Eco Centre

Hours of Operation

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. Thursday’s from 10:00am to 6:00pm (starting on May 19th).

Closed on Saturday, Sunday and all Stat Holidays.

Location:

West Hill

7821-104 Avenue, Peace River, AB

 

Changes in Recycling Services for Membership Residents

*** The Eco Centre is changing the hours of service and after-hours access to our facility starting the week of May 16th,2022. ***
New Hours of Service 
Open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm and Thursday’s (starting May 19th), from 10:00am to 6:00pm. Closed on Saturday, Sunday and all Stat Holidays.
New After Hours Access
The gates will now be closed after regular hours of service, starting May 16th.
For further information, please see below and or call 780-624-1112, or 780-624-4182.

The Eco Centre/Peace Regional Waste Management Company is transitioning to a single stream blue/clear bag recycling system.

We are positioning ourselves to be in alignment with the TOPR blue bag curbside collection and to pivot with the planned Alberta Government’s province wide EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) program. For more information and to provide your input on the EPR program, please follow the link at the bottom of this post.

For now, please place all your recyclable materials in blue/clear bags and place into the large metal bins at the Eco Centre, the Landfill, or at the Transfer Stations.

Acceptable recyclable items in the blue/clear bag are: box board (toothpaste boxes, cereal boxes, Kleenex boxes, etc…), all plastics, tin and shredded/non-shredded office paper and mixed paper.

Non-acceptable recyclable items are glass and any food contaminated items.

All black garbage bags will be treated as waste and will be discarded. Please do not use these if you want your items recycled.

Cardboard (corrugated only, NO box board) can still to be placed in the residential cardboard bunker if it does not fit in the bags.

Glass collection has been discontinued. Unfortunately, there are no markets for glass recycling at the moment. We hope this changes in the future. Glass will now be a waste stream item and should not be put into the blue/clear bags here at the Eco Centre and in TOPR, GFL curbside collected blue bags.

The Grass/Leaves & Brush/Branches bins have now been removed. This was a trial that was unfortunately unsuccessful. These bins collected far too much contamination to be utilized for compost. The bins will not be returning in the spring. We will continue to accept yard waste at the landfill where it can be properly controlled. The Town of Peace River is considering alternative solutions.

To provide an optimized recycling experience we will be securing access to and monitoring the Eco Centre. We have installed fence and gates at the front of the Eco Centre property. Starting the week of May 16th, we are changing the hours of service and will begin locking the gates after hours; see above. 

Our depots located in the areas around TOPR, at St. Isidore and Nampa, have been removed, with continued curbside pickup of recyclable materials through GFL & Town of Peace River. Recyclable materials can be brought to the Eco Centre, transfer stations, or our landfill, during regular operating hours. Recycling will no longer be required to be sorted. We will accept it in clear or blue bags.

All ARMA funded and administered programs will still be collected, such as electronics, household hazardous waste and paint. We are not set up to take used oil, gas or any petroleum products at this time. It will hopefully be a soon add on.

Fluorescent bulbs, printer toner cartridges and batteries will still be collected.

The Management & Staff appreciate your patience during this transition.

We look forward to our continued recycling together now and into the future.

Transfer Station Changes

Depot Changes

Eco Centre Changes

https://www.prwmc.ca/recycling/

https://your.alberta.ca/extended-producer-responsibility

https://www.albertarecycling.ca/recycling-programs/

Eco-Centre
7821 104 Ave
Peace River

East Peace Regional Landfill
20160 Rge Rd 840

TRANSFER STATIONS

Cadotte Lake

PT NW-16-86-15-W5M

Little Buffalo

PT SE-15-86-14-W5M

Harmon Valley

PT NW-31-81-18-W5M

Reno

PT NW-1-81-20-W5M

Marie Reine

PT NW-36-81-22-W5M

Nampa

PT-SE-19-81-20-W5M

What Recyclable Materials Do We Accept?

Cardboard – corrugated, packing boxes – Newsprint – include non-glossy flyers – Mixed Paper, glossy flyers, magazines, catalogues, phone books, envelopes, cereal boxes, pop boxes, etc.. – Office Paper – good quality bond paper and shredded – Shredded in bags please – Tin Cans – rinsed out, labels removed Mixed Plastic – Numbered 1 thru 7 Eg: condiment containers, food containers, laundry containers, cleaner containers, buckets, etc.. – Batteries – Car, truck, cat, rechargeable, alkaline – Propane Tanks – Plastic Film – lumber wrap, shopping bags, shrink wrap – Paint- Interior and exterior latex & alkyd (oil-based paints) porch, floor and deck paints, interior and exterior varnishes and urethanes, primers, undercoats and sealers, enamels, wood finishing oils and stains, rust and decorative metal paints, fence and barn paints, paint aerosols.

Fluorescent Light Bulbs – $0.25 cents a foot

Yard Waste – grass/leaves, brush/branches

 

E-Waste

TVs (all types and sizes)

Computers Towers

Servers

Computer Monitors

Laptops

Notepads

TabletsCopiers

Printers

Scanners

Fax Machines

All Computer peripherals, keyboards, mice and speakers

Expanded ARMA Pilot program material

(Home – ARMA ePilot)

 

Household Hazardous Waste List of Acceptable Waste at the Peace Regional Eco Centre

(Small household quantities only – not for commercial)

Abrasive cleaners
Acetone
Aerosol paints/sprays
Air fresheners (aerosol)
All-purpose cleaners (solvent based)
Ammonia
Ant/wasp Spray
Antifreeze
Batteries (small alkaline)
Barbeque starters
Bleach
Brake and transmission fluid
Butane refills
Carbon tetrachloride
Car waxes/polishes (solvent and water based)

Contact cement
Degreasers (petroleum based)
Disinfectants
Drain Cleaners
Fabric Softeners
Fluorescent light bulbs
Fungicides (small quant)
Furniture polishes/waxes
Glass cleaners
Glues (solvent & water)
Hair coloring
Perm solutions
Hairsprays (aerosol)
Insecticides (small quantities)
Lye

Mildew removers
Nail polish and remover
Oven Cleaner
Paint thinners & strippers
photographic chemicals
Rug and upholstery cleaners
Septic tank degreaser
Rust remover
Silver and brass polish
Solvents, turpentine
Spot removers
Toilet cleaners
Tub and tile cleaners
Weed Killers
Windshield washer liquid