For residents in the rural RDOS, Penticton, Oliver, Osoyoos and Keremeos areas, annual large item collection is coming in April. The first collection will be Friday April 7th for residents in Keremeos, Electoral Area ‘B’ and Electoral Area ‘G’ in the Similkameen. The City of Penticton will have pickup on resident’s regular garbage collection day over the week of April 10th to 14th. From April 17 to 20 all other areas, including Oliver, Osoyoos and Electoral Areas ‘A’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’ and ‘F’ will have large item collection on their regular collection day.
Materials collected are limited to furniture, fridges, freezers, large household appliances and mattresses. In the Town of Osoyoos no items containing Freon or electronic items are collected. All items should be out at the side of the road by 7:00 am on the day of garbage collection.
Items that will not be collected include renovation or plumbing waste such as toilets, water tanks, carpet, heat pumps, furnaces, plumbing and doors.
Residents are asked to take electronics and small appliances such as TVs or computer monitors to the Bottle Depots in Penticton, Oliver and Osoyoos or the Campbell Mountain, Oliver or Keremeos Landfills for free recycling.
For program details please contact your local government. For RDOS Solid Waste information call 250-490-4129, toll free 1-877-610-3737, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.rdos.bc.ca.
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