Landfill, Recycling, and Yard Waste Depot Locations
Use the map below to find all landfill, recycling, and yard waste depot locations throughout Kamloops.
Frequent landfill users: Landfill Account Credit Application Form available here.
Landfill Site Yard Waste Site City Recycling Depot Recycle BC Depot Coming in 2024
Mission Flats Landfill and Landfill Diversion Area
3095 Mission Flats Road
Open 7 days a week (Closed Christmas Day & New Year's Day)
Hours: 8:30 am–4:30 pm
Phone: 250-828-3813
Payment accepted: cash, credit, and debit
Barnhartvale Landfill, Landfill Diversion Area, and Yard Waste Site
970 Eliza Road
Open Friday to Monday (Closed Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Christmas Day & New Year's Day)*
Hours: 8:30 am–4:30 pm
Payment accepted: cash only
*Yard Waste Site closes annually from December 1 - March 1
Potential Asbestos-Containing Materials are NOT accepted at this location. Please take these items to Mission Flats Landfill.
Resource Recovery Centre
400 Owl Road
Open Monday to Friday (Closed statutory and public holidays)
Hours: 8:00 am–4:00 pm
Phone: 250-851-0057
Payment accepted: debit, credit and on-account payments only. No cash or cheques accepted.
Demolition, Land Clearing, and Construction (DLC) waste and non-putrescible residential and commercial garbage ONLY (minimum charge applies). Recycling NOT accepted at this location.
Potential Asbestos-Containing Materials are NOT accepted at this location. Please take these items to Mission Flats Landfill.
Bunker Road Recycling Depot and Yard Waste Site
1455 Bunker Road
Open 7 days a week*
Recycling Depot open 24 hours a day
Yard Waste Site open 10:00 am–6:00 pm
*Yard Waste Site closes annually from December 1 to March 1.
Cinnamon Ridge Compost Facility and Yard Waste Site
4045 Tranquille Road
Open 7 days a week (closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day)
Hours: 10:00 am–6:00 pm (April 1–October 31)
Hours: 10:00 am–4:00 pm (November 1–March 31)
Phone: 250-214-8801
Payment accepted: credit and debit only
Recycle BC Designated Depots
Glass, flexible plastics, and foam packaging are problematic to sort from other materials and are not accepted in the City's mixed or curbside recycling.
Please take glass, flexible plastics (plastic bags, overwrap, zipper-lock and stand up pouches, crinkly wrappers (eg: chip bags, granola bar wrappers), plastic netting (eg: used for fruit) and flexible packaging (eg: bubble wrap)) and Styrofoam to one of these designated Recycle BC Depots:
- General Grants Recycling Centre - Sahali (963 Camosun Crescent)
- Lorne Street Bottle Depot (270 Halston Avenue)
- London Drugs (450 Lansdowne Street) accepts flexible plastics and foam packaging ONLY
Mixed recycling, electronic waste, and Styrofoam are also accepted at private depots. The Lorne Street Bottle Depot also accepts paint.
Still not sure where to dispose of something? Check out our Waste Wise App!
Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Facility
Coming in 2024!
A new year-round household hazardous waste drop-off facility servicing residents of Kamloops and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) free of charge will be opening in early 2024 in Kamloops. Items will be safely disposed of or recycled.
The facility will be located at 478 Okanagan Way in the Mount Paul Industrial Park and will be open to the public five days a week, from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Stay tuned for the opening date and a list of what materials will be accepted.