Spring Clean Up Day
Have a garage, shed, attic or basement to clean out? Our first Spring Clean Up day is your free, one-stop drop-off to get a jump start on your home clean-up!
For 1 day, we’re inviting you to drop any kind of household junk you’ve got at this event- even items we don’t normally accept! On June 8, bring your hard-to-dispose items to the Still Creek Works Yard (across from the Eco-Centre), and we’ll recycle what we can, and divert the rest into the appropriate waste stream at no charge.
This is the perfect time to get rid of some of that clutter around your home, including items which would normally need to be taken to a Metro Vancouver facility and be charged a fee for disposal. Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver will be on-site accepting donations of gently-used clothing and household items to support local youth mentorship programs, empowering children to reach their potential. Bring us items like:
- Mattresses
- Old furniture
- Scrap metal and appliances (big and small)
- Bagged garbage
- Recyclables (cardboard, mixed paper, mixed containers, etc.)
- Paint, solvents, aerosol cans
- Reusable clean clothes (bagged) – to be donated
- Reusable books (bagged) – to be donated
- Electronics
- Batteries (household, car)
- Many other categories of household junk!
Event tips
- When packing items into your vehicle, keep your items grouped for easy sorting. Pack garbage, recyclable items, and reusable items (like clothes and books) for donation separately.
- Have your Burnaby residence information available – for example, your driver’s license, or a utility bill with Burnaby address.
- Follow event signage and staff direction to get in and out quickly and easily.
- Turn your visit into a fun outing for your whole family by enjoying the festivities at our Eco Centre Open House across the street after dropping off your items!
- Once you’re all finished, you can find parking for the Eco-centre Open House if your vehicle doesn’t have a trailer- our staff will direct you to a stall.
- If you’ve got a trailer, you can park on the street after exiting to the right (east) along Westminster Ave.
Getting into the Works Yard
- To drive into the drop-off area, vehicles must be driving east on Still Creek Drive and enter the yard with a right-hand turn- our traffic control staff will not allow left-hand turns, to keep traffic moving.
- You can use the roundabout at Eastbrook Parkway to turn around if you’re approaching the works yard from the opposite direction, as below.
- Our staff will check your Burnaby residency while your vehicle is queueing, and direct you to your unloading area in one of two lines- you’ll need to unload your vehicle yourself, but our staff can assist with sorting your items.
Event Conditions
- Burnaby residents only
- No commercial vehicles
- No construction or demolition waste
- Max trailer length of 20 ft
- No green waste – this can be accepted at the Eco Centre across the street