The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) operates a Green Yard Waste Drop-Off Depot at 915 Henry Road (near Reed Road).
Note: This facility has a max allowable of 4 cubic metres (approximately 1 pickup truck). Larger loads must be brought to Salish Soils or the Pender Harbour Transfer Station.
Please direct comments and questions to the SCRD at 604.885.6806 or infrastructure@scrd.ca.
Address: 915 Henry Road, Gibsons
Hours:
Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Closed Statutory Holidays, including Boxing Day.
Acceptable items:
- Tree and hedge prunings up to 20 cm (8″) in diameter
- Garden plants
- Grass clippings
- Pine needles and cones
- Windfall fruit (or can go in your food waste/green bin)
- Check here for the invasives that are accepted.
Unacceptable items are:
- Dead animals
- Dirt
- Logs
- Sod
- Stones
- Stumps
- Trees (except Christmas trees, which are accepted in January each year)
- *Knotweeds
- *Leafy Spurge
*Invasive species are easily spread through transport and some can cause physical harm. Before you begin removal contact a professional to learn about a particular species. Quick visual for what is not accepted at a green waste drop off site is linked here.
For further information about invasive species, including how to report them, visit the invasive species council of BC and review the information available from the province and report here. Metro Vancouver also has resources for commercial customers click here for more details.
