Vancouver Junk Removal

Prohibited & Recycled Materials

The following wastes are prohibited from garbage disposal:

• Hazardous (including pathogenic and radioactive) wastes - Special wastes as defined by the Special Waste Regulation of the Waste Management Act
• Biomedical waste, including sharps
• Liquid wastes and sludges
• Explosive substances
• Chemicals or other materials which may create hazardous working conditions
• Inflammable materials
• Materials hot enough to start combustion
• Automobile bodies or boat hulls
• Waste oil, petroleum by
• products or used oil filters
• Dead animals and animal parts including bones, feathers, skin, hair, nails and teeth (excluding processed meat)
• All forms of excrement
• Barrels, drums, pails and other large liquid containers, whether full or empty
• Lumber, timber, logs, etc., longer than 3.6 metres (12 ft)
• Solid objects larger in cross section than 3500 cm2 (3.8 ft2) if longer than 2.5 metres (8 ft)
• Fabricated objects wider or thicker than 1.2 metres (4 ft) and longer than 2.5 metres (8 ft)
• Any soil with contaminant levels exceeding those defined for Urban Park Land by the Contaminated Sites Regulation of the Waste Management Act
• Coated or uncoated wire or cable in excess of 1% by weight of any load
• Commercial loads of dry cell batteries Note: A 50% surcharge may be assessed on garbage loads containing 10% or more by volume of one or a combination of: recyclable OCC or recyclable ONP and OP

The following materials are accepted for recycling:

• Used oil filters
• Lead acid batteries
• Tires
• Propane cylinders
• White goods (large appliances)
• Gypsum
• Mattresses
• Metal
• Recyclable, clean old corrugated cardboard (OCC)
• Recyclable old newspapers (ONP) and office papers (OP), including telephone books, photocopy paper, computer paper, ledger and typewriter paper, white and coloured bond and letterhead

Please contact us if you have any questions regarding our Prohibited & Recycled Materials List. Call 604-329-3796 or email us at info@tidytrailers.com.