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Recycle Small Home Appliances Recycle Your Small Household Appliances Effective October 1st, 2011... Recycle your small household appliances that use a cord or battery! **7 NEW CATEGORIES: Kitchen, Personal Care, Garment Care, Air Treatment, Floor Cleaning, Weight and Time** We even recycle your used AA, AAA, C and D-cell batteries!!!
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**WIN $500** For Your School From September 1, 2010 to June 1, 2011 NANAIMO AREA SCHOOLS can **WIN $500** for having the highest cash return in beverage containers! Your school is automatically entered in our contest just by using our regular pick-up service. We keep track of all of your refunds and send a letter to your school each month to show just how much has been collected! Recycle and EARN CASH! Last years' Bottle Drives earned an average of $750 - $2000 for just a few hours of work! More info...
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Supporting Community Groups through Donations For the month of November all proceeds from beverage containers donated at both locations will support the Special Olympics. The staff of Nanaimo Bottle Depot appreciates your support to this society.
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BC High School & Elementary School Recycling Program Encorp Pacific is sponsoring two contests for BC Schools. Elementary and High Schools each have their own contest. Each category awards 3 prizes: 1st place $750.00, 2nd place $500.00 and 3rd place $250. This year your school can win bigger prizes! Any prize won from Encorp by a School that returns their containers to Nanaimo Bottle Depot will have their prize matched in full! Please check out the Encorp website to learn more about this program.
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As an authorized Encorp Return-It Centre the Nanaimo Bottle Depot operates two facilities in the Nanaimo area.

By making it easy for you our customer we hope that we are able to encourage more individuals to do their part in recycling, contributing to the benefit of our home both locally and globally.

Too busy during the day to bring in your beverage containers? Drop by either location and donate them into our convenient after hours community bins located at both locations. 3
Recycle your electronics!
Recycle your electronics!
Recycle your electronics!
Recycle your electronics!
Recycle your electronics!
Recycle your electronics!

A province-wide electronics recycling program is now available... So now you can return your empties and recycle your electronics at the same time! July 1st,2012 Phase 4 will expand the program to include even more household electronics ie:power tools etc. --more

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Community Events

October 1st, 2011: Small Electrical Appliance Program Launch!

Recycle Your Small Appliances at BOTH of our clean and convenient Nanaimo Bottle Depot locations!

We accept:All small household appliances with a cord ie: Blenders, Coffee Makers, Microwaves, Blow Dryers, Fans, Humidifiers, Vacuum Cleaners and more...

We also accept: VCR's, DVD's, Walkmen, Discmen, Computers, Cameras, Digital Frames, Telephones, Speakers, TV's and more...

Woodgrove Centre "Think Pink Event"

From 9:00 am to 3:00 pm:
January 7,2012: Free drop off of all beverage containers,electronics,small appliances and scrap metal. Location: Recycle Drop Bins at Woodgrove Mall

All proceeds support Nanaimo Hospital Foundation


Nanaimo Area Land Trust Fall Bottle Drive

Saturday January 7, 2012
NALT Office
8:30 am - 2:00 pm

Drop off all your deposit beverage containers to support the promotion and protection of natural values of land in the Nanaimo area.

FMI 250-714-1990 or www.nalt.bc.ca

Pepsico and Nanaimo Bottle Depot Community Drop off Event

Saturday, November 19, 2011 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, 4331 Boban Drive

Prizes, hamburgers, hotdogs and soft drinks.

Drop off all deposit beverage containers, clothing and non perishable food.

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