Landfill is the last option for waste – please ensure that materials you place in this bin cannot be recycled elsewhere.
The landfill garbage is collected and taken to Wastetech’s Waste Transfer Station in Coquitlam. From here, it is taken with other waste to Cache Creek Landfill Site (also owned by Wastetech), and some also goes to Metro Vancouver’s waste-to-energy facility in Burnaby.
For more information about what happens to landfill garbage collected from SFU and why we need to increase the amount of waste we divert from landfill sites, please read this Talking Sustainability blog post.