Recycle-It Resource Recovery

What Recycle-It Resource Recovery does

Recycle-It Resource Recovery is a privately held recycling company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Fort St. John, British Columbia. The company operates a regional network of 14 service locations across the BC Peace Region, comprising 4 recycling depots and 10 recycling stations spanning Fort St. John, Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Hudson's Hope, Pouce Coupe, Taylor, and Tumbler Ridge. It accepts a broad range of materials including paper, cardboard, containers, glass, flexible plastics, styrofoam, batteries, paint, electronics, industrial plastics, large appliances, light bulbs, cooking oil, propane bottles, and scrap metal, and resells lead-acid car batteries for cash as a customer acquisition lever.

The company's underlying technology stack is built around physical collection and processing infrastructure supported by a digital layer: a Recycling Wizard search tool, an A-Z directory, downloadable signage, and a mobile application on iOS and Android that provides depot locator and recycling lookup functionality. Materials are consolidated regionally and shipped to processing facilities in Edmonton and Vancouver. Distribution is primarily through direct depot drop-off and municipal curbside pickup partnerships with seven Peace Region municipalities, supplemented by community-engagement programs such as the Curbside Free Stuff Weekend and Garage Sale Map.

Recycle-It makes money primarily through transaction-based fees for accepting recyclable materials, cash-for-battery resale, commercial recycling programs, and affiliated paper shredding services delivered via its sister company Acceleration Shredding. It serves residential households as its primary customer segment, with business and school recycling programs as secondary verticals. Sister companies Acceleration Shredding and Acceleration Self-Storage are co-owned by the Heal family, indicating a privately held, founder-controlled operating group with no disclosed external investment.

Name

Recycle-It Resource Recovery

Legal name

Recycle-It Resource Recovery

Website

https://recycleitresource.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Recycle-It Resource Recovery is a privately held BC recycling operator that runs 14 depots and stations across the Peace Region, accepting paper, batteries, electronics, scrap metal, and other materials from residential and commercial customers via drop-off, curbside, and mobile-app channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recycling and Waste Management Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Waste Collection (56211), Solid Waste Collection (562111)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Recycling Transfer & Consolidation (Single-Stream, Dual-Stream, Source-Separated) (EUAIABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Consumer E-waste Collection & Take-Back Programs (EUAIAIAA), Consumer Electronics Recycling (TVs, AV, Small Electronics) (BPALAIAH), Source-Separated Recyclables Collection (Dual/Single-Stream) (EUAIAAAN), On-site Recycling Programs (Single-Stream, Source-Separated) (BPABALAB)

Keywords

• Recycling depot services
• Battery recycling cash
• Commercial waste diversion
• Curbside recycling pickup
• Municipal recycling programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Saint John

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Recycling Collection Services: Fees collected for accepting and processing recyclable materials from residential, commercial, and industrial customers at depot locations
2. Lead-Acid Battery Cash Purchase: Pay cash to customers for their old lead-acid car batteries, then resell the batteries for recycling value
3. Commercial Recycling Programs: Dedicated business recycling services for commercial customers including paper shredding through sister company Acceleration Shredding

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Recycle-It Resource Recovery operates a regional network of physical recycling depots and stations that collect, sort, and process a broad range of recyclable materials from residential and commercial customers across the BC Peace Region. Its offering includes a cash-for-lead-acid-battery buyback program, curbside collection services, business and school recycling programs, and supporting digital tools such as a Recycling Wizard and a mobile app.

Product overview

Recycle-It Resource Recovery operates a comprehensive recycling depot network with 4 recycling depots and 10 recycling stations throughout the Peace Region in British Columbia. The core offering centers on accepting and processing a wide range of recyclable materials including paper, cardboard, containers, glass, flexible plastics, styrofoam, batteries, paint, electronics, industrial plastics, large appliances, light bulbs, cooking oil, propane bottles, and scrap metal. The company differentiates through its Cash for Batteries program (paying cash for lead-acid batteries) and convenience features like the Can I Recycle This? Search Wizard, mobile app for iOS and Android, and curbside collection services. Supporting services include business and school recycling programs, city collection schedules, garage sale maps, downloadable recycling signs, and an affiliated paper shredding service. The company also promotes community sustainability through its Curbside Free Stuff Weekend program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Acceleration Shredding: Sister company specializing in secure on-site paper shredding for commercial and residential customers throughout the Peace Region
• Acceleration Self-Storage

Products and services

• Recycling Depot Services Full-service recycling depot offering that accepts paper, cardboard, containers, glass, flexible plastics, styrofoam, batteries, paint, electronics, industrial plastics, large appliances, light bulbs, cooking oil, propane bottles, and scrap metal across 4 depots and 10 stations throughout the Peace Region.
• Cash for Batteries Program Cash buyback program that pays customers for lead-acid car batteries of all sizes, which the company then resells for recycling value.
• Curbside Recycling Curbside collection program for residential recycling with pickup schedules for Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Hudson's Hope, Pouce Coupe, Taylor, and Tumbler Ridge.
• Business Recycling Program Commercial recycling solutions for businesses in Fort St. John and the Peace Region, including office waste and packaging materials.
• School Recycling Program Recycling education and collection programs for schools in Fort St. John and surrounding areas.
• Can I Recycle This? Search Wizard Online search tool that helps users determine if items are recyclable and where to recycle them in the BC Peace Region.
• Recycle-It Mobile App Mobile application available for Android and iOS devices providing depot locations and recycling information.
• Paper Shredding Service Secure on-site paper shredding services for commercial and residential customers, provided through the affiliated company Acceleration Shredding at the Recycle-It depot location.

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Acceleration ShreddingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company specializing in secure on-site paper shredding services for both commercial and residential customers throughout the Peace Region. Located at the Recycle-It depot location. Provides complementary service to Recycle-It's business recycling programs.
• Acceleration Self-StorageminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company offering self-storage units in Fort St. John. Cross-promoted through Recycle-It's affiliate companies section. Both companies share ownership (Heal family).
• Municipal Governments (Peace Region)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnerships with municipal governments including Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Hudson's Hope, Pouce Coupe, Taylor, and Tumbler Ridge to provide curbside collection schedules and recycling depot services. Recycling materials are shipped to processing facilities in Edmonton and Vancouver.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Waste Management of Canada: Largest North American waste and environmental services provider with Canadian operations covering collection, recycling, and disposal. Overlaps with Recycle-It's curbside collection and recycling depot model at much greater scale.
• Sims Metal Management: Global scrap metal recycling company with yard networks including Canadian locations. Overlaps with Recycle-It's scrap metal acceptance stream, but operates at vastly larger scale as an upstream metal processor.
• Cascades Recovery: Division of Cascades Inc. focused on paper, cardboard, and plastics recovery with MRFs across Canada. Comparable materials handling focus and Canadian operating footprint, though primarily B2B and upstream of Recycle-It's consumer-facing depots.
• GFL Environmental Inc. One of Canada's largest diversified environmental services companies offering solid waste, recycling, and soil remediation. Overlaps with Recycle-It's curbside and depot collection but at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth.

Regional players

• Interior Recycling Solutions: BC-based regional recycling depot operator accepting multi-material drop-offs from residents and businesses. Direct comparable in business model, material breadth, and British Columbia operating context, though based in the BC interior rather than the Peace Region.
• Capital Paper Recycling: Ontario-based recycling company collecting paper, cardboard, and commingled materials from businesses and institutions. Comparable multi-material commercial recycling model, but operating in Central Canada rather than BC.

Others

• Multi-Material Stewardship Western ( MMSW ): Western Canadian producer-responsibility organization coordinating residential PPP recycling programs in BC. Recycle-It's municipal curbside partnerships feed into and benefit from this stewardship framework.
• Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA): Industry stewardship organization managing end-of-life electronics recycling in Canada. Recycle-It functions as a downstream drop-off point accepting electronics from residents, comparable in the consumer-electronics recycling value chain.

Direct peers

• Emterra Environmental: Canadian recycling and waste services company operating multi-material recycling facilities, curbside collection, and depots across multiple provinces. Closest scale and operating model match to Recycle-It's depot-plus-curbside business in Western Canada.

Emerging players

• Call2Recycle: Not-for-profit stewardship organization running consumer battery and cellphone collection programs across Canada. Directly comparable to Recycle-It's Cash-for-Batteries lead-acid program and consumer e-waste acceptance.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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