Live Lightly

The ICAN Live Lightly Team aims to lower our community’s footprint by reducing, repurposing and reusing well before recycling.

We’ve held three successful Glass Jar Exchange Days and hope to set up a permanent exchange site for glass jars on Quadra.

We also organized a very successful Quadra Clean Up Day, and have campaigned to open an expanded Recycle BC Depot. The depot will open in 2024.

Live Lightly has hosted a number of workshops on topics including composting and recycling, with more on the way.

For information on upcoming workshops, go to the ICAN Event Page.

RECYCLING AND GARBAGE INFORMATION 2024

We do not have a recycling depot on Quadra Island (yet!), although it is in the works. Please
take this under consideration and separate your garbage and recycling. Quadra Island does
NOT have municipal garbage collection so if you are visiting Quadra, please take your garbage
off island to dispose of it – practice “bring it on, take it out”. Ask your rental hosts if they have
compost heaps you can add to and what can be composted.

Recycling on Quadra Island
There are green bins for recycling in the Cove.

• Accepted materials are:
• cardboard/paper – break down boxes
• tin cans
• “hard plastics” e.g. yogurt containers
• tin foil

For further information: contact Comox Strathcona Waste Management at www.cswm.ca
Heriot Bay Return-It Depot at the Tru-Value, Heriot Bay
* BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, call 250-285-2436
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 9-3
Accepted materials:

• Aluminum cans
• Plastic bottles/cups
• Drink boxes
• Glass bottles
• Plastic and glass liquor containers
• Alcohol-in-a-bag bags
• Non refillable beer containers
  Please: leave caps on

Recycling in Campbell River
Go on the Recycle BC website (www.recyclebc.ca) for detailed information:
Campbell River Waste Management Transfer Station aka “the dump”
6700 Argonaut road
250-287-8540
Hours: Mon to Saturday 8:30-5:30
$10 fee for household garbage (up to 100 kgs)
See their website: cswm.ca for acceptable materials (including drywall and scrap wood)
Island Return-It Depot, www.islandreturnit.ca
1580F Willow Street, 16th avenue
250-287-4224
Tuesday to Saturday 9:30-5 pm
Click on link for acceptable materials including:

• batteries
• soft and hard plastics
• electronics
• lightbulbs
• paint
• styrofoam
• silver lined soft plastic coffee bags (new program)
• glass containers with lids off

Habitat for Humanity ReStore, www.vin.habitat.ca
1725 Willow Street, Campbell River
250-830-1493
Bin behind the Restore for metals
If you call ahead, they will accept furniture, used appliances, books, housewares, and more
including building supplies. Volunteers will come and salvage your old kitchen, bathroom,
windows and more.
Metal Recycling at ABC Recycling
*important to call first about acceptable materials/weights
4318 Terminal Place, north of Campbell River
Monday to Friday 8-4:30 pm
250-286-3504
Materials accepted include:

• cast iron
• mattress springs
• mixed steel
• rebar
• tinier
• wrought iron
• copper and brass