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Residential recycling report
With convenient "at your door" recycling available to all homes, Winnipeggers have diverted over 450,000 tonnes of material from the City’s landfill since 1995.

              Tonnes of material recycled from depot, blue box and apartment recycling programs

This shows how much Winnipeggers have been recycling since 1997.

• The blue box program was phased in across the city from the fall of 1995 to the spring of 1996.
• 1997 was the first full year of recycling for single-family dwellings.
• In November 2001, on-site recycling collection was made available to all multi-family dwellings, including apartments, condominiums and townhouses.
• In September 2003, recycling became easier than ever. The list of recyclable items was expanded to include all plastic containers with a recycling triangle on the bottom of the container. And no more sorting. Cans, bottles, jars, containers, papers, magazines and cardboard can be tossed right into blue boxes and recycling bins.

Even though Winnipeg is recycling more, there is still a lot of material that we aren't recycling. For example, more than one million dollars worth of aluminum cans is going to the landfill each year.

Why should we recycle?
Recycling is good for Winnipeg and good for our environment. The more we recycle:

• The less garbage we throw out.
  Less garbage means lower costs to collect garbage, and this could save you money on your property taxes.
• The more energy we save.
  Making goods from recycled materials usually requires less energy than making goods from raw materials.
• The more trees we leave standing in our forests.
  Every metric tonne of paper we recycle saves 17 trees from being cut down.
• The less our programs cost.
  Increased revenue from the sale of recyclables, and lower garbage collection costs, reduces the amount of property taxes needed to fund the recycling program.

Keep up the good work Winnipeg!

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