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Waste Management

Main office address:
625 Fisgard Street
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada V8W 1R7
tel: 250.360.3030
email: Email

Banned Items

The following materials are strictly prohibited from landfill disposal at Hartland:

Note – many of these items can be recycled recyclable at Hartland.

  • aggregate
  • asphalt (road material banned, shingles accepted as garbage)
  • biomedical waste
  • clean soil
  • concrete
  • corrugated cardboard recycable
  • directories recycable
  • drywall (in loads weighing more than 100 kg) recycable under 1,000 kg
  • hazardous wastes (including empty containers) Read more >
  • ignitable wastes Read more >
  • lead acid batteries recycable
  • liquids (except by permit) Read more >
  • mixed paper (paper fibres) recycable
  • motor vehicle bodies and farm implements
  • newspapers recycable
  • PCBs
  • propane tanks recycable
  • radioactive wastes
  • reactive wastes
  • rubble
  • scrap metal recycable
  • sharps (except by permit) Read more >
  • special waste, excluding waste asbestos
  • tires recycable
  • used oil filters recycable
  • waste that is on fire or smoldering
  • white goods (large appliances) recycable
  • yard and garden waste Read more > recycable

For items listed above that are not accepted at Hartland for either landfilling or recycling please consult our myrecyclopedia.