Announcing our Top 30 Collectors for 2020

We are very excited to announce the winners of BCUOMA’s second annual Top Collector Awards. 30 B.C. Return Collection Facility (RCF) businesses received Top Collector Award plaques, and were honoured for their exemplary performance and commitment to the collection of used oil and antifreeze materials across the province throughout 2020. In addition, we added two new award categories in 2020 – Most Improved Award for the RCF that increased its collection rates by the largest percentage, and Long Time Service Award that recognizes six RCFs that have been dedicated program members since BCUOMA’s inception in 2003.

“These B.C. organizations are some of the most dedicated used oil and antifreeze Return Collection Facilities in Canada,” said David Lawes, CEO, BC Used Oil Management Association. “They continue to provide convenient, environmentally-friendly and easy-to-use infrastructures for their DIY customers to return their used oil and antifreeze materials. Their efforts were even more impressive throughout 2020 due to the pandemic, as they had to navigate their way through many additional challenges to ensure their customers were comfortable and safe while returning their materials. We feel proud to work with such professional businesses across the province, and we are honoured to provide them with these awards that recognizes their commitment to BCUOMA’s RCF program, and their continued outstanding performance.”

BCUOMA’s criteria for being a RCF top collector include:

• the total amount of used oil, oil filters, oil containers, antifreeze and antifreeze containers collected at the RCF location.
• the total number of years participating in BCUOMA’s RCF Program.
• a demonstration of continued support of BCUOMA and other recycling stewardship related programs.

2020 Top Collector Award winners:

Rank	City	Name
1	Burnaby	City of Burnaby Eco-Center
2	Maple Ridge	Ridge Meadows Recycling Society
3	Williams Lake	Jepson Petroleum Ltd.
4	Victoria	Hartland Landfill
5	Quesnel	Jepson Petroleum Ltd.
6	Duncan	Bings Creek Recycling Centre
7	Mission	Mission Recycling Depot
8	Prince Rupert	Petro Canada (Prince Rupert – Marina)
9	Fort St. John	Fort St John Co-op Association – 100 Ave
10	Terrace	Petro Canada (Terrace)
11	Coquitlam	Mr. Lube #159
12	Surrey	Semiahmoo Bottle Depot
13	Vernon	Interior Freight & Bottle Depot Ltd.
14	Kamloops	Castle Fuels (2008) Inc.
15	100 Mile House	Castle Fuels (2008) Inc.
16	Surrey	Hallmark Ford Sales Ltd
17	Kelowna	Great Canadian Oil Change
18	Lower Nicola	Lower Nicola Eco-Depot (TNRD)
19	Castlegar	Ernie’s Used Auto Parts
20	Kamloops	Desert Cardlock Fuel Services Ltd
21	Cumberland	Comox Valley Waste Management Centre
22	Chilliwack	Chilliwack Bottle Depot
23	Ladysmith	Peerless Road Recycling Centre
24	Kelowna	Desert Cardlock Fuel Services Ltd
25	Prince George	Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill
26	Prince George	Jepson Petroleum Ltd.
27	Ucluelet	Columbia Fuels (Ucluelet) / Eagle Marine
28	Cranbrook	Cranbrook Depot (RDEK)
29	Sechelt	Columbia Fuels
30	Campbell River	Campbell River Waste Management Centre (CVRD)

2020 Most Improved Award winner – (RCF that increased its collection rates by the largest percentage):

City	Name
Fort St. John Co-op	Fort St. John Co-op Association – 100 Ave.

2020 Long Time Service Award winners – (RCFs that have been dedicated program members since BCUOMA’s inception in 2003):

City	Name
150 Mile House	150 M+S Tire & Service Ltd.
Gold Bridge	Gold Bridge Transfer Station
Madeira Park	Pender Harbour Diesel Co.
Prince George	Quinn Street Transfer Station
Osoyoos	Town of Osoyoos Sanitary Landfill
Prince George	Vanway Transfer & Recycle Station

Congratulations to all the winners. We thank you all for your continued support of the BCUOMA program and your commitment to the collection of used oil and antifreeze materials across the province.