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16/9/2015

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Originally published Sept 9/15 The Reminder. Flin Flon, Mb. Sponsored by North of 53 Consumers Coop. 

Many times there are unique letter codes that describe aspects of a specific activity that leaves outsiders confused and in the dark.

Recycling is no different. Here is a partial list of its alphabet soup with explanations.

-          CBCRA – Canadian Beverage Containers Recycling Association – This organization is funded by the beverage container industry. It sponsors the Recycle Everywhere program with free recycling bins for public spaces.

-          EPRA – Electronic Products Recycling Association – This organization is funded by the electronics industry. It pays recyclers per tonne to collect e waste as well as the cost of shipping it to the recycling plant.

-          FFDEC – Flin Flon & District Environment Council, Inc – This is the local non-profit organization responsible for the Recycling Centre.

-          HHW – Household Hazardous Waste – This is the harmful stuff that needs to be disposed of correctly so it won’t damage the environment.

-          MARR – Manitoba Association of Regional Recyclers – The grassroots organization of municipal officials, employees and recycling operators. More information is available on their website at www.marrmb.com

-          MMSM – Multi Material Stewardship of Manitoba – This industry run organization provides subsidies and technical support to municipalities for household recycling.

-          OCC – old corrugated cardboard. OCC is more than half of the material collected for recycling in our community. It sells for $30.00/tonne.

-          ONP – Old Newsprint. Some is baled separately and sold for $10.00. It is also mixed in with the comingled material and sorted in Winnipeg.

-          PM – Printers Mix or another name for office paper.  A lot of printers mix comes to the Centre separated or shredded so it is baled separately and sold for $75./tonne.

Take the quiz on our facebook page – Flin Flon Recycling. 

Comment - the quiz is also available as a separate post in categories - The Recycling Bin 2015.

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    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. 

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