Salt Spring Island Recycling Depot

What You Can Recycle at the Depot

Tin cans: Flattened, foil, spray cans (except paint).

Aluminium cans: We appreciate your donations of pop and beer cans - collected in plastic bags in front of the "tin can" bin - Thank you!

Scrap metal: Check with staff as we keep non-ferrous separate from ferrous. No paint cans here. There is a charge of 20 cents/pound for scrap metal.

Electronics: Televisions, computers, printers, cables, keyboards and other computer related devices.

Paint: Leftover household paint in original, labelled cans, spray paint cans, and empty paint cans. Please check with staff as we get penalised for non-program materials.

Pesticides, poisons and flammable liquids: Please check with staff as there are some restrictions.

Glass bottles and jars: No window glass, no drinking glasses, no light bulbs, no ceramics, no mirrors.

Glass beverage bottles: Wine, liquor, juice and milk bottles are collected in a separate bin next to the "glass bottles and jars" bin.

Paper: Old newspapers and other paper such as office paper, magazines, junk mail, phone books – no kleenex, no carbon paper, no multi-layered material, no tetra-paks, no milk cartons and no contents of bathroom waste containers please.

Cardboard: Flattened, cereal boxes, paper bags, all cardboard except boxes coated with wax (these are usually produce boxes).

Tetra-paks: Milk cartons, aseptic juice boxes, all gable-top cartons - collected in three categories - juice, non-juice (milk, soy etc) and others (broth, icecream etc).

Plastic containers and lids: Numbers 1 through 7,  including yogurt and margarine tubs. No styrofoam or motor oil containers.

Plastic Bags: We can no longer accept plastic bags.

Plastic beverage containers: Again we thank you for donating returnables. We do get the full deposit, which is part of our operating budget.

Corks: Please put corks from wine bottles etc. in the container provided.

Large appliances: There is a $25.00 drop-off charge per item.

Automotive and marine batteries: No household batteries.

Car and light truck tires: No charge up to 16.5"(larger tires at a fee). A fee applies if the tire is on a rim.

Wood shakes: Can be re-used or split into kindling.

Drywall: (banned in CRD and GVRD landfills) We charge $0.20 per pound to accept drywall.

Cell phones: We now accept used cell phones and accessories.

Inkjet printer cartridges: Not toner cartridges.