Garbage and Recycling | Resort Municipality of Whistler

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Garbage and landfill waste

Almost 90 per cent of what you discard can go into compost and recycling. Before you throw an item into the garbage, consider if it can be recycled or composted.

Composting and yard waste

Learn how to compost food scraps and organics, as well as dispose yard waste.

Recycling

Learn about recycling at home and how to dispose of hazardous wastes such as batteries, solvents and compressed gas.

Waste facilities

Whistler has a variety of facilities for residents, stratas and businesses to drop off their recycling, compost, yard waste and landfill waste.

Less garbage allows residents and businesses to use smaller bins and requires less frequent collection. This reduces costs, reduces trucks on the road and reduces the amount of waste in our landfills.

Waste management for businesses

Did you know business owners and property managers are required to provide compost, recycling and landfill garbage collection? Use these resources to help you streamline systems, divert more waste and reduce costs.

Imagining a future where waste is kept out of the landfill

That’s the goal of Whistler’s Zero Waste Action Plan. We have some work to do to reach zero waste as a community and we need your help. In 2020, we sent 11,607 tonnes of waste to the landfill, which was a record low. However, these changes were due to COVID-19 and volumes increased again after. It’s clear we need to keep finding ways to permanently reduce the amount of waste we create.

Let’s disrupt our habits, reduce our waste and love this place.

Compost, recycling and garbage bins in Whistler Village. Photo: Justa Jeskova — Compost bins in Whistler Village, Justa Jeskova Photo

Reduce and reuse — then recycle

Reducing waste doesn’t have to be complicated. Using simple steps, we can all reduce, reuse, recycle and compost most of the waste we produce. Find tips to reduce waste at home.

Please report incidents of illegal dumping to the RMOW at 604-932-5535.

Waste Wizard

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What is zero waste?

As outlined in the Official Community Plan, zero waste is a goal to guide people to change their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use. Zero waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them.