What happens to our recyclables?
Recyclable item |
Destination |
End use |
Containers |
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| Glass | Winnipeg | Road base |
| #1 plastic bottles (PET) | Western Canada | Plastic bottles and trays, carpet fibre |
| #2 plastic bottles (HDPE) | Western Canada | Sewage pipe, plastic bottles |
| #3-#7 plastic containers | Winnipeg and China | Plastic lumber |
| Milk / juice cartons | Eastern Canada and Midwestern USA | Office paper and tissue paper |
| Aluminum | Eastern USA | Auto parts, aluminum cans |
| Steel cans | Selkirk, MB | Steel building products, auto parts |
Paper and cardboard |
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| Newspapers, flyers, magazines | Manitoba, Eastern Canada and Western USA | Newspaper |
| Household paper, phone books | Western Canada, Western USA and China | Household paper, boxboard and paper egg cartons |
| Boxboard | Western Canada, Western USA and China | Boxboard and paper egg cartons |
| Cardboard | Western USA | Cardboard |
For more information, call the recycling and garbage information line at 986-8888, Code 9816 or contact 311.
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This page was last updated on May 21, 2009 |
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