While Manager of Operations and Facilities Doug Brown emphatically stated last week that plastic bags would not be accepted during curbside “blue box” pickups, he noted Monday there would be one exception.
“Shredded paper can be put in a clear plastic bag, and put out for pickup,” he said, adding there’s been a few cases where it came up during pickups, so he contacted Metro Materials Recovery Inc. in Winnipeg and found out that this would the only exception when it came to plastic bags.
Brown mentioned it’s too much of a mess to have shredded paper put in cardboard box.
As previously reported, some residents have complained they’re having to stockpile recyclables because the pickup only is done once every two weeks.
But Brown noted one solution is to put any recyclables that don’t fit in your “blue box” into cardboard boxes, paper bags, or even reusable containers, like laundry hampers.
Town residents have been encouraged to put out a wider variety of recyclables for pickup since late September.
These materials include pop/beer cases, cereal boxes, egg cartons (paper, not styrofoam), milk cartons, juice boxes (tetrapaks), tissue paper, plastics #1-7, paper bags, newsprint, office paper, magazines, corrugated cardboard, clean aluminum/steel beverage cans, and clean metal food cans (rinse and remove labels).
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