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T2 Market Recycle Depot accepting MMBC materials in Oliver

school recycling22Starting today, Oliver and area residents can take their packaging and printed paper recyclables to the T2 Market Recycle Depot, without charge, as it joins the Multi-Material BC (MMBC) network of over 175 depots established earlier this year.

T2 Market Recycle Depot, located at 5980 Sawmill Road in Oliver, accepts all materials in MMBC’s residential packaging and printed paper recycling program, including non-deposit glass bottles and jars, plastic bags and plastic foam packaging, along with curbside recycling materials such as newsprint, cardboard, household papers, metal containers, plastic containers, and paper packaging that held liquid when sold, such as coffee cups and soup cartons.

“I know that this expanded recycling opportunity will be a huge convenience to greater Oliver,” said Oliver Mayor Ron Hovanes. “I thank MMBC for working with T2 Market to make this happen.”

“We are pleased to expand packaging and printed paper recycling options for residents living in and around Oliver,” said Allen Langdon, Managing Director of MMBC. “One of the goals of the MMBC recycling program is to make it easier for residents to recycle more.”

Additional details about MMBC’s residential packaging and printed paper recycling program, including the full list of materials that are accepted, are available at www.RecyclinginBC.ca.

On May 19, 2014, MMBC assumed responsibility for curbside, multi-family, and depot recycling programs in many areas across BC as a result of changes made to the provincial Recycling Regulation to shift responsibility for end-of-life management of packaging and printed paper from governments and their taxpayers to the businesses that produce these materials. On behalf of those businesses, MMBC manages recycling programs, either directly or by working with local governments, First Nations, private companies and other non-profit organizations.

MMBC is among more than 20 extended producer responsibility programs introduced in British Columbia over the past two decades, which has seen industry assume responsibility for end-of-life management of items such as beverage containers, electronics, paint, used oil, tires and batteries. The concept behind extended producer responsibility is to make businesses responsible for collecting and recycling the products they supply into the BC marketplace.