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Residential

Town of Golden

VP Waste is proud to provide residential curbside collection on behalf of the Town of Golden.

We collect curbside garbage weekly, and curbside recycling every second week.  Refer to the calendar below for your collection day.

Important tips to ensure collection of you container

  • Container/s must be out at the curb by 8am, but no earlier than 6am.
  • Container must be oriented correctly with handle facing away from the road, with 3ft of clearance from the nearest object.
  • Container lid must be unlocked and entirely closed. This initiative ensures all waste and recycling stays inside.


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Rural Areas

VP Waste also services surrounding areas including Habart, Nicholson, Campbell Rd (to Mitchell Rd), and Hwy 97 south to Mitchell Rd

Weekly curbside garbage pick-up every Tuesday, bins must be out by 8am to ensure collection.

Households must have a waste container that is compatible with an automated curbside service.  Check with us to see if the container you have will work.  We also have used (clean) containers available for rent.

 

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Prohibited Items

For the safety of garbage truck drivers and landfill staff there are items that should not be placed in your curbside containers.

Prohibited waste includes materials from excavations, lot clearing or building construction, repairs, alterations, or maintenance, debris from any building or part thereof removed or damaged/destroyed by fire or any other cause, material from any manufacturing processes, condemned or contaminated matter from any premises.

It also includes, but is not limited to:

  • Hazardous, ignitable, biomedical, radioactive, reactive, and yard waste
  • Liquids and sludge
  • PCB’s and pesticide products
  • Discarded furniture or other household equipment
  • Paint
  • Discarded or abandoned vehicles or farm equipment or parts thereof
  • Scrap metal
  • Tires
  • Used oil filters
  • Waste oil or petroleum products
  • Batteries. Visit RecycleYourBatteries to find out where you can recycle batteries in Golden
  • Propane tanks
  • Hot or unwrapped ashes
  • Animal carcasses
  • Stones
  • Sand, and rocks, concrete and asphalt
  • Waste that is on fire or smoldering
  • Unwrapped sharps
  • Electronics and electrical products, including batteries
  • Animal excrement not contained in a separately sealed container

 

Some of these products are accepted free of charge at the CSRD landfill Hazardous Waste Depot. Call the CSRD at 250-832-8194 or 1-888-248-2773 (toll-free) for more information on the landfill, recycling depot programs, and where to drop off hazardous waste.

Frequently Asked Questions

Town of golden

Your garbage and recycling is collected on separate days.  To determine what your collection days you can find the collection calendar on the Town of Golden website.

Your container should be at the curb by 8am, but no earlier than 6am on your collection day.

Yes. The Town of Golden prohibits any items that can be recycled using the curbside recycling program, and any yard and garden waste (with the exception of weeds and invasive plants).  Additionally, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District prohibits certain items to be disposed of in their landfills – please see the prohibited items list.

Yes. Only items approved by the RecycleBC program are allowed in your curbside recycling container.  Prohibited items in the recycling can result in the contamination of the entire truckload of recycling.  No glass, styrofoam, plastic bags and wrap, and more.  Visit the Town of Golden’s and/or RecycleBC’s websites to learn more about the program.

If your container wasn’t collected on your collection day, it could have been due to any of the following reasons:

  • The lid of your bear resistant curbside container was not unlocked for collection.
  • Your container was overfilled.  The Town of Golden bylaw requires that all container lids must be closed completely for collection.  This is to prevent spillage when the container is dumped, debris from being blown around by the wind, and bags torn apart by birds/animals.
  • Your container wasn’t out when our truck went by your home.  Ensure your container is out by 8am on your collection day.
  • Your container was placed the wrong way at the curb.  The lid of your container must open toward the road.  The handle should face the house. 
  • Your container was too close to another item (vehicle, wall, other garbage containers, etc).  Your container must be at least 3 feet away from anything else on the sides of the container, and at least 2 feet off the backside of the container.  The wheels of the container can be up against the curb.

 

If your container was missed and none of the above items applies to you, contact VP Waste Solutions Ltd. and we will look into it for you.

Rural/Area A

No, all waste collection in the rural areas is a fee for service.  The regional district does not charge for waste collection services on your taxes.  Contact us to enquire into our service options.

We collect once a week on Tuesdays from 8am – 6pm.  Ensure your wheeled curbside cart is at the end of your driveway by 8am to ensure your container is collected.

No, we require that all containers used for our collection route be made for automated collection.  You can purchase a container yourself, or we can provide one for you for a small monthly fee.

We can collect multiple containers per driveway.  Extra containers are billed at a lower rate as long as it is on the same driveway.

Yes. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District prohibits certain items to be disposed of in their landfills – please see the prohibited items list.