Sea to Sky Removal Shares Environmental Policy

We are committed to providing affordable, efficient, and environmentally conscious waste removal services that keep as much material out of the landfill as possible. To support this commitment, we will:

• Continually improve our knowledge and education through the Recycling Council of British Columbia
• Continually improve our knowledge and education through Built Green Canada
• Share our knowledge, experience, and expertise with our staff, customers, investors, and other external stakeholders to improve waste disposal practices whenever possible
• Effectively and accurately manage our environmental impacts by measuring what we divert from the landfill through our waste diversion reports where possible
• Give back to our local community through the participation in eco-friendly initiatives and activities
• Cultivate partnerships with other like-minded sustainability-centric businesses

We will work to support these commitments by:

• Providing on-site recycling stations (including proper use training) for metal, cardboard, and plastic, to construction sites throughout the Lower Mainland as well as the Sea to Sky Corridor and well as companies that are environmentally focused and building green
• Offering regularly scheduled live-load waste removal pick-up
• Hand sorting all material to be disposed of into recyclables, items that can be reused, and general garbage
• Delivering materials to landfills, recycling centers, as well as any suitable local non-profit organizations, in a timely and efficient manner
• Providing post-disposal Green and Leeds Build Waste Diversion and Waste Diversion reporting
• Sharing our knowledge, experience, and expertise with our staff, as well as customers, investors, and other external stakeholders through lectures, social media, and our website
• Encouraging our staff to utilize eco-friendly modes of transportation to and from work (carpooling, public transit, and cycling)
• Donating construction materials or any other reusable items to Squamish ReBuild, Whistler Re-Build-It Centre, and Habitat for Humanity: ReStore
• Support advocacy groups directly affected by negative environmental change: Paws for Hope, WAGS, Wildlife Rescue of BC, and Critter Care
• Offering Lunch and Learns on Sustainable Construction Waste Management Best Practices
• Maintaining an eco-friendly office space (paperless invoicing, fluorescent light bulbs, green cleaning products, recycling office equipment/electronics/furniture/paper/metal/plastic bottles/tubs and glass bottles/jars)
• Employing a fleet of Isuzu hybrid or energy efficient vehicles with 3 engine options that allow for both natural gas unfits (on smaller GAS units) as well as the capability to exceed diesel emission CARB regulations

Sea to Sky Removal Hauls Waste from Tenant Improvement Projects

Are you in the midst of planning for a tenant improvement (TI) project or working on one as we speak? We can help! Our team has loads of experience with these type of projects and it always seems to be that they usually don't have room for a bin. Space is always an issue with TI work in high rise buildings or retail locations and we can offer an easy solution for you. 

We can work with you on planning your project from the minute you start budgeting to the end when your start focusing on your finishes. With our experience, we feel our recycling stations would help streamline your waste as they help sort the recyclables from the actual garbage and it's very easy to manage. This also allows for a faster removal of the material from the site. 

When you choose to work with us, we are available 24 hours 7 days a week. We have found that a lot of tenant improvement projects happen on weekends and late evenings as well. We are more than happy to work with your schedule to get the job successfully completed for you. With having multiple trucks on the road we can make sure all your waste is removed right away making sure you meet your deadlines.

In regards to setting up an organized garbage area, we can consult and train your employees on how to make sure all waste is properly disposed of as well as educate your team on what type of recyclables go where. 

Lastly, a pickup area, keep in mind that we can load from anywhere especially a loading bay where there is some space to deliver the waste from your job by laborers or we would be happy to come to the site and load waste in the elevator as well. 

We worked with our friends at Omicron on many tenant improvements projects in Downtown Vancouver, Burnaby as well as in Port Moody and here is what they had to say about our service: 

I have been working with Sea to Sky Removal over the past year. They are a pleasure to work with. They will show up on any of our jobs at any time that we request. And the pricing is always reasonable with the proper back up and pictures for our records. I recommend them for the quality of service and competitive pricing — Jamie Timmins, Project Manager 

Sea to Sky Removal Implements On-Site Recycling Stations

When it comes to keeping as much construction waste out of the landfill as possible, we’ve got it down to a science. Our team hand separates all recyclables as well as any reusable items from actual garbage. We also live-load our trucks so we can efficiently dispose materials to the correct locations such as the landfill, recycling centers, as well as any suitable local non-profit organizations. 

As you can imagine, this process can be quite time consuming. That’s why we’re excited to implement our on-site recycling stations for metal, cardboard, and plastic (ideal for foams, hard packaging from tools, or finishing items).

Not only will these stations help streamline the recycling/sorting of your waste materials, it will also keep as much as possible out of your local landfill. The stations will also make tracking waste for a Green and Leeds Build Waste Diversion Report more efficient. A Waste Diversion Report provides data on where your material went and how it was disposed which you can in turn share with your customers both in-person and online (website and social media).

At Sea to Sky Removal we are always ready with the education and tools to make recycling and greening your site easy, even second nature. A recycling station fits this bill perfectly and can be easily implemented at any point in a project, from the time the first crew is on-site to when the last person clocks out. The stations are also ideal for contractor yards/storage areas as we offer an on-going service on each client’s schedule.

We’ll also gladly provide extra bags if you need to recycle additional materials. We also recycle drywall, clean wood, glass, mirrors, light bulbs, batteries, and more. All drywall is taken to facilities that promote sustainable gypsum removal and recycling. Any clean wood is taken to an area for processing into hog fuel and other re-use.

We will arrange for pick-up at your convenience, either bundled as a load of construction waste removal or on demand as needed. A full load (18 yards) of construction waste removed is $545 plus GST. This price includes up to 1 tonne of weight and any weight over that is charged out at transfer station / disposal facility rates with no additional markup added. A recycling service on its own is $250 plus GST in the Lower Mainland and $300 in the Sea to Sky (Squamish & Whistler). For a complete list of rates, please click here.

We recommend, for ease of pick-up, to place your recycling station adjacent to the main entry/exit to your site where our truck can easily back in. In a study conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia, placing a recycling station 1.5 meters away from a point of entry or exit can drastically boost recycling and composting rates by 141 percent.  It all comes down to convenience. The study’s lead author Alessandra DiGiacomo shared that "Perhaps unsurprisingly, we found that people composted and recycled much more when we made it more convenient”.

We want to make keeping your site green as easy as possible. That’s why we operate on the highest of standards of landfill diversion in the industry. From hand sorting to our recycling stations, we are passionate about what we do.

We also will provide photo documentation and waste / recycling percentage reports for all Green Builds and Leed Projects. We are members of Recycling Council of BC, which means clients can amass points on their builds when using us for their waste category.

Call us today at 604-836-9258 to have your on-site recycling station delivered.