Recycling is getting easier all the time for residents and businesses in the South Cariboo.
Gold Trail Recycling recently renovated its depot to speed up service and provide more space, and continues to expand services.
A pilot residential pickup program at 108 Mile Ranch and 103 Mile that started earlier this year is going strong.
Facility co-owner Leslie Glen says the pickup program has shown “awesome” results.
“The trial run is very successful and we’re proud to say it’s here to stay.”
A recycling truck with open sides picks up mixed paper, which she notes is especially popular with residents, as well as mixed containers in blue bags, and glass bottles and jars in totes.
“It’s convenient and it’s successful and it’s capturing a lot of material that normally would have been thrown in the garbage.
“We are also capturing a lot more glass than we used to, which is great because that’s in the landfill indefinitely [otherwise]. It never breaks down.”
More recently, the Gold Trail Recycling depot has been renovated to allow more space for folks to sort their returns.
Several stainless steel benches are now available to allow tidy sorting and organizing of bottles, cans and other returns.
“It’s definitely better and faster service. We used to only be able to help two customers at a time, and now we can help up to seven.”
By May 1, Glen says the company plans to accept metals of all kinds, from copper and aluminum to steel.
Exceptions include anything containing PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl), Freon or mercury, which aren’t accepted.
Gold Trail plans to expand the residential recycling pick-up program this summer, she says, initially to also encompass 103 Mile and within 100 Mile House.
