What to do With Sandbags

The levels of the Shuswap River have subsided and the City of Enderby is shifting gears from emergency response to the recovery phase.
A contractor will be picking up used sandbags from City of Enderby residences in order to dispose of them at the landfill. City of Enderby residents are asked to place any sandbags they would like disposed at the end of their driveway by 8:00 am on Friday June 30th, and contact City Hall by 4:30 pm on Wednesday June 28th to register their property to be included on the pick-up route. There is no charge for this pick-up service.

Alternatively, residents can dispose of sandbags by transporting them to a Regional District of North Okanagan Recycling and Disposal Facility (RDF), where loads of sandbags and/or sand will be accepted free of charge as long as they are not mixed with any other substance, garbage or recycling materials.

Customers delivering sandbags to the Greater Vernon, Armstrong/Spallumcheen or Lumby RDFs are required to place the bags and/or sand in designated locations at each of the sites. Burlap sandbags and plastic sandbags will be stockpiled separately.

Sandbags may be disposed of at no charge; however, customers must report to the scale prior to disposing of the sandbags. For more information, please visit the RDNO website at rdno.ca.
Sandbags may be contaminated as a result of contact with flood waters, which may contain microbes associated with natural processes or agricultural and residential activities that are normally contained on site.