Ocean Plastic Depot is an Ocean Legacy program
Ocean Plastic Depot is an Ocean Legacy program
Ocean Legacy Plastic Pollution Emergency Response™ Facility, Steveston Harbour
61-3300 Chatham Street, Richmond, BC V7E 3K1
The Richmond Depot is Ocean Legacy’s own Plastic Pollution Emergency Response™ Facility at Steveston Harbour. It is the hub of the depot network: marine plastic collected at every other Ocean Plastic Depot is shipped here to be sorted, cleaned and recycled into Legacy Plastic™.
Call or message us to arrange your drop-off. Hours are by appointment only.
Sort your materials following our Zero Waste Cleanup Program™ before you come.
Bag everything in white industrial super sack bags. We can provide them in advance.
On arrival, fill in the sign-in sheet with where the material came from, the approximate volume and your name.
We do not accept hazardous materials. Drop-offs must be coordinated with us in advance.
Ocean Legacy opened this facility at Steveston Harbour in July 2021. It is the first ocean plastic reclamation, recycling and processing centre of its kind in Canada, created to recover and reprocess marine debris from shoreline and community beach cleanups.
Here, recovered marine plastic is sorted, washed, shredded and turned into Legacy Plastic™ pellets, which manufacturers use to make durable new products. The facility also acts as a hub that connects recyclers, industry, community groups, governments and researchers.
Yes. Ocean Legacy's Plastic Pollution Emergency Response™ Facility at 61-3300 Chatham Street in Richmond, BC, is an Ocean Plastic Depot. It is also the processing hub where material from every other depot is recycled.
No. Drop-offs at the Richmond Depot are by appointment only. Call (604) 214-3591 or use the contact form before you visit, because the facility is not always open.
Lightly pre-sort your materials following the Zero Waste Cleanup Program™ and bag everything in white industrial super sack bags, which Ocean Legacy can provide in advance. You will be asked to fill in a sign-in sheet on arrival.
