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December 14, 2012 The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 17
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - it all adds up!
Holiday Recycling
Electronics
Recycling
There is a new, permanent electronics recycling depot for
the Columbia Valley!
Invermere Bottle Depot
133 Industrial Rd. #2
Phone: 250-342-7272
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00am-3:45pm
Sat 10:00am-3:45pm
They accept
• Televisions
• Computers & peripherals
(keyboard, mouse)
• Monitors
• Fax machines
• DVD/VHS players
• Scanners
• Stereos, MP3 players Discman
• Earphones
• Microphones
• Telephones
• Speakers
• Radios
• Cable, satellite and PVR boxes
• Vehicle audio and video systems
Batteries
One of the items people seem to stock up on at this
time of year is batteries. Both alkaline and rechargeable
batteries are recyclable.
The drop off location in the Columbia Valley is:
Selkirk TV & Appliance, Invermere
Glass Recycling
Glass goes in the yellow bins marked GLASS ONLY.
The ONLY glass accepted for recycling is container glass.
That means jam jars, salsa jars, wine bottles, olive oil
bottles, etc.
NO other glass (including dishes or drinking glasses) is
accepted. If in doubt, please leave it out.
Glass bins are located at the Columbia Valley Landfill,
Edgewater Post Office, Fairmont Transfer Station,
Invermere Industrial Park, Invemere Bottle Depot, and
Radium Liquor Store
Recycling Basics
Wrapping Paper - all paper based wrapping paper can be recycled in the yellow bins
or Invermere’s blue bag program. Foil based papers cannot be recycled and should
be thrown in the garbage if they can’t be saved and reused. Please consider paper
based paper when purchasing gift wrap.
Ribbons & Bows - cannot be recycled. They can be saved and reused. If they can no
longer be reused, they go in the garbage.
Aluminum Pie Plates & Roasters - cannot be recycled. They can be rinsed
and reused. If they are not longer usable, they go in the garbage.
Cardboard Boxes - all cardboard and boxboard (like cracker and cereal boxes)
are recyclable. Please flatten them to conserve space in the bin or blue bag.
Tin Cans - all tin food and beverage cans can be recycled. They must be rinsed out.
Labels can be left on if they are difficult to remove.
Styrofoam - Even though Styrofoam is marked with a #6, it is NOT recyclable in our program. It should go in the garbage if
it can’t be reused.
Plastics - all plastics with the triangular recycling symbol and the number between 1 and 6 (except Styrofoam) can be
recycled in the yellow bins or Invermere’s blue bag program. They must be clean and every piece of plastic must be
numbered. Lids often are a different type of plastic, and if there is no number on the item, it goes in the garbage if it
can’t be reused.
X7 Plastics Not Accepted:
• #7 plastics, dirty plastics, plastics with no number. They go in the garbage if they can’t be reused.
Holiday Hours
COLUMBIA VALLEY LANDFILL
December 24 9:00am-3:30pm
December 25 Closed
December 26 9:00am-6:00pm
December 31 9:00am-3:30pm
January 1 Closed
All other days, the Landfill will be open from
9:00am to 6:00pm.
COLUMBIA VALLEY RDEK OFFICE
The RDEK Columbia Valley Office is open
Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm
(closed 12pm to 1pm). During the holiday season, the
only change to those regular hours is as follows:
December 24 8:30am-3:00pm (closed 12pm-1pm)
December 25 Closed
December 26 Closed
December 31 8:30am-3:00pm (closed 12pm-1pm)
January 1 Closed
For more information, contact the RDEK at 1-888-478-7335