Recycling depots provide residents with an opportunity to drop-off recyclable glass bottles and jars, paper, and cardboard for recycling. However, it is crucial that no household garbage be placed into these trailers, as this would contaminate them rendering them non-recyclable.
Start your Thorntons Recycling by storing and sorting recyclables in an accessible cabinet or nook. Label your recyclable items to help your family know which to dispose of first. Buy minimal packaging items made from recycled material to close the loop.
Recycling Program
Not only are residential curbside recycling collections provided weekly by the City in your blue cart or container, residents can drop off additional everyday items at a Recycling Depot if they are too large or heavy for your recycling cart but still fit within its standardised containers provided by the City. White goods (stoves, refrigerators, and washers/dryers) will also be accepted on certain days and recycled locally and diverted from landfill sites to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and preserve our natural resources.
When you bring your recyclables to the Recycling Depot, they are placed on an inclined conveyor belt that transports them directly to a pre-sort station for sorting. Here, unbroken glass is separated from other materials for shipment to processors while paper can be divided into categories to be processed back into new products while other materials are bales ready to be delivered directly to various end markets.
The Recycling Depot is managed by Delta’s Department of Public Works in cooperation with Recycle BC, a not-for-profit organisation responsible for residential packaging and paper recycling across BC. Partnering with Recycle BC allows the City to maximise recycling while cutting disposal costs. In recent months, Recycle BC has introduced additional options such as aerosol containers, Styrofoam packaging and film plastic (plastic bags) which will now be accepted alongside traditional curbside recyclables.
Drop-Off Locations
Thorntons Recycling locations throughout the City are open seven days per week and accept all recyclable materials generated from residential households. Each bin clearly labels what items can be placed into it – please be sure that materials are separated before placing them into bins. Please be aware that recycling depots do not accept renovation debris, large items like fridges and furniture and may monitor illegal dumping as offenders may face fines for illegal disposal of such materials at these depots.
At most depots, residents may drop off recyclable materials without assistance from staff. Residents are encouraged to bring in their own containers; however, the Borough can provide new recycling containers at no charge (limited to two per household per year). Residents requiring additional blue plastic recycling containers should visit Borough Hall.
Highlands County residents have access to recycling drop-off centres located within Lake Placid, Sebring and Avon Park for curbside recycling collection. These drop-off points aim to reduce contamination of curbside recycling programs while increasing their efficiency by helping more recyclable materials reach their final destinations.
Other recycling centres and collection sites exist for specific materials. For instance, Boulder City Landfill accepts household hazardous waste (HHW), such as paint, pesticides, oven cleaner and pool chemicals from residents; most Walgreens locations and some Safeway stores provide medication disposal programs.
Recycling FAQs
If you have questions or require assistance at a Thorntons Recycling depot, the staff is always ready to address them. They can assist with sorting materials into bins that meet their specifications while making sure items remain free from contamination. In addition, they offer information regarding recycling as a process and its environmental advantages.
Recycling can help reduce waste and conserve energy. Producing new products with recycled materials requires significantly less energy than when making them from scratch; Home Depot provides many products and resources to assist customers in conserving energy, including recycling bins for different materials.
Home Depot recycles many different materials, including cardboard, scrap metal and glass. Unfortunately there are some items which Home Depot cannot accept, including organics, pet waste and disposable diapers. Before recycling any containers with food or liquid contents it’s advisable to empty and flatten out before recycling as this saves space and ensures proper disposal.
Home Depot also provides tips and information regarding recycling online, with their Energy Calculator that estimates how much energy could be saved through recycling aluminium cans, plastic bags and paper. Furthermore, this tool displays how much power would be necessary to run various appliances and devices around your house.
Recycling Guide
Recycling depots provide an array of products for collecting and processing recyclable materials. They accept some basic items such as aluminium foil and containers (with all lids removed), metal cans (empty aerosol/paint cans), paper and cardboard products, glass bottles/jars as well as plastic bags/Styrofoam if they can be separated from other material.
Items collected at Thorntons Recycling depots are sent to a facility that sort the material-by-material type and sell them back to manufacturers for use in new products. To maximise efficiency and effectiveness of this process, ensure all items collected at a depot are clean and dry – items which contain any contamination will not be recycled and could even be thrown out as trash.
