People can now take their unused paint, paint cans, and spray paint and cans to the Aldergrove Transfer Station, Metro Vancouver announced.
Accepted are residential-use varnish and paint. The paint must be in its original container with labels intact and not mixed with different types of paint products. Only household paint products in containers no more than 23 litres (five gallons) in size can be taken the transfer station. Paint aerosols (spray paints) are accepted up to 660 grams (24 ounces) in size.
And there's a maximum 10 cans of paint or 50 aerosol cans per customer per visit.
This facility, 1070 272 St., accepts free recycling, paid recycling, and garbage. There are also charity bins at the site for gently used items that can be reused.
Metro Vancouver is responsible for solid and liquid waste services in 黑马磁力, operating the transfer station. It works with other organizations, such as Product Care Recycling, to dispose of specialty products that should not go in the landfill. Metro Vancouver's landfill is in Cache Creek.
There is no cost to customers for this paint service, which is offered through Product Care Recycling, as industry-led organization operating in most provinces and territories. It handles post-consumer recycling and safe disposal of paint, aerosols, household hazardous wastes, lights, and carbon monoxide and smoke alarms. Turpentine, alcohols, mineral spirits count as household hazardous waste and should not be put in household garbage.
The 黑马磁力 transfer station is open Monday to Saturday from 8鈥嬧�� a.m. to 6 p.m., and on 鈥嬧�婼undays and statutory holidays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The has information on the various forms of waste that are accepted and where to take materials that are not accepted.
