Let's Recycle Correctly
Recycling makes a difference. But it’s important to do it correctly.
- Separate glass bottles/jars from other recycling.
- Remove lids and rinse.
- Recycle glass in your Glass Recycling Bin/Cart.
Not sure what goes where visit richmond.ca/RecycleSearch or use the Recycling Wizard on the free Richmond Recycling app.
Common Contaminants
Items not accepted in Blue Box/Blue Cart: | How to deal with these items... |
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Broken glass / ceramic glassware | These items are not recyclable - please in Garbage Cart |
Styrofoam (expanded polystyrene) | Drop off all of these items at the Richmond Recycling Depot 5555 Lynas Lane Open seven days per week from 9:00am to 6:15pm (Closed statutory holidays) |
Electronics | |
Paints and solvents | |
Batteries and cell phones | |
Non-packaging plastic and metal items like hangers, toys and laundry baskets | |
Propane and butane tanks |
- Stomp and flatten paper and plastic items like milk containers and boxes before recycling to save space in your bins
- Empty and rinse containers before recycling to reduce contamination
- Do not bundle items in a plastic bag - place items individually in Blue Box/Blue Cart (not in a bag)
- No plastic bags (including biodegradable/compostable plastics)
- Do not stack items of different materials inside one another (e.g. plastics inside a tin can)