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During winter conditions, we are working hard to provide service to our customers.
The winter driving and road conditions are challenging for motorists and commercial vehicles.
Please make sure to keep your access points to the recycling rooms clear and free for our staff to service your recycling and waste containers.
Urban Impact is working hard to keep operations running during these winter conditions, the safety of our staff and the public is our first priority.
Thank you very much for your understanding.
In a recent poll undertaken by Vancouver’s City council, 86% of residents voted in favour of doing more to reduce the consumption of plastic bags.
Surprising? Perhaps. Coming to think of it, though, you’d have to go a long way to find someone who didn’t recognize the impactions of single-use plastic items and the harm they bring to the environment.
On January 23, we had one of the largest turnouts ever come out to Urban Impact's Richmond Plant Shred Day!
Our January 23 Shred Day brought in $1304.36- an all-time record for a Shred Day!
Proceeds from our Richmond January 9 and January 23 Shred Days will be donated to BC Children's Hospital Foundation.
We are excited to announce that we raised a Grand Total of $2191.13 from our Shred Days for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.
BC Children's Hospital provides care for the most seriously ill or injured children.
The plastic bag is one of humankind’s most ‘convenient’ inventions. Used for takeout food, drugstore purchases and most commonly, grocery shopping, single-use bags are a key component in keeping daily tasks quick and easy. However, as is the case with so many great inventions, plastic bags are causing serious issues such global warming, environment pollution and energy consumption.
