Blue Cart Recycling

BLUE CART RECYCLING GUIDE
Here's how to use the City's Blue Cart program to recycle at home

1. Sort all recyclable items into the reusable indoor collection bag provided to each unit.
2. Take your reusable bag to the collection area for your building and empty them into the Blue Carts available.
3. Some carts are collected from a central site each week; however, some are brought to a designated collection area.  If your complex requires that carts be moved to a designated collection area, please ensure the carts are there before 7:30 a.m on collection day, but no earlier than 8:00 p.m. the night before.
4. Statutory holidays will not affect collection.  The only exception is Christmas Day, where collection mau occur one day later if on a weekday. 
5. Please use the guide below for information on what items go in your Blue Carts.

What goes where

	NEWSPRINT	PAPER PRODUCTS	CONTAINERS
What to Recycle	Newspaper Non-glossy flyers and inserts	Catalogues & magazines Cereal boxes Glossy paper Junk mail Office paper Packaged food boxes Paper egg cartons Window envelopes Corrugated boxes/cardboard	Glass food and beverage containers Rigid plastic bottles and containers with coding 1, 2, 4 & 5 Tin and aluminium cans
How to Recycle	Place in the Newprint Blue Recycling Cart	Remove plastic liners Remove metal attachments Flatten Place in the Paper Products Blue Recyling Cart	Remove lids Remove labels Rinse clean Place in Containers Blue Recycling Cart
Do not include	Other types of paper	Bathroom tissue Carbon paper Drink boxes Milk cartons Paper towels Waxed paper Metallic gift wrap Tissue paper Plastic tabs	Aerosol cans Ceramics (plates/cups) Drinking glass Film or soft plastics (e.g. grocery bags) Fluorescent tubes Milk cartons Motor oil containers Other plastics marked 3, 6, 7 Styrofoam Window glass

How to Get an Indoor Collection Bag
There is no charge for new or replacement Blue Cart indoor recycling bags.  To get a new  or replacement bag, please call 604-276-4010, order online or pick one up at the following locations:

City Recycling Depot
5555 Lynas Lane
Wednesday to Sunday, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. 
(Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays & Satutory Holidays)

City Hall
6911 No. 3 Road
Monday to Friday, from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
(Closed on Weekends & Statutory Holidays)

Planning Recycling Locations for Multi-Family Buildings
To learn about the City of Richmond's guidelines relating to garbage and recycling for multi-family residential buildings, read the Waste Management Guidelies for Multi-Family and Mixed Use Buildings.

Helpful Links & Resources
  Blue Cart Brochure
  Blue Cart Brochure (Translated in Traditional Chinese)
Recycling Depot
Metro Vancouver Recycling Directory