Interior Freight & Bottle Depot

What Interior Freight & Bottle Depot does

Interior Freight & Bottle Depot, operating commercially as Interior Recycling, is a privately held, single-location recycling and waste services business headquartered at 4205 24 Avenue, Vernon, British Columbia. Founded by Hank Aarsen in the mid-1970s as a flour delivery operation (Interior Freight Forwarding), the company rebranded to Interior Freight & Bottle Depot in 1981 and pivoted in the mid-1990s into a full-service recycling depot. It now operates as an official depot for the RecycleBC multi-material program, the ElectroRecycle small appliance and power tool program, and holds a contract with the Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) to run the residential Household Hazardous Waste Program.

The core product portfolio is organized around container deposit returns (10-cent refunds on beverage containers), commodity-grade recycling of paper, cardboard, plastics, glass, aluminum, steel, foam, and flexible plastics, electronics and small appliance recycling, battery recycling (including lithium-ion and e-mobility), and household hazardous waste streams (paint, light fixtures, smoke/CO alarms, chemicals, automotive fluids). Document destruction is delivered through Interior Mobile Shredding, a wholly owned division launched in 2006 that operates both on-site mobile shredding trucks and off-site facility shredding with Certificates of Destruction, serving a regional corridor from West Kelowna to Salmon Arm. A newer Estate Cleanout service offers tiered Bronze/Silver/Gold/Platinum packages for full-property clearing, sorting, hauling, and recycling.

Revenue is generated through a diversified mix: per-transaction bottle deposit refunds and recycling processing fees, resale margins on purchased non-ferrous metals (copper, aluminum, brass, radiators), recurring subscription-based on-site office shredding contracts, pay-as-you-go Drop N Shred and tiered estate cleanout engagements, and reimbursements/fees tied to its RecycleBC, ElectroRecycle, and RDNO program partnerships. The company employs between 11 and 50 people, has no proprietary technology platforms, and acquires customers primarily through local search, walk-in traffic, community reputation built over more than four decades, and referrals from provincial recycling programs. Ownership is founder/family-held with no evidence of external equity, debt, or corporate parent involvement.

Name

Interior Freight & Bottle Depot

Legal name

Interior Freight & Bottle Depot

Website

https://interiorrecycling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Interior Freight & Bottle Depot (operating as Interior Recycling) is a Vernon, BC-based single-location recycling depot serving residential consumers, small businesses, and estate cleanout customers with bottle deposit returns, multi-material recycling, electronics and hazardous waste collection, mobile document shredding, and estate cleanout services across the North Okanagan region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recycling and Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (5621), Other Waste Collection (562119), Used Household and Office Goods Moving (484210)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Waste Transfer (Tires, Mattresses, Appliances) (BPALABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Bulky Waste & White Goods Drop-Off/Transfer (BPALABAE)

Keywords

• Bottle deposit recycling
• Document shredding services
• Scrap metal purchasing
• Electronics recycling
• Estate cleanout services

Headquarters

HQ city

Vernon

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Bottle Deposit Refunds: Collects beverage containers and refunds deposits to consumers. Revenue generated from processing fees and the difference between deposit paid and refund issued.
2. Recycling Processing Fees: Processes various recyclable materials including paper, cardboard, plastics, glass, metals, electronics, and household hazardous waste.
3. Non-Ferrous Metal Purchasing: Buys copper, aluminum, and other non-ferrous metals from customers, then resells to metal recyclers. Provides cash payments to customers for their scrap metals.
4. Document Shredding Services: Provides confidential paper shredding services including on-site office shredding, one-time shredding, off-site shredding, large volume purges, and Drop N Shred. Issues Certificates of Destruction.
5. Estate Cleanout Services: Tiered service packages (Bronze consultation, Silver pickup, Gold large pickup, Platinum full service) for clearing estate properties. Services include sorting, hauling, and recycling.
6. Household Hazardous Waste Processing: Accepts paint, pesticides, flammable liquids, gasoline, and other household hazardous materials for safe disposal or energy recovery, primarily serving RDNO residents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Interior Freight & Bottle Depot (operating as Interior Recycling) operates a full-service recycling depot in Vernon, BC, accepting beverage containers, paper, cardboard, plastics, glass, metals, electronics, batteries, and household hazardous waste. The company runs Interior Mobile Shredding for confidential document destruction and offers tiered estate cleanout services that include sorting, hauling, and recycling of items from properties.

Product overview

Interior Freight & Bottle Depot (operating as Interior Recycling) is a physical recycling depot in Vernon, BC with over 43 years of experience. Originally founded in the mid-1970s as Interior Freight Forwarding and renamed Interior Freight & Bottle Depot in 1981, the company provides comprehensive recycling and waste management services. The core product portfolio centers on container deposit returns (bottle deposits with 10 cent refunds), confidential document shredding through Interior Mobile Shredding, non-ferrous metal recycling with cash purchase, battery recycling, and electronics recycling via the ElectroRecycle program. The company also manages household hazardous waste including paint, light fixtures, and smoke alarms through the RecycleBC program, accepting materials including paper, cardboard, plastic containers, cartons, aluminum, steel, glass, flexible plastics, and foam packing. Additional services include estate cleanout with tiered packages from consultation to full turnkey property clearing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Interior Mobile Shredding: A division providing confidential paper shredding services both on-site and off-site, serving areas from West Kelowna through to Salmon Arm.

Products and services

• Bottle Deposit Container deposit return service processing beverage container deposits for recycling with 10 cent refunds on aluminum cans, plastic bottles, glass bottles, drink boxes, gable tops, bi-metal cans, drink pouches, bag-in-a-box, and milk/plant-based containers.
• Interior Mobile Shredding (Paper Shredding) Confidential document destruction services including on-site office shredding with scheduled collection, on-site one-time shredding (up to 150 boxes), off-site shredding with Certificate of Destruction, large volume document purge (50+ boxes), Drop N Shred residential service, and non-paper specialty shredding for hard drives, credit cards, CDs and photos.
• Non-Ferrous Metal Purchasing

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• RecycleBCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial RecycleBC depot partner accepting household packaging and paper products including paper, cardboard, plastic containers, cartons, aluminum, steel containers, glass bottles, flexible plastic, and foam packing. RecycleBC is a non-profit responsible for residential packaging and paper recycling in British Columbia.
• ElectroRecyclecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial ElectroRecycle depot accepting small electrical appliances, power tools, sports equipment, exercise machines, and hobby equipment. ElectroRecycle is BC's province-wide program for small electrical appliance recycling.
• RDNO (Regional District of North Okanagan)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior Recycling operates a comprehensive Residential Household Hazardous Waste Program for RDNO residents. Accepts leftover pesticides, flammable liquids including gasoline, paint, and other household hazardous waste for safe disposal or energy recovery.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• GFL Environmental: One of Canada's largest waste management and recycling companies with full-service collection, transfer, and processing capabilities. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating across waste streams including residential recyclables and HHW.
• Iron Mountain: Global information management company offering secure shredding and records destruction services alongside storage. Comparable to Interior Mobile Shredding in document destruction, though at vastly larger scale and broader scope.
• Waste Management of Canada: Canadian operations of Waste Management Inc. providing collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal services. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping depot, recycling, and special-waste capabilities.
• Republic Services: Major North American waste and recycling company with residential, commercial, and special-waste services. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping recycling and HHW collection capabilities.

Direct peers

• Cascades Recovery: Recycling services arm of Cascades operating collection and processing facilities for paper, cardboard, plastics, and metals in Canada. Comparable to Interior Recycling's RecycleBC-style multi-material depot model.
• Canada Fibers Ltd. Canadian recycling company operating material recovery facilities for paper, cardboard, plastics, metals, and electronics. Comparable as a multi-stream recycling operator serving stewardship-program-derived volumes.
• Shred-it (Stericycle): Canada-origin secure document destruction company offering on-site and off-site shredding with certificates of destruction. Directly comparable to Interior Mobile Shredding's service portfolio including subscription-based office shredding.
• Emterra Group: Canadian multi-material recycling and waste management company operating depots, MRFs, and collection services across Canada. Directly comparable as a depot-and-collection recycling operator with similar stewardship-program relationships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Interrecycling

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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