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Recycling, bottle depots and the landfill in Prince George

The City picks up your garbage cart and Recycle BC your curbside recycling. Everything else goes to a depot, a transfer station or the regional landfill. Here is where each one is, when it is open, what it charges and what it takes.

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Aerial view of Prince George neighbourhoods, streets and green space
Prince George neighbourhoods from the air.Photo: City of Prince George, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Where does it go?

Matched from each site’s published list of accepted items. Tap a site to jump to its card.

Bottles and cans (deposit refunds)

Paint, solvents and pesticides

Electronics and small appliances

Batteries

Light bulbs and tubes

Used oil, filters and antifreeze

Yard and garden waste

Foam packaging and soft plastic

Glass jars and bottles

Propane tanks

Metal and appliances

Clothing and household goods

Drywall and renovation waste

Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill

Address

6595 Foothills Boulevard, Prince George

250-960-4400

Hours

Mon–Fri 7 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sat and Sun 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Labour Day and Thanksgiving Day. Closed New Years' Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Canada Day, BC Day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Used oil and antifreeze (out of order). As of September 25, the Interchange used oil and antifreeze station is temporarily out of order.

Fees

Household garbage: $6 minimum (up to 100 kg), then $110/tonne. Secured recyclables, yard waste, scrap metal, oil and antifreeze, batteries and refrigerant appliances are free ($12 per load if unsecured).

All tipping fees (33)
Refuse
MaterialMinimum feeWeight based tipping fee
Refuse$6 up to 100 kg$110/tonne
Bulky waste$6 up to 50 kg$129.75/tonne
Demolition, land clearing and construction waste
MaterialMinimum feeSource separated weight based tipping feeMixed load weight based tipping fee
Clean soil$6$10/tonne$220/tonne
Demolition, land clearing and construction waste$12$220/tonne$220/tonne
Asphalt$12$220/tonne$220/tonne
Asphalt shingles$6$110/tonne$220/tonne
Clean wood waste$6$55/tonne$220/tonne
Masonry and/or rubble$12$220/tonne$220/tonne
Painted and/or treated wood$6$55/tonne$220/tonne
Scrap metal$6$55/tonne$220/tonne
Stumps and/or large branches$6$55/tonne$220/tonne
Gypsum or wallboard not containing asbestos$6$110/tonne$220/tonne
Recyclable materials
MaterialWeight based tipping fee
Appliances with ozone depleting substances$0
Automotive batteries$0
Household batteries$0
Multi-material recycling$0
Empty 20 L propane tanks$0
Scrap metal$0
Used oil and antifreeze$0
Yard waste$0
Volume based fees: Refuse
MaterialTipping fee
Load Class 1 (vehicles up to 3 m³)$25.75
Load Class 2 (vehicles with utility trailers up to 3 m³)$25.75
Load Class 3 (vehicles up to 8 m³)$84.25
Load Class 4 (vehicles up to 10 m³)$103.50
Load Class 5 (vehicles up to 15 m³)$176
Load Classes 6 to 9 (vehicles greater that 25 m³)not accepted*
Volume based fees: Demolition, land clearing and construction waste
MaterialTipping fee
Load Class 1 (vehicles up to 3 m³)$25.75
Load Class 2 (vehicles with utility trailers up to 3 m³)$25.75
Load Class 3 (vehicles up to 8 m³)$84.25
Load Class 4 (vehicles up to 10 m³)$103.50
Load Classes 5 to 9 (vehicles greater than 15 m³)not accepted*
NorGrow
MaterialU-Load ($6 minimum) 1/2 m³U-Load ($6 minimum) 1 m³We-Load ($7.50 minimum) 1/2 m³We-Load ($7.50 minimum) 1 m³
Single screened$7.50$15$10$20
Double screened--$15$30

As published on the operator’s tipping fees page, . Fees in the operator’s own words; check there before you haul.

Source: Regional District of Fraser-Fort George: Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill and Tipping fees. Cover and secure every load.

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21 places

Hours, fees and accepted materials are copied from each operator’s own page (linked on every card) and change with the seasons. Call ahead before a special trip. Sources: Regional District of Fraser-Fort George: Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill and Tipping fees; Regional District of Fraser-Fort George: Vanway Regional Transfer Station; Regional District of Fraser-Fort George: Buckhorn Regional Transfer Station; Regional District of Fraser-Fort George: Chief Lake Regional Transfer Station; Regional District of Fraser-Fort George: Shelley Regional Transfer Station; Regional District of Fraser-Fort George: Cummings Road Regional Transfer Station; Regional District of Fraser-Fort George: Miworth Regional Transfer Station; Regional District of Fraser-Fort George: West Lake Regional Transfer Station; Regional District of Fraser-Fort George: Willow River Regional Transfer Station; Regional District of Fraser-Fort George: Quinn Street Regional Recycling Depot; Return-It: P.G. Recycling & Return-It Centre; Return-It: Hart Return-It Depot; Product Care recycling locator; Nechako Bottle Depot; Recycle BC depot locator; Product Care recycling locator; Salvation Army Prince George: Recycling depot, Thrift store and Contact pages; Value Village: Community Donation Centre, Prince George; Hospice Thrift Shop: Donations and Contact; Interchange Recycling collection facility listing; Interchange Recycling collection facility listing; Interchange Recycling collection facility listing. Compiled September 30, 2026. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Data as JSON: waste-sites, recycling.

Waste, recycling and drop-off sites serving City of Prince George residents, compiled 2026-09-30 from operators' own pages. RDFFG sites: hours, fees and materials from rdffg.ca site pages and the Tipping fees page. Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill and the Vanway, Buckhorn, Chief Lake and Shelley transfer stations were closed on September 29 and 30, 2026 for construction. Recycle BC depots for Prince George residents not on curbside collection: Quinn Street, Vanway (per RDFFG), P.G. Recycling & Return-It Centre and Hart Return-It. Paper and packaging drop-off is suspended at the other RDFFG transfer stations, but their pages still list cardboard and mixed paper. The only Prince George household hazardous waste (flammables, pesticides) drop-off in the Product Care locator is Hart Return-It Depot. RDFFG sites do not accept paints, solvents, pesticides or fuels. Paint is also taken at P.G. Recycling and at retail paint stores in the Product Care locator (RONA Capital Building Supplies at 4150 Cowart Rd, Cloverdale Paint at 1668 Nicholson St, Dulux at 1602 Ogilvie St S, Sherwin-Williams at 3449 15th Ave); these are not listed as places. Return-It Electronics also has retail drop-offs (Best Buy, Staples, Visions) whose hours are not published there. Rural transfer stations over about 30 km away (Berman Lake, Summit Lake, Hixon, Bear Lake, McLeod Lake) are left out. Coordinates: BC Address Geocoder CIVIC_NUMBER matches (score 98-100) for city addresses. For rural RDFFG stations, where the geocoder returns only BLOCK precision, the pin in the RDFFG page's own Google Maps link is used.

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