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BCUOMA Ambassador Travelog
Two ambassadors canvassing B.C. with a mission to ensure all oil materials are properly recycled. Follow us for updates on our journey!
Sunshine Coast
August 31, 2011
Tiffany and I spent the beginning of the week on the lovely Sunshine Coast.
Our first stop was Gibsons, where Norris Oil Sales will accept your used oil! Afterwards we headed North, took another ferry, and found ourselves in Powell River! Powell River was beautiful, and we had excellent weather while we were there. The Canadian Tire in town accepts used oil, filters, containers, and antifreeze! Be sure to only go during regular business hours, as night drop offs often leads to hazardous spills.
Madeira Park was next on our list and they have two return collection facilities that will accept your used oil materials:
-Mountain View Service (Petro Canada)
-Pender Harbour Diesel
We rounded up our mini trip to the Sunshine Coast in Sechelt. The Shell station, and Stephanson Bulk Fuels will accept your used oil materials. Canadian Tire will accept used oil materials as well as used antifreeze.
Agassiz
August 27, 2011
We wrapped up our tour of Whistler and the Fraser Canyon in Agassiz!
Tiffany and I were happy to see that both facilities in town OK Tire and Modern Tire Towing were doing an exceptional job of collecting used oil and antifreeze from the public! The staff at both shops were wonderful and they even took time to take a few pictures of us.
Modern Tire and Towing also have this large tank for used antifreeze!
Bring your used antifreeze, used oil, old filters and empty containers to these shops during regular business hours!
Boston Bar
August 26, 2011
On Thursday, August 25 Tiffany and I continued our trip in the Fraser Canyon.
Boston Bar has one facility that will accept used oil and antifreeze: The Boston Bar Towing and Mechanical (located on highway 1).
Next stop… Hope and Agassiz!
Lytton
August 26, 2011
The drive from Lillooet to Lytton was beautiful!
The Fraser and Thompson rivers meet here!
Lytton- Canada’s Hot Spot
At the train station… where to go?!
Me
Tiffany
Lillooet
August 25, 2011
Lillooet is a really neat little town. The Fraser River runs through the town which is built on the high ground around the river (it resembles a canyon). Lillooet is considered to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited regions in all of North America!
The town has had many boom and bust periods, especially around its mining history! Jade has been and continues to be mined there today and around town there are large pieces of jade on display.
we will only accept rocks this big
There were lots of little tourist attractions that we found…
I was thrown in jail!
City girls on rural BC roads!
August 24, 2011
Today we had quite the adventure! Early this morning we drove up to Pemberton! What a beautiful little town- we really enjoyed it. Pemberton has 3 facilities that accept used oil and antifreeze:
-AC Petroleum Sales (Esso)
-Olemotive
-Pemberton Transfer Station
Tiffany and my adventure really began after we left Pemberton to drive to Gold Bridge. Here’s some pictures of the road!
Gold Bridge is just over 100km away from Lillooet, and once we arrived in Gold Bridge we were just about out of gas. Unfortunately the only gas station in town was closed, and we had no phone service to look up another station. We started asking around and found out that there was an open gas station 15km away in Bralorne (a town of just 60 people). We had just enough gas to drive uphill to this town and met some nice locals as we filled up the oil slick car!
For those living near Gold Bridge and Bralorne you can take your used oil and antifreeze to the Gold Bridge Transfer Station!
Sea to Sky
August 23, 2011
Today Tiffany and I visited the lovely Squamish!
Squamish has lots of places to return your used oil & antifreeze:
Canadian Tire
Kal-Tire
Diamond Head Motors
Fred Hinchcliffe Automotive
Newport Auto
Carney’s Waste Systems
Just remember to only go during regular business hours! Dropping off materials outside of business hours often leads to environmental contamination. Be responsible!
Whistler Village
August 23, 2011
Tiffany and I really enjoyed our time visiting Whistler!
Amara & Tiffany at the Olympic Park
The ski jump is so much bigger than how it looks on tv!
Inukshuk
There are three facilities in Whistler that accept your used oil and antifreeze!
Barney’s Automotive
Local Automotive
SMD Automotive
Ridge Meadows Recycling Society
August 22, 2011
The Ridge Meadows Recycling Society has been doing a tremendous jobs serving the communities around Maple Ridge. They have been a recycling depot since 1972, and have accepted used oil long before the BCUOMA program began! They also accept metal, appliances, electronics, batteries, paint, household hazardous waste and chemical, florescent light bulbs and tubes…. for the full list visit their website http://www.rmrecycling.org/
Here are some of the photos we got when we visited!
antifreeze tank
used oil tank
Ladner Show & Shine
August 21, 2011
Tiffany and I had a blast at the Ladner Show & Shine! Approximately 10, 000 people attended this year’s event and we had the opportunity to speak to many individuals about oil and antifreeze recycling!
We got a kick out of this A&W display
Mr. Oil Drop was up to his typical shenanigans…
Mr. Oil Drop mingling
