Comox Strathcona Waste Management has opened an ocean debris recycling depot in partnership with Ocean Legacy Foundation at the Comox Valley Waste Management Centre. 

Comox Strathcona Waste Management has opened an ocean debris recycling depot in partnership with Ocean Legacy Foundation at the Comox Valley Waste Management Centre. 

This depot will accept materials from shoreline cleanup efforts and legacy equipment from the marine sector, providing essential infrastructure to divert these plastic resources from the landfill and reduce oceanic pollution.

Accepted materials include abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear, marine debris, and legacy equipment including some netting and rope, Styrofoam, hard plastic and select buoys. Advanced notice is required in order to drop off ocean debris at the new depot, as all the materials need to be sorted in advance. 

Marine debris collected at the depot will be sent to the Ocean Legacy processing centre at Steveston Harbour, where it will be further sorted, cleaned and recycled. This will be the third depot of its kind on Vancouver Island. 

The Comox Valley Waste Management Centre is located at 3699 Bevan Road in Cumberland.