city of saskatoon sending a reminder to residents to level up Cardboard and take the waste to the dustbin after lakewood recycling On the holiday the depot was piled high with boxes and garbage bags.
A post on Saskatoon’s Reddit page showed a pile of boxes in the area on New Year’s Day.
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Joan Fedick, executive director of the Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council, said the photos circulating were a bit overwhelming.
“If everyone in the depot flattened[the cardboard]it would certainly be less than that mountain,” Fedick said.
She said that often when people see a bunch of cardboard that isn’t flattened, they’ll follow suit, realizing they don’t need to flatten their cardboard.
Fedick suggested that residents should look at how much trash they’re generating during the holiday season.
City Councilor Sarina Gersher said it may be hard to predict when additional pick-ups will be needed at the city’s recycling depot, but noted that the mess was cleaned up the next day.
“I think there are challenges that we’re trying to explore with recycling overall at these depots,” Gersher said.
Depending on how recycling programs operate, along with commercial and industrial recycling, additional requirements will be met this year, he said.
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“I want to encourage people that if they have feedback, to be sure to share it back to us – it’s something we’ve been reviewing and monitoring for years, particularly at this depot.”
There are three recycling depots for residential recycling programs in Saskatoon:
- Lawson Heights by Civic Center
- University Heights on Lowe Road behind Fire Station 9
- Lakewood along McKercher Drive
Cosmopolitan Industries and LoRas Recycle are partner locations and also take commercial recycling.
Saskatoon’s Lakewood Recycling Depot was filled with boxes on New Year’s Day.
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The city’s website also has a list of tips when recycling materials:
- Your clean recyclables may be thrown loosely into the recycle bin (no bagging except as noted below)
- Place shredded paper in a clear, tie-down plastic bag
- Take the lids off milk jugs and beverage containers, give them a quick rinse, flatten them, and they’re ready to recycle
- flatten all cardboard boxes
- Depots are for residential use only (not for commercial use)
Global News also reached out to the City of Saskatoon for response and obtained a statement from Dan Gauthier, conservation manager for environmental projects and water and waste operations.
“City crews were on site to remove additional material from the Lakewood Recycling Depot on the morning of January 2, and additional cleanup was also received this morning,” the statement said.
“While we may not enforce the flattening of cardboard at depots, we certainly ask residents to flatten their cardboard to ensure that everyone’s recycling is being recycled during peak drop-off times like these. be room for We also say that non-recyclable materials (garbage, Styrofoam and other materials) are not dropped off at recycling depots, but must go directly to landfills.
“While Meadowngreen Depot was closed due to safety concerns, this is not the case with Lakewood Depot. Lakewood Depot recently shifted its hours of operation from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to be accessible The gates restrict access beyond these times, which has gone a long way in preventing illegal dumping.
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