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Where Does the Money Come From

19/1/2015

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Originally published Apr 9, 2014.   The Reminder. Flin Flon, Mb. Sponsored by North of 53 Consumers Coop.


Many people think the Recycling Centre makes a profit from the materials it sells.  In reality selling recyclables was 6% of the Centre’s revenue in 2013. Since October most materials are not sold. They are sorted in Winnipeg which costs $40./metric ton.  This saves money as there are fewer workers.

 So where does the money for recycling come from? 

Flin Flon and Creighton contribute the most at 30%.  In 2013, people living in Denare Beach or at the Lake voluntarily contributed $600.00 of that 30% because the Village of Denare Beach does not contribute and people living at the lake don’t pay municipal taxes.

Multi Material Stewardship of Manitoba contributes 16%. It is the Producer Responsible Organization (a PRO) required to support recycling of residential materials. In 2013 it paid $181.00/metric ton of newspapers, magazines, telephone books, glass, plastic containers, milk cartons, tetrapaks, box board, tin and aluminium that was recycled. It pays another 15% of those materials for the corrugated cardboard that comes from homes.

That is just over half of the revenue. 11% comes from the business pick up fees and the sale of red bags. This covers the cost of providing these services.

The Recycling Centre owns the building and gets 17% of its revenue from rent.  It also provides the gate and yard services at the Flin Flon landfill. The surplus from the landfill provides 14%.

The remaining 6% comes from fundraising, donations and miscellaneous sources.

The Flin Flon Recycling Centre has survived for 20 years because of the extras like the tenant and the landfill. It is a non-profit service offering waste management options for our community. 

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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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