staples and tape are ok.
                                        Remove ALL food residue and
                                        contents from pizza boxes.
2020-21 Recycling & Garbage Collection Calendar - District of ...
Recycling options for Invermere

  Yellow Bins                                                                     Locations include:
  If you miss your recycling collection day, drop off certain items at the        • Invermere Transfer Station
  RDEK’s yellow bins around town. Accepted items are listed at the end of         • Invermere Bottle Depot
  this booklet. Only certain bins take glass.                                     • Columbia Valley Landfill

 Industrial Park Transfer Station
 The District is operating the Invermere Transfer Station fully supervised and operated.
 Site staff will direct users to bins available for use. This site will only be used to drop off household waste. Furni-
 ture, appliances, contractor waste and yard waste will not be accepted at this site. Only waste in residential bags
 that will fit through the bear resistant lids will be accepted.
 The Transfer Station will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday and all users will be required to take solid waste to
 the Columbia Valley Landfill located on Windermere Loop Road. The Columbia Valley Landfill is open 7 days a
 week 9am - 6pm. Household garbage is free.
 Tues-Fri 9am-3:45pm. Sat 10am-3:45pm. 133 Industrial Rd No 2, Invermere. 250 342 7272

 Recycling at the Columbia Valley Landfill
 A new recycling program has been set up at the Columbia Valley Landfill, which will allow users to recycle
 more items! Check out the RDEK’s website for more information. www. rdek.bc.ca

Paint, CO & Smoke Detectors, and Small Batteries
All paint is accepted including aerosol cans. Containers must be sealed and labelled. Jars/Yogurt containers are not
accepted. Empty containers are accepted, but please no brushes or rags. Find more information at Regeneration.ca
Invermere Fire Department                                                       RONA - Northstar (paint only)
Mon-Fri 8am-4pm. 626 4th St., Invermere at the west entrance to the             Mon-Fri 7:30-6pm. 410 Borden St.,
fire hall. There is a drop-off surface for paint cans and a wooden shelf        Invermere. 250 342 6226
for detectors and batteries.

Household Hazardous Waste:
Solvents, pesticides, gasoline and other flammable liquids should be taken to the Cranbrook Bottle Depot. Restric-
tions do apply so call ahead if you have questions.
Cranbrook Bottle Depot 1125 Industrial Road #3, Cranbrook. 250 417 0306

Used Oil
NOT accepted at transfer stations or landfills. Please return (containers sealed, only during business hours) to:
OK Tire 250 342 0800 / Petro Canada Bulk Plant 250 342 3050 / Walker’s Repaire Centre 250 342 9424

 Electronics
 The Invermere Bottle Depot in the Industrial Park can safely recycle electronics, including computers, monitors,
 game systems, TVs, printers, fax machines, etc. For more info see Return-It.ca/electronics/
 Invermere Bottle Depot
 Tues-Fri 9am-3:45pm. Sat 10am-3:45pm. 133 Industrial Rd No 2, Invermere. 250 342 7272
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