curbside tune-up
The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District in partnership with Squamish Climate Action Network (Squamish-CAN) is conducting curbside collection services checks to help residents improve their recycling. The Tune-Up Team will visit the neighborhoods of Britannia Beach and Furry Creek for brief checks of recycling and organics bins on May 18, 2022.
Recycling can be confusing; Curbside Tune-Ups are an opportunity for everyone in the community to receive individualized feedback on what they may not be doing right and how they can change certain habits to preserve the quality and market value of BC’s recycling and compost. Improved quality means a higher percentage of material you put in your bins gets recycled/composted and recirculated into the economy.
What you should know:
- The Tune-Up Team are waste educators contracted to assist the SLRD with outreach into communities to support efforts in decreasing curbside recycling and organics contamination.
- The Tune-Up Team will be wearing identification.
- The Tune-Up Team will be handling items in the curbside recycling bins.
- Residents will receive feedback in the form of a recycling champion sticker and/or a notice on their bin with tips on what goes where.
Are you a Recycling Champion?
Are you a Soil Champion?
For more information on collecting kitchen scraps at home visit slrd.bc.ca/makesoilnotwaste.
Recycling can be confusing; Curbside Tune-Ups are an opportunity for everyone in the community to receive individualized feedback on what they may not be doing right and how they can change certain habits to preserve the quality and market value of BC’s recycling and compost. Improved quality means a higher percentage of material you put in your bins gets recycled/composted and recirculated into the economy.
What you should know:
- The Tune-Up Team are waste educators contracted to assist the SLRD with outreach into communities to support efforts in decreasing curbside recycling and organics contamination.
- The Tune-Up Team will be wearing identification.
- The Tune-Up Team will be handling items in the curbside recycling bins.
- Residents will receive feedback in the form of a recycling champion sticker and/or a notice on their bin with tips on what goes where.
Are you a Recycling Champion?
- Containers are empty and rinsed.
- Curbside recycling bin contains: mixed containers (plastic, metal and cartons), paper and printed paper packaging.
- Does not contain depot drop-off items such as; Other Flexible Plastic Packaging (i.e. tofu packaging, chip bag, bag with plastic zip closure, other examples available here: MATERIAL LIST (recyclebc.ca), glass bottles & jars or plastic bags & overwrap. For more details on what goes where view your community’s curbside collection guide at www.slrd.bc.ca/lovethisplace/aread
- No wish-cycling. Just because you put an item in the bin does not mean it will be recycled. This is detrimental to the paper and packaging recycling program managed by Recycle BC.
Are you a Soil Champion?
- Curbside green bin containers: kitchen scraps and yard waste (branches must be less than 10 inches long and 3 inches in diameter).
- Does not contain packaging, elastics, stickers, twist ties or plastics of any kind (including compostable and biodegradable).
For more information on collecting kitchen scraps at home visit slrd.bc.ca/makesoilnotwaste.
Yard Waste bin and organic's
Friendly reminder that the yard waste bins are available until May 1, there’s one weekend left to finish your spring yard work!
We are very excited to announce that starting May 11th curbside organics will be picked up on a weekly basis. This year the weekly organic collection will be extended until October. This is being done in an effort to mitigate odours and reduce conflicts with wildlife.
All organics totes must be set curbside and unlocked at 7:45am on your pre-established collection day.
- Never unlock or set the totes curbside the night before.
- Rinse your tote after pick up to reduce odours. Quick tip: Line the bottom of your tote with newspaper/cardboard/yard waste, this will prevent residual food from sticking to the bottom. Once the tote has been emptied the clean-up will be that much faster and easier!
Curbside organic collection is the best way to reduce waste going to landfill! Let’s close the loop on organic waste! Food scraps and organic waste sent to composting facilities make their way back into our economy and local agriculture. Organics sent to landfill not only produce more methane gas (a powerful Greenhouse gas), they will not grow local produce again. You play an important part in making soil, not waste.
Want to know what’s accepted and what’s not? Visit our website https://www.slrd.bc.ca/services/recycling-composting-waste-landfill/facilities-programs/area-d-britannia-beach-furry-creek-programs
For more information as well as tips and tricks, visit: slrd.bc.ca/makesoilnotwaste
The new curbside collection calendar will be available on the website and distributed via email as soon as possible.
The attachments include a Facebook post for you to share with your social media networks and a flyer.
We are very excited to announce that starting May 11th curbside organics will be picked up on a weekly basis. This year the weekly organic collection will be extended until October. This is being done in an effort to mitigate odours and reduce conflicts with wildlife.
All organics totes must be set curbside and unlocked at 7:45am on your pre-established collection day.
- Never unlock or set the totes curbside the night before.
- Rinse your tote after pick up to reduce odours. Quick tip: Line the bottom of your tote with newspaper/cardboard/yard waste, this will prevent residual food from sticking to the bottom. Once the tote has been emptied the clean-up will be that much faster and easier!
Curbside organic collection is the best way to reduce waste going to landfill! Let’s close the loop on organic waste! Food scraps and organic waste sent to composting facilities make their way back into our economy and local agriculture. Organics sent to landfill not only produce more methane gas (a powerful Greenhouse gas), they will not grow local produce again. You play an important part in making soil, not waste.
Want to know what’s accepted and what’s not? Visit our website https://www.slrd.bc.ca/services/recycling-composting-waste-landfill/facilities-programs/area-d-britannia-beach-furry-creek-programs
For more information as well as tips and tricks, visit: slrd.bc.ca/makesoilnotwaste
The new curbside collection calendar will be available on the website and distributed via email as soon as possible.
The attachments include a Facebook post for you to share with your social media networks and a flyer.
Fire Hydrants
The SLRD, with the support of the BBCA, is asking residents to please refrain from painting the fire hydrants for the following reasons.
- It contravenes the SLRD’s Water Rates and Regulations Bylaw (https://www.slrd.bc.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/pdf/osb_1479-2016_BB_Water_Rates_Regs_0.pdf)
- It is a fire safety issue as it makes it difficult for the fire department to easily identify the hydrants during a fire call.
- It may be difficult for road maintenance crews to see the hydrants during snow removal which could result in damage to the hydrants.
- Painting over the caps could create a paint seal making it difficult for the fire department to open the caps during a fire response.
If you have questions please contact the BBCA for further information.
We are also asking that residents refrain from spray painting the lights on the bridge. The painting has been poorly executed and does not reflect well on our community. If there is a desire to install coloured lights, the BBCA would be more than happy to look into this.
spring waste bin is BACK!!
