What you need to know
Do your part: when you use a new recycling station on the street or in a park, take a moment to sort your items and help keep recyclables out of the landfill.
West End and Downtown locations
Zero waste stations are located at:
- Portions of Denman, Davie, and Robson streets
- Bute and Robson Plaza
- Granville Street between Davie and Pender
- Vancouver Art Gallery Plaza
- Library Square
Sorting items for Downtown recycling stations
Containers
Checkmark Hot or cold drink cups
Checkmark Plastic take-out containers
Checkmark Other beverage containers
Paper
Checkmark Newspapers
Checkmark Flyers
Checkmark Paper bags
Checkmark Paper coffee sleeves
X No food-soiled paper
Garbage / landfill
Checkmark Chip bags
Checkmark Candy wrappers
Checkmark Plastic utensils
Checkmark All other items that can't be recycled at the station
Stanley Park
- Information booth
- Prospect Point
- Lumberman's Arch concession
- Lumberman's Arch waterpark
- Second Beach concession
- Ceperley Park
- Third Beach concession
Other park locations
- Spanish Banks West Beach concession
- Spanish Banks East Beach concession
- Jericho Beach concession
- Locarno Beach concession
- Kitsilano Pool concession
- Kitsilano Beach concession
- Sunset Beach concession
Sorting items for Parks recycling stations
Containers
Checkmark Hot or cold drink cups
Checkmark Plastic take-out containers
Checkmark Other beverage containers
Organics + paper
Checkmark Paper
Checkmark Food scraps
Checkmark Food-soiled paper and takeout containers
Checkmark Napkins
Garbage / landfill
Checkmark Chip bags
Checkmark Candy wrappers
Checkmark All other items that can't be recycled at the station
Why park stations have green bins
The park stations do not have a separate paper recycling stream. The paper waste at the concessions is often food-soiled and not suitable to be recycled, unlike the paper collected at the Downtown stations.
For this reason, at the concession stations the paper is combined with organics so that the material can be composted.
This helps divert more material from the landfill.
Program goals
We'll continue to expand the number of zero waste recycling stations throughout the city.
The recycling stations support our ongoing zero waste initiatives that aim to reduce the amount of recyclables that end up in our landfill and improve the cleanliness of our public spaces.
An integral part of becoming a zero waste community is ensuring that we all have the opportunity to reduce and recycle materials both at home and while we are out enjoying our vibrant parks, beaches, streets, and communities.
