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The District of Kitimat offers curbside recycling collection every other week, alternating with garbage collection.
Download your 2023 collection calendar here.   

 

** As of January 1st 2023 -More items are now accepted for recycling!  Check out the full list of items on the RecycleBC page.
                    
Blue Bins

 A blue bin was provided by the District for the program launch and is to stay with the house, even when you move.  

  • Blue bins must not exceed 90L capacity
  • Recyclables must be emptied and rinsed
  • Recyclables must be placed loosely in the blue bin, not in a plastic bag

Here’s what’s accepted:

  • Paper cups
  • Cartons
  • Empty aerosol containers
  • Steel and aluminum cans and lids
  • Aluminum foil and foil - containers
  • Plastic jugs with screw tops (place tops back on rinsed-out containers)
  • Plastic clamshells
  • Plastic containers and lids (place lids back on rinsed-out containers)
  • Plastic trays and tops
  • Plastics cups and lids

Here’s what’s not accepted in your blue bin and must be returned to the depot:

  • Glass
  • Plastic bags and overwrap (like shopping bags and bread bags)
  • Styrofoam/foam packaging
  • Flexible plastic packaging (like zipper lock pouches)
  • Crinkly wrappers and bags (like chip bags and cereal bar wrappers)
  • Plastic seal packaging (like packaging for deli meats and fresh pasta)
  • Fruit netting
  • Non-food plastic packaging (like bubble pack mailers)

For more information on what’s accepted, see Recycle BC’s information sheet here.

If you have a lot of recycling, you can set out more than one bin at the curb. You can purchase additional blue bins from local retailers, or use anything from your house that our collectors will recognize as a recycling bin (like a plastic tote).

Please set out your blue bin by 8:00 a.m. on your collection day.  Do not set it out the night before.­­­

Yellow Bag

A yellow bag was provided by the District for the program launch, and is intended to stay with the house, even when you move.  If you require a yellow bag the District of Kitimat main office has extras, please contact us during regularr business hours.

  • Place the yellow bag at the curb with the blue bin
  • We encourage you to use the yellow bag for clean paper and cardboard, but if you have more than will fit in the bag, please put it loose in the blue bin
  • Rain and snow may get into the bag – that’s okay. Our collectors will still collect wet recyclables.

Here’s what’s accepted:

  • Newspaper and flyers
  • Magazines and catalogues
  • Telephone books
  • Office paper and mail
  • All cardboard
  • 100% paper bags (un-lined)

For more information on what’s accepted, see Recycle BC’s information sheet here. 

RecycleCoach

We encourage residents to download the RecycleCoach app on your mobile device. You can use the app to:

  • Get alerts for your collection schedule
  • Use the ‘What Goes Where’ search to see what’s accepted at the curb
  • Participate in Way Less Waste activities
Our Local Recycling Centres

Kitimat’s local recycling centres take glass, foam, refundable bottles and cans, and more. Use RecycleCoach to find out what to return to which place, or drop by today.

  • Kitimat Understanding the Environment (KUTE) (314 Railway Ave.)
  • Encorp Return-It bottle depot (428 Enterprise Ave.)
Reducing Interactions with Wildlife

They have the nose to find it, and the memories to come back for more. Help prevent bears and other wildlife from becoming a problem in your neighbourhood:

  • Put recycling out by 8:00 a.m. on your collection day, and not the night before
  • Ensure recyclables have been cleaned
  • Store your bins in a secure location, like a locked garage or shed
Questions about Recycling?
  • Geier Waste: 250-632-4689
  • District of Kitimat: 250-632-8900 / WayLessWaste@kitimat.ca
  • RecycleBC page "What can I recycle?"

 

  

                                                                                                          

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