Used Oil Recycling Comes to Langley Recycling and Waste Centre

We are excited to announce that Langley Recycling and Waste Centre users now have a convenient, and eco-friendly way to return used oil, antifreeze, oil filters, and related automotive containers thanks to a new designated drop-off area at the facility. The Langley Recycling and Waste Centre is located at 1070 272nd Street.

“There was a gap we needed to fill in the Langley area to enable safe collection, handling and storage of these materials,” said David Lawes, CEO, Interchange Recycling. “In Surrey, Richmond, and other nearby municipalities, we’ve seen several local businesses make our annual Top Collector List, which honours businesses across B.C. for their exemplary performance and dedication to the collection of used oil and antifreeze materials. The Central Surrey Recycling and Waste Centre, Semiahmoo Bottle Depot in Surrey, and other local facilities all collected thousands of litres of used oil in 2023 and made our fifth annual Top Collector List. We’re pleased to be able to service the Langley community in this capacity.”

“We’re excited to expand the list of materials accepted for recycling at the Langley Recycling and Waste Centre to include used oil and antifreeze. This makes it even easier to drop off a wide variety of items beyond what goes into a household recycling bin,” said Sarah Kirby-Yung, Chair of Metro Vancouver’s Zero Waste Committee. “Our regional recycling system remains one of the most successful and resilient in North America, thanks to effective provincial producer responsibility programs, a robust local recycling industry, and strong regional policies.”

Metro Vancouver is a North American leader in waste reduction and recycling, with a 65-per-cent recycling rate. This success is in part thanks to provincial regulations that make producers responsible for financing and operating the recycling systems for their products.

Used oil is a valuable resource and if it is recycled at one of Interchange Recycling’s dedicated public recycling centres it can be recovered and reused. Used oil can be re-refined into new lubricating oil or material inputs for manufacturing or energy products. Additionally, used oil filters contain recyclable metals that can go into products like rebar, nails, and wire. Used oil and antifreeze containers are recycled and used to manufacture new oil containers, drainage tiles, and parking curbs. Used antifreeze is refined and reused as new automotive antifreeze. A comprehensive list of all the public recycling centres across B.C. can be found at https://interchangerecycling.com/find-a-recycling-centre. 

About Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver is a diverse organization that plans for and delivers regional utility services, including water, sewers and wastewater treatment, and solid waste management. It also regulates air quality, plans for urban growth, manages a regional parks system, provides affordable housing, and serves as a regional federation. For solid waste, Metro Vancouver is responsible for waste reduction and recycling planning,  and the operation of solid waste facilities across the region with the goals of minimizing waste and improving reuse and recycling systems. For general information about Metro Vancouver, visit https://metrovancouver.org/.

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Interchange Recycling would like to acknowledge that their head office in Victoria is located on the traditional territory of the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations, and Coast Salish people.