Recycling
Residential Recycling
Every week, residential curb-side recycling picks up blue box for plastics and the following weeks picks up grey box for paper. This service is for residential houses and apartments of four units or less. For apartment dwellers of five units or more, there are recycling depots where individuals can drop off their recyclables free of charge. The Depots are located at the Fredericton Exhibition Grounds, in the Canadian Tire Plaza parking lot, Wal-Mart parking lot at Two Nations Crossing and at the Brookside Mall. Depots are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Recyclables can also be dropped off right at the Fredericton Solid Waste Commission from Monday to Friday from 7:30am to 5:00pm and Saturdays from 7:30am to 3:00pm at 1775 Alison Boulevard.
The recycling hotline is 453-9938.
Fredericton recycling depots accepts:
- Corrugated cardboard, boxboard
- Newspapers, flyers
- Magazines, catalogues
- Office paper
- Paperback books
- Plastic containers
- Plastic bags
- Refundable beverage containers
- Milk Cartons
- Metal cans
Recycle @ Work
A Blue Bin Program in the Fredericton - Oromocto area has been operating since 1988. Many schools, government offices, and universities participate. No charge Blue Bins and desk boxes are provided to interested parties with no charge for the collection service.
The Recycle @ Work hotline is 453-9930.
The following items can be recycled through this program:
- Computer paper
- soft cover books
- bond paper
- envelopes (with and without windows)
- fax paper
- file folders
- glossy paper
- glued edge reports
- magazines
- milk cartons
- NCR paper
- Newspaper
- pad backings
- post-it notes
- telephone directories
Click here for more information from the Canadian Recycling Website.
Click here to see a list of links that will provide further information.
Click here to see some information about the Fredericton Region Solid Waste Commission, in charge of recycling for the city.
