December total – 37,437 kg
       
        Aluminum – 262 kg
        Commingled* - 10,048 kg
        Office Paper – 2,663 kg
        Cardboard – 20,545 kg
        Glass – 3,929 kg
        Books - 797

Total for 2018 – 510,361 kg
Total for 2017 – 463,516 kg
Difference – +46,845 kg


* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting


Comments – A new record for metric tons (tonnes) recycled in one year! The previous record was 500 in 2007. 

The biggest increase is in cardboard at 50.4 tonnes. The big surprise was a decrease of 6.4 tonnes in the commingled category which includes the aluminum as it was mixed in last year. It would seem there is less recyclables coming from homes. Maybe people are consuming less which is a good thing, or there is more plastic and less paper which weighs less or...

​We definitely want to reverse that trend in 2019!

November total – 42,114 kg
       
        Aluminum – 338 kg
        Co-mingled* - 12,129 kg
        Office Paper – 2,692 kg
        Cardboard – 23,111 kg
        Glass – 2,943 kg
        Books - 797

Total for 2018 – 472,924 kg
Total for 2017 – 430,138 kg
Difference – +42,784 kg


E – waste –  a load was shipped. Weight will be available shortly
 
Batteries – 112  kg

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting


Comments – Traditionally November is a slow month. This year October was the slow month and November was busy. Co-mingled materials are 6,912 kg less than last year. Corrugated cardboard is 46 tonnes ahead. 

October total – 38,971 kg
       
        Aluminum – 479 kg
        Co-mingled* - 10,225 kg
        Office Paper – 2,262 kg
        Cardboard – 22,066 kg
        Glass – 3,596 kg
       

Total for 2018 – 430,810 kg
Total for 2017 – 392,741 kg
Difference – +38,069 kg


Batteries – 34  kg

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting


Comments – October was slower than last year when we recycled 42 tonnes. So we have slipped a bit and may not make 500 tonnes this year. 

September total – 39,762 kg
       
        Aluminum – 603 kg
        Co-mingled* - 11,321 kg
        Office Paper – 2,244 kg
        Cardboard – 21,032 kg
        Glass – 3,498 kg
        Books - 688

Total for 2018 – 391,839 kg
Total for 2017 – 350,503 kg
Difference – +41,336 kg
 
Batteries – 72  kg

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting

        Aluminum – 718 kg
        Co-mingled* - 11,594 kg
        Office Paper – 2,507 kg
        Cardboard – 23,580 kg
        Glass – 5,623 kg
        Books - 725

Total for 2018 – 352,077 kg
Total for 2017 – 310,722 kg
Difference – +41,355 kg

 
Batteries – 53  kg

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting


Comments – The amount of commingled materials coming from households has remained static. The increase is mostly cardboard which is 37 tonnes ahead of last year. 

July total – 48,810 kg
       
        Aluminum – 732 kg
        Co-mingled* - 11,660 kg
        Office Paper – 3,982 kg
        Cardboard – 26,216 kg
        Glass – 3,697 kg
        Books -  792

Total for 2018 – 307,212 kg
Total for 2017 – 267,584 kg
Difference – +39,628 kg


E – waste –  10,241 kg
 
Batteries – 44  kg


At the current rate of recycling we will be well over our previous record of 500 tonnes in one year. In the past cardboard has been about 48% of total tonnage. This year it is 52%. 

June total – 46,496 kg
       
        Co-mingled* - 13,746 kg
        Office Paper – 3,215 kg
        Cardboard – 24,869 kg
        Glass – 3,697 kg
        Books -  723

Total for 2018 – 258,402 kg
Total for 2017 – 223,059 kg
Difference – +35,343 kg
 
Batteries – 66 kg

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting


Comments – We are on track to beat our annual high of 500 tonnes. Last year's total was 463 tonnes. We are two short of 500 if you add the 35 we are ahead to 463. So if we only recycle the same as last year from here on, (plus 2 tonnes) we will make it. I predict a new high this year. 

There are serious challenges in the market. Our cost of having the commingled materials sorted in Winnipeg is increasing from $45/tonne to $110/tonne August 1. 

May total – 49,043 kg
       
        Co-mingled* - 15,518 kg
        Office Paper – 3,173 kg
        Cardboard – 26,198 kg
        Glass – 3,488 kg
        Books -  909

Total for 2018 – 211,906 kg
Total for 2017 – 183,562 kg
Difference – +28,344 kg

 
Batteries – 59 kg

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting


Comments –  May is the month people bring all the recyclables they have collected over the winter. This is reflected in the commingled tonnage which is 3,600 kg more than last month. 

We are ahead of last year by 28 tonnes. At this rate we will set a new record for tonnes per year in 2018.  The current record is 500 tonnes set in 2007 when our community was larger and we offered basically free curbside pickup. 

April total – 49,050 kg
       
        Commingled* - 11,905 kg
        Office Paper – 3,173 kg
        Cardboard – 28,538 kg
        Glass – 4,440 kg
        Books -  994

Total for 2018 – 162,863 kg
Total for 2017 – 140,760 kg
Difference – +22,103 kg

* Commingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting


Comments – The big difference this month is corrugated cardboard. There was a lot from the Coop store. We also picked up 9 bales at Canadian Tire. Overall, commingled materials are the same as last year and cardboard is 20 tonnes ahead. 

 March total – 43,036 kg
       
        Co-mingled* - 11,930 kg
        Office Paper – 2,722 kg
        Cardboard – 24,180 kg
        Glass – 3,696 kg
        Books -  

Total for 2018 – 113,813 kg
Total for 2017 – 103,101 kg
Difference – +10,712 kg


E – waste – 9.8 metric tons (tonnes)
 
Batteries – 150 kg

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting


Comments – We finally caught up by shipping the rest of the cardboard that had collected since Christmas. This brought our tonnage for the month up significantly, both the cardboard and the overall tonnage. 

We shipped a load of electronics. We usually ship three times a year.

Someone left several boxes of the batteries that appear to be from two way radios. There were a lot of them so our battery shipment was also higher this month. 

        Co-mingled* - 11,013 kg
        Office Paper – 3,531 kg
        Cardboard – 17,130 kg
        Glass – 1,286 kg
     

Total for 2018 – 70,777 kg
Total for 2017 – 68,557 kg
Difference – +2,220 kg


* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting


Comments – 

January total – 37,799 kg
       
        Co-mingled* - 13,528 kg
        Office Paper – 4,215 kg
        Cardboard – 15,305 kg
        Glass – 3,994 kg
        Books -  

Total for 2018 – 37,799 kg
Total for 2017 – 36,983 kg
Difference – +846 kg
 
Batteries – 65 kg

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting


Comments - There were about 40 bales of cardboard from the Coop waiting in the yard that were not counted so our number would have been much higher if we had been able to process them. 
We will be breaking these bales and baling them with other cardboard as they are smaller than our bales and sell for $40.00 less per tonne. 

      December total – 33,378 kg
       
        Co-mingled* - 11,100 kg
        Office Paper – 3,254 kg
        Cardboard – 16,376 kg
        Glass – 2,648 kg
      

Total for 2017 – 463,516 kg
Total for 2016 – 442,272 kg
Difference – +21,244 kg

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting


Comments – There were several more tonnes of recyclables in the building at the end of the month that had not been baled and weighed. We lost 3 days before Christmas installing the new baler. The Christmas mountain seemed much bigger this year. This will be reflected in January 2018 numbers. 

The total for the year is the third highest in our history. I expected it to be higher but the slow down for the baler affected the final number. 
  

November total – 37,397 kg
       
        Co-mingled* - 13,752 kg
        Office Paper – 2,298 kg
        Cardboard – 17,487 kg
        Glass – 3,117 kg
        Books -  743 kg

Total for 2017 – 430,138 kg
Total for 2016 – 407,116 kg
Difference – +23,022 kg


Batteries – 64 kg

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting

October total – 42,238 kg
       
        Co-mingled* - 13,769 kg
        Office Paper – 3,624 kg
        Cardboard – 20,967 kg
        Glass – 3,860 kg
        Books -  613 kg

Total for 2017 – 392,741 kg
Total for 2016 – 369,490 kg
Difference – +23,251 kg


* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting

​September total – 39,781 kg
       
        Co-mingled* - 13,478 kg
        Office Paper – 3,420 kg
        Cardboard – 18,660 kg
        Glass – 3,610 kg
        Books -  613 kg
       

Total for 2017 – 350,503 kg
Total for 2016 – 332,779 kg
Difference – +17,724 kg


E – waste – 10.14 metric tonnes

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting

​August total – 43,138 kg
       
        Co-mingled* - 13,190 kg
        Office Paper – 2,223 kg
        Cardboard – 21,547 kg
        Glass – 4,896 kg
        Books -  712 kg
       

Total for 2017 – 310,720 kg
Total for 2016 – 296,502 kg
Difference – +14,220 kg

July total – 44,525 kg
       
        Co-mingled* - 14,128 kg
        Office Paper – 5,096 kg
        Cardboard – 20,733 kg
        Glass – 3,829 kg
        Books -  739 kg
       

Total for 2017 – 267,584 kg
Total for 2016 – 251,786 kg
Difference – 15,798 kg

​Batteries - 39 kg


* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting


Comments –  July was a good month. It was the fourth highest weight since January 2011. Five months in 2015 were over 40 tonnes with two at 47. Last year August had 44, the only month over 40. July is the second month this year that we processed more than 40 tonnes. I am hoping for another couple of months like this so we can pass the 460 tonnes we did in 2015. I would be really happy if we did 500 tonnes this year. 

June total – 39,497 kg
       
        Co-mingled* - 13,690 kg
        Office Paper – 2,364 kg
        Cardboard – 20,190 kg
        Glass – 2,598 kg
        Books -  655 kg
       

Total for 2017 – 223,059 kg
Total for 2016 – 213,453 kg
Difference – 9,606 kg


E – waste – 11.15 metric tonnes

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting

May total – 42,802 kg
       
        Co-mingled* - 14,196 kg
        Office Paper – 2,970 kg
        Cardboard – 21,817 kg
        Glass – 3,103 kg
        Books -  716 kg
       

Total for 2017 – 183,562 kg
Total for 2016 – 174,605 kg
Difference – 8,957 kg

Batteries - 52 kg.

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* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting

April total – 37,659 kg
       
        Co-mingled* - 12,787 kg
        Office Paper – 3,255 kg
        Cardboard – 17,086 kg
        Glass – 3,833 kg
        Books -  698 kg
       

Total for 2017 – 140,760 kg
Total for 2016 – 135,175 kg
Difference – 5,585 kg


* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting


Comments – The amount of newspaper has dropped off significantly since the Winnipeg Free Press no longer comes to the community and The Reminder is publishing weekly. The value of newsprint is minimal so we made the decision this month to stop separating it from the co-mingled materials.

Co-mingled materials  which represent recycling from households continues to go up.
we have baled seven tonnes (metric tons) more than this time last year. 

February total – 36,953 kg
        Newsprint – 490 kg
        Co-mingled* - 9,671 kg
        Office Paper – 3,100 kg
        Cardboard – 14,622 kg
        Glass – 2,991 kg
        Books -  730 kg 
       
Total for 2017 – 68,557 kg
Total for 2016 – 64,419 kg
Difference – 4,128 kg

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting

Comments –  We are four tonnes ahead of last year which is good news. Most of that is co-mingled materials which shows the continued trend of household recycling. Recyclables from the curbside service in Denare Beach is adding to the total. 

January total – 36,953 kg
        Newsprint – 1,075 kg
        Co-mingled* - 11,956 kg
        Office Paper – 3,288 kg
        Cardboard – 16,562 kg
        Glass – 3,588 kg
        Books -  544 kg
       
Total for 2017 – 36,953 kg
Total for 2016 – 34,434 kg
Difference – 2,519 kg

47 kg batteries (not included in weights)
8 Boxes fluorescent bulbs

E – waste – 9.03 metric tonnes

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting

Comments - We are 2.5 tonnes ahead of last year's January which doesn't surprise me. This month always includes holiday recycling. This year's seemed like quite a bit more than other years, altho' it is easy to forget what it was like 12 months ago. The weights tell me I was right. There was 2 tonnes more of co-mingled materials and half a tonne more of cardboard. We also had half a tonne more of office paper which includes shredded paper. It seems many people are cleaning out old documents this time of year. 

​I am hoping this trend will hold for all of 2017.

December total – 35,156 kg
        Newsprint – 1,073 kg
        Co-mingled* - 10,384 kg
        Office Paper – 2,720 kg
        Cardboard – 17,903 kg
        Glass – 2,492 kg
        Books -  584 kg
       

Total for 2016 – 442,272 kg
Total for 2015 – 460,584 kg
Difference - - 18,312 kg

The year end total is 442 metric tons or tonnes. This is 18 tonnes less than last year.
The good news is the comingled category is up over 11 tonnes. This indicates that more people are recycling in their homes.  

22 tonnes of electronics were recycled in 2016. Another load will be shipped early in the new year. 

354 kilograms of batteries were recycled. 

        Newsprint – 1,510 kg
        Co-mingled* - 12,233 kg
        Office Paper – 3,213 kg
        Cardboard – 16,980 kg
        Glass – 3,690 kg
            

Total for 2016 – 407,116 kg
Total for 2015 (Nov)  – 422,456 kg
Difference - - 15,340 kg

* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting

Comments: November is often a slow month, but not this year. We were very close to last year's tonnage in November and the co-mingle continues to increase.