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Total – 38,267 kg
Aluminum – 580 kg Commingled* - 8,856 kg Office Paper – 3,876 kg Cardboard – 21,258 kg Glass – 3,697 kg Books – Other plastics – Printer Cartridges – Total for 2023 – 351,206 kg Total for 2022 – 398,156 kg Difference – - 46,950 kg
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Total – 43,159 kg
Aluminum – 716 kg Commingled* - 9,623 kg Office Paper – 3,257 kg Cardboard – 24,796 kg Glass – 3,935 kg Books – 832 kg Total for 2023 – 312,939 kg Total for 2022 – 355,078 kg Difference – - 42,139 kg Fluorescent Bulbs – 43 boxes Total – 42,712 kg
Aluminum – 937 kg Commingled* - 9,022 kg Office Paper – 4,813 kg Cardboard – 23,246 kg Glass – 4,694 kg Books – Other plastics – Printer Cartridges – Total for 2023 – 269,780 kg Total for 2022 – 307,025 kg Difference – - 37,245 kg E – waste – 9.8 tonnes June total – 41,443 kg
Aluminum – 586 kg Commingled* - 9,311 kg Office Paper – 2,828 kg Cardboard – 24,333 kg Glass – 3,344 kg Books – 755 kg Other plastics – 135 Printer Cartridges – 100 kg Total for 2023 – 227,068 kg Total for 2022 – 259,120 kg Difference – - 32,052 kg * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – May total – 41,471 kg
Aluminum – 813 kg Commingled* - 10,313 kg Office Paper – 2,752 kg Cardboard – 24,303 kg Glass – 3,190 kg Books – kg Other plastics – 100 Printer Cartridges –kg Total for 2023 – 185,625kg Total for 2022 – 209,885 kg Difference – - 24,260 kg E – waste – 8.81 metric tonnes Batteries – 545 kg Fluorescent Bulbs – 43 boxes April total – 36,449 kg
Aluminum – 591 kg Commingled* - 8,440 kg Office Paper – 2,564 kg Cardboard – 20,472 kg Glass – 3,376 kg Books – kg Other plastics – 100 Printer Cartridges –kg Total for 2023 – 144,154kg Total for 2022 – 161,106 kg Difference – - 16,952 kg March total – 36,457 kg
Aluminum – 583 kg Commingled* - 9,199 kg Office Paper – 2,577 kg Cardboard – 21,183 kg Glass – 3,390 kg Total for 2023 – 107,705 kg Total for 2022 – 119,578 kg Difference – - 11,873 kg * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – We are behind last year overall, but the details show that corrugated cardboard and office paper account for the majority of the shortfall. Commingled materials, aluminum and glass are very close to last year's totals at this time. This is expected as office paper was usually high the past two years as HB was cleaning out offices and sending their shredded paper to us. We have lost most of the cardboard from HB and two other business have closed. The bales of cardboard from the Coop and Canadian Tire are also very close to last year's totals at the end of March February total – 31,624 kg
Aluminum – 467 kg Commingled* - 7,198 kg Office Paper – 3,100 kg Cardboard – 21,403 kg Glass – 2,529 kg Books – Other plastics – Printer Cartridges – Total for 2023 – 71,158 kg Total for 2022 – 76,687 kg Difference – - 5,529 kg * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – January total – 39,194 kg
Aluminum – 601 kg Commingled* - 9,081 kg Office Paper – 3,548 kg Cardboard – 21,403 kg Glass – 3,584 kg Total for 2023 – 39,194kg Total for 2022 – 40,154 kg Difference – - 906 kg * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – December total – 35,323 kg
Aluminum – 124 kg Commingled* - 8,878kg Office Paper – 1,313 kg Cardboard – 21,700 kg Glass – 2,959 kg Books – Other plastics – Printer Cartridges – Total for 2022 – 509,929 kg Total for 2021 – 564,357 kg Difference – - 54,428 * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – This is the second year we have recycled less than the year before since the recession of 2009. In 2016 we recycled 2% less than the year before. This year we recycled 10% less! I recently spoke to Thompson Recycling and they recycled 10% less as well. There is something bigger happening here. Some possibilities:
Whatever it is, our total tonnage says something is changing. It will be interesting to see what 2023 brings.
November total – 38,093 kg Aluminum – 439 kg Commingled* - 9,024 kg Office Paper – 3,155 kg Cardboard – 22,869 kg Glass – 2,606 kg Books – Other plastics – Printer Cartridges – Total for 2022 – 474,606 kg Total for 2021 – 519,114 kg Difference – - 44,508 kg E – waste – 8.5 tonnes shipped Batteries – 450 kg Fluorescent Bulbs – 18 boxes * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – October total – 35,357 kg
Aluminum – 590 kg Commingled* - 9,212 kg Office Paper – 2,373 kg Cardboard – 22,163 kg Glass – 4,019 kg Total for 2022 – 436,513 kg Total for 2021 – 478,745 kg Difference – - 42,232 * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – September total – 43,078 kg
Aluminum – 599 kg Commingled* - 9,263 kg Office Paper – 5,082 kg Cardboard – 23,050 kg Glass – 4,146 kg Books – 758 kg Other plastics – Printer Cartridges – 180 kg Total for 2022 – 398,156 kg Total for 2021 – 434,131 kg Difference – - 35,975 Fluorescent Bulbs – 28 boxes * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – The negative numbers comparing to last year continue. 20 tonnes is cardboard which reflects the fact that the demand for cardboard in the market place has slowed so much there is a negative value for it now, and we may not be able to ship it in the near future. The tonnage for this time of year in 2019 and 2020 are very similar to this year, so 2021 seems to be an usually high year. August total – 48,053 kg
Aluminum – 957 kg Commingled* - 9,773 kg Office Paper – 5,916 kg Cardboard – 26,388 kg Glass – 4,194 kg Books – 825 kg Total for 2022 – 355,078 kg Total for 2021 – 384,041 kg Difference – - 28,963 E – waste – 9.5 tonnes shipped in July * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – Lower tonnage compared to last year continues. I am not sure why this is happening. It may be that Covid made last year exceptional, or that the changes in our community with the closure of the mine is affecting how much is out there to recycle. It is what it is. Having said that, I also know there is a lot more recyclable materials that are going to landfill. We have some work to do in convincing these people and businesses to recycle. July total – 47,905 kg
Aluminum – 944 kg Commingled* - 10,307 kg Office Paper – 7,623 kg Cardboard – 24,106 kg Glass – 4,925 kg Books – kg Other plastics – Printer Cartridges - Total for 2022 – 307,025 kg Total for 2021 – 332,655 kg Difference – - 25,630 E – waste – a trailer load was shipped. We haven’t received the weight stats Batteries – 461 kg Fluorescent Bulbs – 22 boxes * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting The slide in total tonnage continued this month. The statistics collected were checked for errors and this is correct. The main difference is 14.6 tonnes less of cardboard. Commingled materials are 7.2 tonnes behind, glass; 2.2, and office paper;2 tonnes. Only aluminum cans are ahead at 328 kilograms. Maybe last year was an anomaly created by Covid. This may also reflect the changes in our community with the closure of the Triple 7 mine. June total – 49,235 kg
Aluminum – 863 kg Commingled* - 10,741 kg Office Paper – 6,418 kg Cardboard – 26,037 kg Glass – 4,074 kg Books – kg Other plastics – Printer Cartridges – 203 kg Total for 2022 – 259,120 kg Total for 2021 – 281,011 kg Difference – - 21,891 Fluorescent Bulbs – 29 boxes * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting I am not sure why we are so far behind last year. We have been very busy. May total – 48,779 kg
Aluminum – 749 kg Commingled* - 11,184 kg Office Paper – 5,048 kg Cardboard – 26,371 kg Glass – 4,598 kg Books – kg Other plastics – Printer Cartridges - Total for 2022 – 209,885 kg Total for 2021 – 233,728 kg Difference – - 23,843 * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – Aluminum – 614 kg
Commingled* - 9,062 kg Office Paper – 4,339 kg Cardboard – 23,356 kg Glass – 3,977 kg Total for 2022 – 161,106 kg Total for 2021 – 182,860 kg Difference – - 21,754 kg * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – I'm not sure why we are so behind this year. We are as busy as ever. We are seeing several large loads arrive as people are bringing everything that collected over the winter. March total – 42,891 kg
Aluminum – 569 kg Commingled* - 8,160 kg Office Paper – 5,033 kg Cardboard – 25,090 kg Glass – 3,264 kg Books – 775 kg Total for 2022 – 119,578 kg Total for 2021 – 132,431 kg Difference – - 12,853 kg E – waste – 8,460 kg * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – February total – 36,533 kg
Aluminum – 482 kg Commingled* - 8,207 kg Office Paper – 3,959 kg Cardboard – 18,695 kg Glass – 3,949 kg Books – Other plastics – Printer Cartridges – 241 kg Total for 2022 – 76,687 kg Total for 2021 – 82,266 kg Difference – - 5,579 kg * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – January total – 40,154 kg
Aluminum – 622 kg Commingled* - 9,081 kg Office Paper – 3,707 kg Cardboard – 22,833 kg Glass – 3,089 kg Books – 822 Total for 2022 – 40,154 kg Total for 2021 – 44,035 kg Difference – -3,881 kg * Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting Comments – Originally published December 15, 2021 The Reminder, Flin Flon, Mb.
December is a month for celebrating. In addition to Christmas day, there is a week of celebration of Hannukah and Kwanza. The holiday festivities and gift giving create a lot of leftover materials making it the busiest time of the year at the Recycling Centre as many of these items can be recycled. Many cannot. Recyclable items include plastic, boxboard (light cardboard) and other paper types of packaging materials, printed paper materials including Christmas cards without foil or non-paper decorations, Christmas lights, computers and anything attached to them, televisions, sound systems, telephones, microwaves, household batteries, paint and fluorescent bulbs. Things that are not recyclable include gift wrap, bows, Christmas decorations, #6 plastic items, Styrofoam, plastic bags and wrap, small kitchen appliances and disposable plates, utensils and coffee cups. A complete list of recyclable and non-recyclable items is available in the recycling flier mailed out earlier this year. The flier is available at the Recycling Centre as well. The website has pictures of what is recyclable and what is not at www.flinflonrecycling.org. If you are unsure, please call the Centre at 204 687-6169. We love answering questions. Remember the three R’s this holiday season: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Reduce by making a donation to a charity in honour of that special someone. Reuse gift bags and wash dishes instead of using disposables. Regift items you no longer use. As we enter another year, we need to move towards a circular economy that recovers, reuses and recycles as much as possible instead of the current linear one of take, make, waste. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone from the Flin Flon Recycling Centre. Be kind to each other and to Mother Earth. Originally published December 1, 2021 The Reminder, Flin Flon, Mb.
November 3, the second day of the annual MARR forum in Winnipeg was full of information. The theme of the conference was the circular economy. After video greetings from the minister of Conservation and Climate Sarah Guillemard, the forum moderator described how the circular economy is moving away from the current straight-line economy of ‘make, use, throw away’, to one where recovering, reusing, and recycling things will be the priority. Presenters from the government of Manitoba brought information about their current review of waste management and recycling programs in Manitoba to the whole group before two smaller group sessions in the morning. There were two choices for each time slot for breakout sessions. The new fully automated recycling sorting facility operated by GFL in Winnipeg gave a virtual tour. Information about the operation of the RM of Rockwood transfer station and the SWAMP regional waste management site that is shared by Winkler, Morden and the RM of Stanley was available in another session. Other presentations focused on cardboard recycling and the mattress recycling program at Mother Earth. The afternoon began with information from Environment and Climate Change Canada about their plans for single use plastics ban and from a plastics recycling plant in Ontario operated by EFS Plastics. The smaller sessions were focused on hauling recyclables including batteries, electronics, hazardous waste out of winter road communities, composting, its value and how it works, and recycling large appliances including those with refrigerant. There were many interesting bits of information that will be shared in the next column. Much of this information will be presented again as webinars on December 7 and 14 for anyone who is interested. Contact the Recycling Centre for more information. Originally published November 17, 2021 The Reminder, Flin Flon, Mb.
Every fall the Manitoba Association of Regional Recyclers holds a forum and tours about waste diversion and recycling. It was five webinars in 2020. This year’s forum was in person with a focus on the circular economy. It began with an afternoon tour on November 2. The bus took us to the old Summit Road landfill. It was opened in the 1940’s and closed in the early 2000’s. It is flat without much cover causing drainage and leachate problems. The City of Winnipeg has a ten-year project fabricating soil to cover it. The soil is created by making two windrows of wood ships like the outside of a taco. Biosolids from the sewage treatment plant are placed in the middle. Sand recovered from street sweeping covers it up. This sits for 6 – 12 months and then is spread back and forth with a bulldozer to create a layer of soil. The area is being built up 12 inches; 6 inches at a time. A cover crop is planted after the first six inches. When it is finished, native prairie grasses and plants are planted. This layer provides better cover that reduces the amount of water entering the landfill which produces toxic leachate. The second stop was Brady landfill. There are stations at the entrance for all the recyclable items and compostable yard waste. The only fee is a charge for mattresses. Anything that is left (which usually isn’t very much) goes to the landfill for a $20.00 minimum tipping fee. We also saw the compost area and the methane burner that reduces the greenhouse gases escaping the landfill. It is great to see how other communities are reducing waste. Originally published November 3, 2021 The Reminder, Flin Flon, Mb.
This subject has addressed in past years but this is not a ‘recycled’ column. Inspiration comes from two incidents in the past week. I received a call from a concerned citizen asking who enforced environment laws. He walks his dog at the end of Tweedsmuir Street and was upset by the mess. He mentioned there is usually some garbage but he had come across a much larger mess on his last visit. I referred him to the City of Flin Flon Bylaw officer as it is in City limits. Manitoba Conservation and Climate is the place to call outside of City limits. When I was leaving work, I observed a truck and trailer with brush enter the lot across the street. The driver stopped at the back end of the lot and unloaded the brush from his trailer. This is illegal dumping. It happens in many places around our community. It is very hard to get sufficient evidence to charge and fine these polluters. All of this reminded me of a customer who dropped off recycling and wanted to leave a screen tent he no longer wanted. We told him we don’t take them. He didn’t want to go to the landfill just for that. He is not alone. Others that we don’t see leave a variety of non-recyclable items. Yesterday it was two vacuum cleaners. These things belong in the landfill. The tipping fee of $10.00 is a small price to pay to keep our community clean and wild areas wild. On a positive note, we receive many calls for information about where the best ‘away’ place is for a variety of items. These people want to do the right thing. |
Author Deb Odegaard has been with the Flin Flon Community Recycling program since it began in 1992. She became the Administrator in 2013. Deb writes a column 'The Recycling Bin' in The Reminder, Flin Flon's newspaper. Past columns are posted here along with recycling stats and anything else on her mind. Categories
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