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About the Eco-card

The costs to operate all of our transfer stations and landfills are already on our taxes, but the costs for waste collection and disposal are rapidly rising. Rather than raise the rates for everyone, the Pay-as-you-Throw user-pay program will give you more control over your garbage. It will provide an incentive to recycle rather than throwing everything in the garbage. The more you recycle, the less you pay for garbage disposal.

Landfill space is rapidly diminishing in the TNRD. We have to protect what little landfill space we have left. This user pay system has been proven in North America to reduce the volumes of waste land filled each year.

Instead of paying for your garbage at the transfer station or landfill each time you go, you'll be able to purchase punch cards called Eco-cards from convenient municipal and retail locations throughout the TNRD. These cards will be available in $10, $20 and $50 amounts. You simply present your card to the attendant to punch out the number equal to the number of bags or amount of waste you have for disposal. For example, a short-box pickup truckload is $5 and a regular-sized pickup truckload is $10 and would use 5 or 10 - $1 punches on your Eco-card. The more you recycle, the less you'll pay for waste disposal.

The New $1 Eco-Buck stickers will also be available at several retailers. Simply purchase one sticker for every regular sized (175 liter) bag of garbage and recycle as much as you can for free!

At landfills with weigh scales, larger loads will be weighed and the cost will be based on $60.00 per metric tonne, similar to most landfill operations in BC. A complete rate schedule is available at all of our sites or online. Please be sure to cover your load with a tarp to reduce litter and the dangers of waste falling out of the back of moving vehicles.

Where to buy eco-cards?

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Purchase Eco-cards Online

Purchase Eco-cards from any of the following locations:

City	Distributor	Eco-Cards	Eco-Bucks
Barriere	AG Foods	✓	✓
Barriere	District of Barriere	✓	✓
Birch Island	Dee's General Store	✓
Blue River	Blue River Market	✓	✓
Blue River	Blue River Petro Canada	✓	✓
Cache Creek	Hungry Herbies	✓
Chase	Safety Mart Foods	✓	✓
Chase	Home Hardware	✓	✓
Chase	Village of Chase	✓	✓
Clearwater	Super Save Gas	✓	✓
Clearwater	Shell Gas Station	✓
Clearwater	Safety Mart Foods	✓	✓
Clearwater	Wells Gray Home Hardware	✓	✓
Clearwater	District of Clearwater	✓
Clinton	Country Squire Gift Shop	✓	✓
Clinton	Village of Clinton	✓	✓
Eagan Lake	Eagan Lake Resort	✓	✓
Heffley Creek	Heffley Creek Store	✓
Kamloops	Halston Esso	✓	✓
Kamloops	Husky Gas Station (Paul Lake)	✓
Kamloops	TNRD Civic building (Victoria St)	✓	✓
Kamloops	RONA (Aberdeen)	✓	✓
Little Fort	Little Fort General Store	✓	✓
Logan Lake	Highland Valley Foods	✓	✓
Logan Lake	Copper Valley Grocery and Gas	✓	✓
Logan Lake	District of Logan Lake	✓
Loon Lake	Evergreen Fishing Resort	✓	✓
Loon Lake	Marigold Resort	✓
Lower Nicola	Courtesy Corner	✓	✓
Lytton	G'Wsep Gas and Food	✓	✓
Lytton	Village of Lytton	✓
McLure	Pinegrove Campground & RV Park	✓
Merritt	Cooper's Foods	✓
Merritt	Post Meat Market	✓	✓
Merritt	City of Merritt	✓
Monte Lake	Monte Lake Sore	✓	✓
Pinantan	Pinantan Lake Store	✓
Pritchard	Pritchard Store	✓	✓
Savona	Miller's Crossing (formerly Dey's Store)	✓	✓
Savona	Cherry Creek Service Station	✓
70 Mile House	70 Mile Access Center	✓	✓
70 Mile House	70 Mile General Store	✓	✓
Spences Bridge	The Packing House Pantry	✓
Upper Nicola	Quilchena Hotel	✓
Vavenby	Vavenby General Store	✓	✓
Westwold	Westwold General Store	✓	✓

Please note: No refunds on new or used Eco-cards. Locations subject to change as more retailers sign on!