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Recycle now ...and save! W

aste reduction in the Ashcroft area has taken on a whole new look in recent years. Residents throughout the region are able to recycle using the easy and convenient “Recycle Now and Save!” program. For all household recycling, please ensure that your recyclables are contained in a clear blue bag. This program gives community residents the opportunity to do their part in pollution reduction and overall waste management -- while saving precious space in our landfill and conserving natural resources. Using the blue bag recycling progam is easy and it will help you save. The more you recycle the less garbage you will have, and the less you will pay for garbage disposal!

What you can recycle!

More Helpful Reuse and Recycling Tips!

Worm Composting

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et worms eat your garbage! Learn how to start and care for your own worm composter. They’re perfect for kitchen waste and can be used in homes or apartments where there isn’t space for a composter outside or where bears or wildlife are a concern. Just get ten of your friends together and then we’ll provide a workshop at your home with Mel Anderson, owner of All Things Organic, a backyard composting and worm composting professional. To register call the TRND – or email us at recyclenow@tnrd.ca

Newspaper, mixed paper and boxboard • Newspapers, magazines and flyers: Including inserts and admail. • Mixed paper: Includes white and coloured, computer paper, labels and envelopes with windows. • Boxboard and Heavy Paper: Cereal boxes, shoe boxes and similar, brown envelopes, paper bags and fibre egg cartons.

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Corrugated cardboard • Flattened, dry cardboard in smaller pieces.

Books and magazines • All magazines and catalogues, phone books, hard cover books and paperbacks.

Tin and Aluminum • Clean tin cans (soup, juice, etc.). Keep lids securely inside cans. • Aluminum containers (pie plates and take-out containers). • Clean aluminum foil.

Plastics (recycling symbols 1 to 7)

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• Household bottles and containers (dish and clothing detergent, fabric softener, vinegar, pill/vitamin bottles). • Plastic/boxboard packaging — please separate plastic from boxboard and paper (product packaging). • Milk jugs, windshield washer jugs. • Ice cream pails. • Yogurt, margarine and spread containers. • Plastic film including grocery bags, retail bags, bread bags, dry cleaning bags and shrink wrap

What should NOT go in the Blue Bag? • Bubble Wrap • Diapers • Plastic Film or Styrofoam • Un-rinsed food containers • Toxic items (batteries, paint cans, aerosol cans) • Electronic items or small appliances • Glass • Corrugated Cardboard

ot something to get rid of? Want to find something free or really cheap? Then check out our new TNRD Reuses web site at www.tnrdreuses.com for listings of items, like old furniture or appliances, for swap or sale, as well as garage sales. The TNRD has partnered with the Recycling Council of British Columbia (RCBC) to host this new web site where you can list these items online instead of sending them to the local landfill or transfer station. Or look for something you need! The web site also has a handy directory of where to take other unwanted items locally and across BC. The TNRD Reuses program is one of the many services that was developed in response to comments received at the 13 open houses held as part of the Regional Solid Waste Management Plan review — to provide more local, easy-toaccess options for reuse and a central location for information on recycling.

For more info visit www.tnrd.ca, call toll-free at 1-877-377-8673 or email us at recyclenow@tnrd.ca