City of Nanaimo is working to reduce contamination of curbside recycling
City Staff will be conducting audits and leaving information for residents
NEWS RELEASE - Distributed June 27, 2017 2:05 PM
Summary
Recycle BC (formerly known as MMBC) has requested the City reduce their contamination to the provincial requirement of 3%. The latest audits show that the City's contamination rates have dropped from 14% to 10% but the City believes together with residents it can achieve contamination results much closer to the 3% target.
To ensure everyone is aware what items are considered contamination, a worker will be going around neighbourhoods to survey residential curbside recycling. Unaccepted material will be taken out and placed in a paper bag with a "Left Behind" sticker and a recycling guide. If the yellow bag is highly contaminated the whole bag will be left behind and the resident will be asked to re-sort their waste.
Link to Strategic Plan: Taking responsibility to be an excellent municipal government
Key Points
- Recycling audits will be conducted once the bags are on the curb but before collection.
- Residents with no contamination will be receiving a "Thank You" Sticker.
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Quick Facts
- Some of the most common items found at the curbside recycling are plastic bag/ overwrap, styrofoam and glass. Another material that's also found is product material, we only accept printed paper and packaging. For example, the box for legos is a packaging and the lego pieces is a product item.
- Overwrap for pizzas, toilet paper, bread etc... is actually not accepted in the curbside recycling. If you can not take these to the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange, Alpine Disposal & Recycling, Regional Recycling or London Drugs, please place them in your garbage.
- Please keep your recycling loose in a yellow bag or a rigid container. Do not put your recycling out in tied bags. Yellow bags can be picked up for free at any City facilities.
- Contamination adds up and what may seem like a small thing is a big problem when it comes to recycling the City’s waste. Contaminated recycling can lead to whole loads being landfilled. Plastic bags/ overwrap, styrofoam and glass can only be recycled through the depot since they are handled separately.
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