Garbage & Recycling

Garbage, recycling and yard waste are collected in four (4) zones, each representing a different collection day of the week. For the day of your collection, please download our 2012 Residential Recycling Guide

Note: if your garbage pickup day falls on a holiday, then pickup will be the following day. For example: if your garbage day is a Friday holiday, pickup will be on Saturday.

The following are plastic recycling codes that were missed in the publication of this year's guide above. Plastics with the following codes are accepted:

 plastic-recycling-codes

Waste Collection trucks will collect each group of materials separately between the hours of 7:30 AM and 7:00 pm.

The garbage limit is two 80 litre cans, or two bags (66cm x 91cm).

City residents receiving municipal curbside garbage collection may have four (4) large items, such as furniture and appliances picked up BY APPOINTMENT at any time throughout the year.  To schedule your pickup appointment, please call Emterra at: 604-599-8151 ext. 123.

Extra Bag Stickers

Extra bag stickers are available at City Hall and as of February 1, 2011 at  Douglas Recreation Centre (20550 Douglas Cr) and Timms Community Centre (20355 Douglas Cr).

Have your garbage out at curbside by 7:30 AM.

For further information contact Emterra Environmental (604) 599-8151 or
City of Langley at (604) 514-2800

Fridges and Freezers

Working fridges please see: BC Hydro Fridge Buy Back Program

For non-working Fridges and Freezers; Single Family residents can call Emterra Environmental (604) 599-8151 for one of their ‘4 large item pickups’ per year. Multi Family Residents can dispose of these items at any Transfer Station in GVRD (Langley Transfer Station is located at 1070 - 272 Street, (604) 856-3225. free of charge. However, the resident will need to take the item or pay a private hauler to take the item to the transfer station.

Green Waste / Yard Trimmings Program

The City provides weekly collection of green waste year round. Acceptable green waste materials are leaves, grass, clippings, and branches. Place by curbside on collection day:

  • in designated refuse containers (maximum 77 litres) marked with "YARD TRIMMINGS" (decals are available at City Hall)
  • in securely tied bundles (branches) maximum 1m x 60cm, 34kg
  • in double-ply water resistant, compostable kraft yard bags specifically designed for green waste collection (available at Canadian Tire, Langley home Hardware, and Rona). Clear plastic bags are not acceptable for yard trimmings.

Mattress Recycling (effective April 2, 2011)

Mattresses, box springs, and futons will no longer be accepted for collection as part of the City of Langley’s Large Item Pickup Program.

Residents will have the following options to dispose of their unwanted mattresses:

  1. Take it to one of the local transfer stations – Surrey (9770 – 192 Street or Langley (1070 – 272 Street) and pay a $20 fee per unit.
  2. If purchasing a new mattress arrange with the retailer to remove the old mattress at the time the new one is delivered.
  3. Take it, or have it taken to a local mattress recycling facility and pay a fee of $15 plus HST per unit:

Recyc-Mattress Inc.
Unit 212 - 27353 - 58 Crescent, Langley BC
Phone: 604.856.8383
Fax:  604.856.8585
http://www.recyc-matelas.com/en

Canadian Matress Recycling Brochure

Small Electrical Appliance Recycling

"Unplugged", the Small Appliance Recycling Program, gives British Columbians a new recycling option. As of October 1, 2011, there will be over 100 locations across BC where you can drop off old and broken small appliances. For more information, see their website unpluggedrecycling.ca

zero waste challenge

As of January 1, 2008, all of the following items are banned from the garbage in all Metro Vancouver municipalities, including the City of Langley:

  • Corrugated cardboard
  • Newsprint
  • Office paper
  • Gypsum drywall
  • Yard and garden waste
  • Beverage containers (all except milk)
  • Blue box recyclables
  • Lead-acid (car) batteries
  • Medications/pharmaceuticals
  • Paint, solvents, flammable liquids, gasoline and pesticides
  • Vehicle tires
  • Oil, oil filters and empty containers
  • Electronic waste including personal computers, printers, and TVs

Contact the Recycling Council of BC (RCBC) at 604-REC-YCLE (604.732.9253) or visit rcbc.bc.ca.

Garbage is inspected for high percentages of banned and recyclable materials. Loads that arrive at the disposal sites containing more than 5% (by volume) of banned materials are assessed a 50% surcharge (an additional $32.50 per tonne) on the whole load. These charges will be passed back to your business or municipality.

For more information on this and other waste reduction initiatives, visit http://www.metrovancouver.org/ or call the Metro Vancouver Information Centre at 604-432-6200.

Recycling and Garbage Contacts:

For specific and unusual recycling item questions, please contact the RCBC HOT LINE AT 604-732-9253.

RCBC are experts in recycling for the entire GVRD region, and they know in detail the various recycling options that are available in the different GVRD municipalities.

Dump / Landfill: 272 & 8TH Avenue, Phone (604) 856-3225

Compost Information (604) 736-2250

Recycling of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs: drop of at any Home Depot location or Curtis Lumber at 22454 48th Avenue, Langley

Recycling of Fluorescent Tubes and common household batteries (AAA, AA, C, D and the smaller “watch” style) at Edmonds Recycling, #101 -20131 Industrial Ave.

Helpful Links:

Metro Vancouver Disposal Facilities

British Columbia Industrial Materials Exchange

Product Care - Paint, Pesticides, Flamable Liquids

Recycling Council of BC Website

The City Farmer Website

Garden Web