December total – 39,975 kg
Aluminum – 487 kg
Commingled* - 10,629 kg
Office Paper – 1,842 kg
Cardboard – 22,186 kg
Glass – 4,114 kg
Books – 717 kg
Other plastics –
Total for 2019 – 519,375 kg
Total for 2018 – 510,361 kg
Difference – 9,014 kg
Batteries – 36 kg
* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting
Comments – This is a new record bettering our record breaking year last year by just over 9 tonnes. The increases were in corrugated cardboard (13.3 metric tons or tonnes), aluminum (2.1 tonnes), glass (5.1 tonnes) and miscellaneous materials like books (1.9 tonnes). Office paper was down 1.5 tonnes and the commingled materials (paper and packaging materials) was down 12 tonnes which is concerning.
There are several possible reasons - less paper materials so the weights are lighter, people reducing the amount of stuff they get so there is less to recycle (which is a good thing) or fewer households recycling as people move away or stop recycling. It is probably a combination of all four.
It is encouraging that size of the reduced weights over previous years did not increase month over month beginning in July.
There are still many households and businesses that are not recycling so we definitely can still grow.
Aluminum – 487 kg
Commingled* - 10,629 kg
Office Paper – 1,842 kg
Cardboard – 22,186 kg
Glass – 4,114 kg
Books – 717 kg
Other plastics –
Total for 2019 – 519,375 kg
Total for 2018 – 510,361 kg
Difference – 9,014 kg
Batteries – 36 kg
* Co-mingled is unsorted materials sent to Winnipeg for sorting
Comments – This is a new record bettering our record breaking year last year by just over 9 tonnes. The increases were in corrugated cardboard (13.3 metric tons or tonnes), aluminum (2.1 tonnes), glass (5.1 tonnes) and miscellaneous materials like books (1.9 tonnes). Office paper was down 1.5 tonnes and the commingled materials (paper and packaging materials) was down 12 tonnes which is concerning.
There are several possible reasons - less paper materials so the weights are lighter, people reducing the amount of stuff they get so there is less to recycle (which is a good thing) or fewer households recycling as people move away or stop recycling. It is probably a combination of all four.
It is encouraging that size of the reduced weights over previous years did not increase month over month beginning in July.
There are still many households and businesses that are not recycling so we definitely can still grow.
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