A Beginners Guide to Setting Up a Recycling Program in Northern MB

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C O M M U N I T Y
D E V E L O P M E N T
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO SETTING UP A
RECYCLING PROGRAM
IN NORTHERN MANITOBA
B U S I N E S S
D E V E L O P M E N T
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO RECYCLING
IN THE NORTHERN MANITOBA
Prepared March 2007 by
North Central Community Futures Development Corporation
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.
Why Should we Recycle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
2.
The Recycling Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
3.
Who’s who in Recycling? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
4.
First steps: Who will Take the Lead? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
5.
What will we Recycle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
6.
What do we put it in? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
7.
How do we Collect it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
8.
Sorting, Storing and Getting it Ready to Send Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
9.
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
10. Where do we send it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
11. Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
12. Getting People to Recycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
13. Reviewing and Growing your Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
14. Resource and Contact List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
15. Words of Wisdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
SECTION ONE:
WHY SHOULD WE RECYCLE?
Recovers Valuable
Material
Recyclables are not
garbage. They are a
resource that can be used
to make new things. For
example recycled plastic is
made into carpets, jackets,
t-shirts, floor tiles and
car parts.
Saves Energy
Recycling one aluminum
can saves enough energy
to run your television for
three hours
$$$$$
Communities
save money by
making the
garbage dump
last longer.
Volunteer groups
might be able to
make money by
running a recycling program.
Increased
Community
Pride
Reduces
Pollution
Aluminum cans
take five years to
break down in a
garbage dump
Saves
Resources
One metric
tonne of recycled newspaper
saves about 17
trees.
WE DO NOT INHERIT THE EARTH
FROM OUR PARENTS, WE BORROW
IT FROM OUR CHILDREN.
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO RECYCLING IN NORTHERN MANITOBA
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SECTION TWO:
THE RECYCLING PROCESS
1)
When you buy
something ...
instead of throwing
it in the trash ...
the item could
be recycled.
2)
Put the item in a blue bin,
3)
5)
2
a cardboard box
Have the
recyclables
picked up or
take them
yourself to
the drop off
bins
or a bag.
4)
Now they need
to be sorted
and put
into
bags,
6)
transported
to a regional
recycling
centre and
sent to an
end use
company
7)
From here they
will be taken
to be stored
in a shed, old
building or
storage facility
The end use
company
makes a
new
product.
SECTION THREE:
WHO’S WHO IN RECYCLING
What is MPSC?
The Manitoba Product Stewardship Corporation oversees recycling
programs in Manitoba. They provide resource material and information as well as financial assistance in the form of support payments. When people buy certain products such as bottled water or juice, there is an extra 2 cent levy charge.
This levy is put into a fund which MPSC uses to help
community recycling programs. In order to receive
these payments there are 5 materials that you must
recycle. The steps to receiving this payment are in
Section 11: Money.
What is TRC?
The Thompson Recycling Centre is a regional centre where communities can send their recyclables to. The TRC will crush and bale the
materials, and send them to a broker in
Winnipeg who then sells the materials to
an end-use company. The end-use
company makes the recyclables into
new products. Each time your
community sends in recyclables,
the TRC records what was sent
in and how much was sent in.
At the end of the year, the TRC
will pay you a percentage of
what they were able to sell the
recyclables for. The steps to
receiving this payment are in Section
11: Money.
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SECTION FOUR:
FIRST STEPS: WHO TAKES THE LEAD?
IDEA #1
THAT HAS
WORKED:
The recycling
program is run
by the
employees of
the Town,
Band or
Community
You are
most likely
to be
successful
if you have
a local
champion
that can
take the
lead, and
you have
the support
of your
town or
band
council.
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Case Study
D Town of Gillam population
1200 (year round road access)
D Chief Administrative Officer is local champion and
coordinates the program
D Town council supportive by keeping recycling program in town budget
D Funding for blue bins and recycling trailer received
from WRAPP
D Town employees do curbside pickup once a week
with town truck pulling recycling trailer
D Recyclables are taken to a town building where they
are sorted
D Town employees will sort or town will pay volunteer
groups to sort (used as a fundraiser)
D Once sorted, recyclables are put into large mesh
bags which makes it easy and clean to load and
unload onto truck (it takes about ½ hour for each).
Town employees and Gardewine load the truck.
D Gardewine Truck takes load to Thompson Recycling
Centre twice a month on average and gives a back
haul rate of $300 per load.
D MPSC support payments of $7500 in 2006
D Long-term benefit: the garbage dump will last longer
which will save the town money.
Things to Think About:
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Recycling is often not a priority for communities and it may be difficult to convince council that they should support the program financially.
Many budgets are already being stretched.
There can be jurisdiction issues when a community has both a band council and a community council.
On average, communities receive only about 10% of the costs back through support payments and sale of the recyclables.
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE ...
Employees can still do other jobs in addition to coordinating and
running the program. Program is reliable and consistent.
NOTES:
Who are your local champions? Who on Council would be interested in a
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SECTION FOUR:
IDEA #2
THAT HAS
WORKED:
The community
seeks outside
funding to hire
a Recycling
Coordinator
and/or other
waste management workers
Case Study
D Leaf Rapids population 300
D Year round road access
D 2005: Town applied for and received funds ($10/hr
X 35 hrs/week X 52 weeks = $18,200) from
Environment Canada (Ecoaction) for 12 months
wages for a Local Recycling Coordinator LRC
D Town Superintendent supervises LRC
D Town donated office space, phone, misc. supplies
and paid extra’s required for payroll, as well as storage space in a building for recyclables
D LRC responsible for promotion and education (putting up posters, special campaigns, school presentations),weekly curbside pickup (goes around town
with his dad driving the pickup truck and LRC putting
recyclables into back of truck), bringing recyclables
to storage building, sorting into separate piles and
putting into bags in preparation for transport
D When funding from Ecoaction ended in Mar. 2006,
the Town took over paying the wages for the LRC.
Recycling program is now set up and running
smoothly and LRC is now a part-time position (Mon.,
Weds., Fri).
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Things to Think About:
To apply for funds you need to submit an application form and/or a proposal. Do you
have someone who has the time and skills to do this?
There are often restrictions such as person hired must be a youth 18-30, or needs to be
unemployed. This narrows down an already small human resource pool.
Funding is short term and if other plans are not made for continuing the program, when
the funding ends the program gets dropped and the momentum is lost.
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It can kick-start the program and give your community that extra
boost needed to get things happening
Creates a job/jobs and builds skills in the community
Has a worker/workers who are focused specifically on recycling
Case Study
TRC hires workers for operations with funding from Manitoba Competitive Training and
Trade. Funding is for 3-4 months of full time work. Workers gain employability skills and
certifications such as driver’s license, forklift certification, CPR and first aid. This funding is
aimed at those who are unemployed or on social assistance.
NOTES:
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Where could we get funding to help pay for employees?
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SECTION FOUR:
IDEA #3
THAT HAS
WORKED:
A volunteer
group runs
the recycling
program
Case Study
D Snow Lake, population 837, year
round road access
D Volunteers run program as a fundraiser for their
church
D The recycling depot is located at the recycling storage building which was donated by a town business
D Residents drop off material at the depot where it is
sorted by volunteers
D Materials are crushed and baled using a compactor/baler that was donated by the town of
Snow Lake
D Glass is crushed using a crusher bought with funds
from a WRAPP grant. Once crushed, the glass is
taken to gravel pit where it is mixed with gravel and
used for road construction/maintenance.
D Gardewine transports recyclables to Winnipeg for
$450/load (2 loads sent out per year)
D Program received $4,800 revenues from selling the
product and the MPSC support payment. Program
cost was transportation only . Therefore $4,800
(revenues) - $900 (transportation fees) = $3,900
profit
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D Snow Lake sends recyclables to a broker in Winnipeg
because:
· They have the equipment to crush and bale their
own material
· The broker pays them more than the TRC
· Transportation costs are the same whether sending
to Thompson or Winnipeg
D All expenses except transportation are donated:
· Town forgives taxes and utilities on building
· Town provides equipment & operators for loading
recyclables onto truck
· Volunteers do promoting, collecting, sorting, compacting, and baling
· Volunteer community "champion" oversees and
organizes program
Things to Think About ...
It is not an easy task finding volunteers who can head up a project like this.
You still need the support of council because in order to make
money, the community needs to donate some resources such as
office space, storage space, equipment and operators, and
vehicles.
The Snow Lake Recycling Program may not be easy to replicate
You may have a group in town that CAN
run this program ... what about the Cadets,
school groups, sports teams?
IDEA
You might not be able
to run the whole program using volunteers
but use volunteers for
as much as you can…
- Pay a volunteer group
to collect and sort
- Have the school kids
collect and sort as part
of a school project or
Earth Day Activity
- Encourage a volunteer
group to collect pop
cans at community
events such as bingo's,
weddings, socials,
campouts, and special
events. Section 5 will
show you how you
could make money
from this.
- Have a volunteer
bring recyclables into
town in the back of
their truck and pay for
their gas. (it’s cheaper
than paying for the
Gardewine truck and
you can send in much
smaller loads which
means you don’t have
to store as much.)
- Form partnerships:
involve the Regional
Health Authority and
the School Division
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SECTION FIVE:
WHAT WILL WE RECYCLE?
What you can Recycle
*Newspapers
*PET (#1 plastic) bottle
*Aluminum food &
drink containers
Telephone books
*Glass food and
beverage containers
*Steel food and beverage containers
Magazines and
Catalogues
Boxboard
Juice boxes (aseptic
containers)
Gable top beverage
containers
HDPE (#2 plastic) containers, #4, #5 and
#7 plastics (these 3’s
are on the bottom of
plastic containers
Cardboard
How do you choose what things to
recycle in your community?
The Manitoba Product Stewardship Corporation (MPSC) will give
you up to $190/tonne of recyclables but you must recycle all 5
of the mandatory materials (marked with *)
Glass must be recycled within your community, it cannot be sent
to the Thompson Recycling Centre (TRC). Glass can be used for
paving and roadways, general backfill, landscaping, drainage,
trench bedding and fill material around underground tanks.
Contact the MPSC to find out more.
Pop cans could potentially make the most money. How much
you ask? Consider this - Aluminum sells for .80 cents per pound
as of March 2007. To make a 1,000 pound bale that is 1.4 metres
cubed you need 33,000 pop cans. In Rankin Inlet, a community
of 3,000 people, there are 2.5 million pop cans (38 tons) per
year that go to the dump. If you recycled this you could make
$1,600 per ton. Remember though that you would need a
crusher and baler and you need to sell it to a broker to get the
best price.
NOTES:
What could we recycle?
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SAMPLE FLYER OF THE THOMPSON RECYCLING CENTRE
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CURBSIDE RECYCLING
EVERYBODY’S DOING IT!!
The Thompson Recycling Centre accepts the following:
NEWSPAPER, flyers, phone books, magazines
OFFICE PAPER - white or color
MILK and JUICE containers (rinsed out)
PLASTICS - All No. 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 Plastic
Look for these numbers on the bottom of containers
** No plastic bags please **
ALUMINUM and STEEL - food and beverage cans
BOXBOARD - cereal boxes, detergent boxes, clean
pizza boxes, appliance boxes, etc.
GLASS - plain or colored (no lids)
INK / DESK JET CARTRIDGES - (HOME or OFFICE)
(Place them into a double bag. PLEASE DO NOT
CRUSH)
For more information call 677-7991
Please place your recycling box out by
8:30 am on Recycling Day
** Garbage bags will not be accepted.
Please use clear or blue bags if necessary **
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SECTION SIX:
WHAT DO WE PUT IT IN?
STEPS TO
PREPARING
MATERIALS
1. Keep paper
and cardboard
dry
2. Rinse out containers
In their homes, people need to separate recyclables
from garbage. People need to know
what items you are recycling as well
as how to prepare them.
Many communities use plastic recycling bins, also called blue boxes for
putting recyclables in. Other communities use specially-coloured transparent bags. You can even use cardboard
boxes. The main thing is to have a special container that people can use to
keep their recyclables separate.
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Using Bins
Convenient for residents
Seeing the bins reminds people to recycle
Sturdy and durable
If there is curbside pickup on same day as
garbage pickup, it makes it easy to know
what is garbage and what is recyclables
Something to think about ...
Bins cost about $10 each which means either people need to
buy them or you need to apply for funding (see Section 14:
Resources). You could ask businesses or organizations to
donate them.
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Using Bags
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE:
Easy to pick up when collecting
Could possibly be put on same truck as garbage because recyclable bags are easily distinguishable
If bags must be purchased by homeowner on a regular basis,
there will be many who will not do it. Bags can be ordered
in rolls of 100 from Winnipeg. See contact information on
Page 27.
Items still need to be sorted
People must be sure to keep garbage bags and recyclable
bags different.
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Using Boxes
Have the kids at school decorate a cardboard box that will be used for recyclables.
You could use the box for indoors and when it is full, put the recyclables
in the clear bags for curbside pickup or depot drop-off
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE:
No cost
Easy to use, convenient
Reminds people to recycle, especially if box is
decorated
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SECTION SEVEN:
HOW DO WE COLLECT IT?
There are two ways to
collect materials:
Drop-off Depots and
Curbside Pickup
1. Drop-off Depots
People bring their recyclables to a main
depot.
Steps in setting up:
1) You need to decide what kind of
depot will best meet your needs.
a) there are different sizes and types Churchill airport has smaller indoor
depots…The Pas has a trailer/depot
that can be hooked up and pulled
behind a truck…Thompson has big
wooden ones that stay in the parking
lot at Safeway.
b) most depots have several different
compartments, each for a different
item. People sort the recyclables as
they put them into the separate compartments.
2) You need
depot
a) TRC makes
their
own
using wood
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b) S e v e r a l
to a dep yclables
ot
communities received
grant money to buy a depot
trailer (see Section 14: Resources)
c) Transport Canada donated two
depots to Churchill
3) Where will you put it?
A central place is best such as outside
the grocery store
BUT there are lots of great places to
put it…and you could have more than
one kind of depot
SCHOOL, HOSPITAL, OFFICE BUILDING, COMMUNITY CENTRE, GARBAGE
DUMP
c) you could have a depot that is a big
bin and people can just dump In
mixed recyclables
NOTES:
Do we want a depot? Where could we get one? What kind do we want?
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Case Study
The Pas has 2 trailers that are used for
the outlying communities of Cranberry Portage and
Clearwater Lake. Each trailer has several compartments
with detachable bins. The trailers are parked in the community until they are full (about 10 days). Once full, the
trailer is hooked up to a pickup truck and brought to the
Recycling Centre in the Pas. The full bins are taken out
using a fork lift and empty bins are put in their place. The
trailer is then returned to the community. It is an easy
process because the recyclables are already separated
and are ready for crushing and baling.
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE:
Depots can be easy to use, especially if
items are sorted at the depot, and the depot
can be transported as is to the Regional
Recycling Centre.
Wooden depots are easy to make and could even be
made from recycled wood. As well, they require little
maintenance.
When people see a depot, they are reminded to recycle.
Something to Think About …
They are not convenient for people who do not have vehicles,
especially in communities that are very spread out.
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SECTION SEVEN:
HOW DO WE COLLECT IT?
There are two ways to
collect materials:
Drop-off Depots and
Curbside Pickup
2. Curbside Pickup
Recyclables are picked up from people’s
homes on a regular basis.
curbside
mmunity
Steps in setting up:
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1) Decide on what to use for pick up
a) PICK UP TRUCK: In Leaf Rapids, the Local
Recycling Coordinator (LRC) has his dad
drive his pickup truck while he loads the
bags of recyclables into the back of the
truck. The LRC sorts the materials once
they are in the storage building
b) TRUCK PULLING TRAILER: In Thompson
and The Pas, a trailer is pulled behind a
truck. The trailer has several different
compartments, each for a different recyclable item. People put their full blue
boxes out in the morning and the crew
sorts the recyclables as they pick them
up.
pick up
Need money to pay workers to pick up
recyclables
Sorting as you go can be a cold job in the
winter
If using clear bags, you still need to sort
items
Some communities use a combination of
both a depot and curbside pickup.
Often, a community will begin with a
drop-off depot and then as the recycling
program grows, will add on curbside
pickup.
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE:
Convenient for residents
Can be sorted as you do pick up (if using blue bins)
Easy to pick up if using clear bags
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SECTION EIGHT:
SORTING, STORING & GETTING IT READY
Items need to be sorted
and stored until you are
ready to transport them
UNLESS you have a
depot trailer that you
are hooking up to your
truck and bringing into
town on a regular basis.
Steps to take
1) Find a place where you can prepare
and store your recyclables - a building, outdoor space or shed
For sorting you will want a heated space,
especially in the winter. However, once
things are sorted you could store them in
a shed or even an outdoor area. Just
remember that paper and cardboard
need to be kept dry.
Ideas
IDEA #1
You can send recyclables to the
Thompson Recycling Centre without them
being sorted, but you will be charged a
sorting fee which means you won’t make
as much money. It makes sense to sort it
first. If your program already is sorting
during curbside pickup, then you are
ready to put the items in large mesh bags
(See Page 27 for how to order). Some
communities have a crusher so once
items are separate, they crush them up
and bale them. This makes it so that more
weight can go in a load. However, it is not
necessary that you do this. If you do not
have a high volume of recyclables, it
probably doesn’t make sense to buy this
equipment. You can just sort the recyclables so that tin and aluminum, mixed
plastics and mixed fibers (papers) are in
separate bags.
Glass must be recycled in your community. Some communities have glass crushers. Glass is crushed and is then mixed
with gravel for use in roads in the community. For other ideas on how to use glass
contact the MPSC.
If you have prepared your materials so
that they are clean and easy to handle,
you are likely to get a better price on
transportation costs.
IDEA #2
Use volunteers to sort - scouts, cadets,
schools etc. Use it as an earth day activity or as a way to educate and promote
the program.
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Where will we store our
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SECTION NINE:
IMPORTANT!
TRANSPORTATION
What good is a a recycling
program if you can’t get recyclables out to be made into
new materials. You must consider the cost of transportation as being one of the most
important and perhaps one
of the least flexible of costs.
Transport companies still
need to make money and
although recycling is a worthy
cause, we cannot expect them
to do it for free.
Ideas
1) Ask for a back haul rate (when a truck,
plane or train brings goods into your
community, they often go back with
an empty load. You can usually make
a deal to get a cheaper rate on one of
these "back hauls". See Section 14 for
contact information for transport
companies.
2) PARTNERSHIPS Hydro, RCMP, HIghways
& Transportation,
Contractors,
Government--Are there other vehicles
that go into town on a regular basis
that could bring in a load for free. Are
there any organizations that regularly
visit communities that would be willing to take back a load. Every little bit
that gets recycled is better than having
it go to the dump.
TO LOAD. People are more likely to
help if it is easy and convenient for
them to do so. Transport companies
might give you a better price on a
back haul if it is easy to load and
unload.
4) Invest in a depot trailer that can be
pulled behind a truck so that you can
bring the recyclables in yourself.
5) Think outside the box: Be creative.
Keep things in the community by
reusing items. Remember the 3 R’s:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
6) Use volunteers. If you have road
access to Thompson, there may be
people in your community who
would be willing to bring in recyclables when they go into town.
When they get to Thompson they
would go to the Thompson Recycling
Centre and say which community they
are from. The TRC will give them a
receipt and will also keep track of all
the recyclables brought in for the year.
At the end of the year, the TRC will pay
your community 20% of the money
received for your recyclable materials.
3) Keep recyclables CLEAN AND EASY
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SECTION TEN:
WHERE DO WE SEND IT?
The recycling process doesn't end with
the collecting, sorting and transporting of materials. These materials
need to be re-manufactured into new
products and materials. End-market
companies do this. These are the
companies that buy the recyclables so
that they can make new products.
There are 3 main ways to get your
recyclables to end market companies:
a regional recycling centre, a broker
or directly to an end use company.
1) Thompson Recycling Centre (or other
regional centre like The Pas or Flin Flon)
takes your materials and sorts, bales,
and ships to end-market companies or
brokers
2) Sort, bale and deliver your materials
and ship them directly to brokers who
then re-sell the recyclables to endmarket companies
3) Sort, bale and deliver the recyclables
directly to end-market companies.
When first setting up a recycling program,
it is easiest and probably wisest to send
your recyclables to a Regional Recycling
Centre. You can potentially get more
money by sending them to a broker or
end-market company but there is much
more work involved and you need to
have enough volume to make it worth it.
You need to have the equipment to bale
your materials and you also need to be
able to store materials until you have
enough of each particular item to make a
load. You also need to cover transportation costs for further distances.
Steps for sending to TRC
1) Call the TRC (677-7991) and tell them
who you are and what community
you are with. Let them know 24
hours in advance that you will be
delivering recyclables. Also tell them
approximately how much is coming
in. Ask for directions if you’re not
sure where the TRC building is.
2) When the recyclables arrive at the TRC
they will be unloaded and weighed.
The TRC will record the weights for
each type of material and will give you
or send you a receipt.
3) The TRC will crush and bale the recyclables, and then sell them to a broker
in Winnipeg.
4) The TRC will keep a record of how
much money they receive from the
broker.
5) At the end of the year, the TRC will
add up everything you sent in and will
give you 20% of what they received
from the broker.
6) You will receive a cheque in the mail
usually around April. You do not need
to apply for this as long as you are registered with the MPSC.
$ $ $
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SECTION ELEVEN:
MONEY
$$$
Who pays for the
recyclables we collect?
MPSC
will pay you around $150 per
tonne but you must be trying to recycle
all 5 of the mandatory materials (see section5). You must make a claim to receive
this support payment.
TRC
will pay you 20% of the money
they received for selling your recyclables.
Steps to receive money
1) You must be registered with the MPSC
in order to receive this money.
Steps to receive money
2) You must be registered with TRC, call
the manager (677-7991) and tell him
that your community has begun a
recycling program and will be bringing
in recyclables throughout the year.
1) First, you must be registered with the
MPSC. Call their toll free line to do this
1-800-280-9788.
3) Make sure the loads you bring in are
going to their main site to be weighed
each time.
2) At the end of the year, you need to
submit a claim form. You can get this
form by going to the MPSC website www.mpsc.com.
4) Make sure they have your correct
mailing address and the name of the
person/organization of who the
cheque should be made out to.
4) Go to the right hand column where it
says “for municipalities” and click on
“Manitoba recycles”. A map will
appear: click on the northern region,
click on your community, click on customized recycling claim form.
5) Fill in the form and attach the receipts
that the Thompson Recycling Centre
has given you each time a load is
brought in.
NOTES:
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Broker or
End Use Company
The MPSC
manual has information on how to contact brokers or end use companies. See
Section 13 for how to get this manual.
Case
Study
How much money can we make?
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT
SNOW LAKE’S BUDGET
Remember from Section 4 that in
Snow Lake a volunteer group runs the
recycling program and the town
donates to the program as well.
Therefore their only expense is transportation. On average Snow Lake
sends two trailers full of recyclables
to a broker in Winnipeg. It costs
$450 per trailer which equals $900
per year. The program received
$4800 in revenues from selling the
product and receiving the MPSC support payment. Therefore Snow Lake
made $3900 profit.
Where else can we
get money?
You can apply for grants for different
things such as blue bins, recycling
depots, trailers, glass crushers and wages
for employees. See Section 14 for a list
of these organizations and what they
have funded in the past.
Idea
You can also try getting donations.
Transport Canada donated 2 depot trailers to Churchill.
A business donated a storage building to
Snow Lake.
Northern Store donated clear recycling
bags in Churchill.
In Leaf Rapids, the local recycling coordinator’s dad donated the use of his truck.
The MPSC Manual has worksheets
to help you figure out a budget
for your program.
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SECTION TWELVE:
GETTING PEOPLE TO RECYCLE
Start the recycling
process in schools teaching the kids is the
best place to start OR
Community Events: such as bingos, weddings and socials. Recycle at these events
and get people used to the idea of recycling
Use Posters & Ads
Special Events: host a special event such
as a community spring clean up - do it
with the school.
Make it Easy & Convenient for people to
recycle
Use lots of Visuals that will remind people
often - recycling bins, depots, posters,
newspaper ads, flyers, etc.
Every little bit helps!
For more ideas go to the MPSC website,
look in their manual, or call someone on
the Regional Contact List to see what they
do.(see Section 14) Leaf Rapids and
Gillam have been especially been successful.
Case
Study
Cross Lake Community Council holds
an annual Family Campout each summer. In summer 2006, North Central
Development attended the family
campout and brought a recycling bin
(small blue box). A morning workshop was held with the children and
they learned about why we recycle
and what can be recycled. The children were then divided into teams
and given a large garbage bag. They
had 20 minutes to go around the
campsites and collect as many recyclables as possible. When they
came back, their bags were emptied
and recyclables were counted.
Everyone who participated received
a prize. North Central Development
took the 10 bags of recyclables into
town later that day and the
Thompson Recycling Centre recorded the type and weights. This will
be added to any other recyclables
Cross Lake sends in.
NOTES:
What events could we recycle at?
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SECTION THIRTEEN:
REVIEWING AND GROWING YOUR PROGRAM
WE DID IT!!! ...
we started a
recycling program and it’s
working. I think we are ready
for the next steps ...
2) In 2000, earthbound environment
inc. was contracted to create Waste
Diversion Strategies for the following
northern Manitoba communities:
·
Norway House
·
Nelson House
1) The MPSC website has lots of information to help you grow:
·
Gillam
·
Split Lake
www.mpsc.com
·
Wabowden
On the website there is a Municipal
Handbook that can be downloaded and it
has all the information for setting up a complete recycling program.
·
Leaf Rapids
·
Fox Lake
Once you are at the website, go to the bottom of the page and click on "Programs".
There are also "Report Cards" where you can
check and see how well your community is
doing.
Once you are at the website, go to the right
hand column where it says "For
Municipalities" and click on "Manitoba
Recycles". A map will appear: click on the
Northern Region. Click on the community
you want to check on.
Other ways to contact the MPSC:
Manitoba Product
Stewardship Corporation
280-530 Kenaston Blvd.
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3N 1Z4
1-800-280-9788 (toll free)
1-204-989-6222 (phone)
1-204-989-6229 (fax)
[email protected]
These strategies are specific to the communities they were designed for and can be an
excellent resource to help set up or expand
these communities recycling programs. They
are available at North Central Development
North Central Development
P.O. Box 1208, 3 Station Rd.
Thompson, Manitoba R8N 1P1
1-888-847-7878 (toll free)
1-204-677-1490 (phone)
1-204-778-5672 (fax)
[email protected]
www.northcentraldevelopment.ca
3) Used Tires:
The Manitoba Tire Stewardship Board provides information as well as financial incentives for recycling tires. Contact information
is:
Tire Stewardship Board
202-1100 Concordia Ave.
Winnipeg, Manitoba R2K 4B8
1-204-661-3242 (phone)
1-204-668-9704 (fax)
[email protected] (website)
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CONTINUED ...
4) Used Oils:
The Manitoba Association for Resource
Recovery Corporation (MARRC) promotes
and facilitates the recycling of used oil, oil filters and containers. Contact information is:
MARRC
35, 1313 Border St.
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 0X4
1-888-410-1440 (toll free)
1-204-632-5255 (phone)
1-204-633-9380 (fax)
[email protected] (e-mail)
usedoilrecycling.com (website)
5) Household Hazardous Waste:
The province contracts with Miller
Environmental Corporation to collect and
dispose of household hazardous waste. Last
year, more than 6,250 vehicles visited these
depots and nearly 500,000 kilograms of
waste was dropped off at the 30 collection
events held across the province. The depots
provide opportunity for citizens who wish
to manage their waste appropriately until a
more permanent industry led solution can
be found.
be recycled. Copies are available at North
Central Development (see 2 for contact
information).
As landfill sites become full, many communities are preparing to build new sites. It is
important to think ahead and design theses
new sites with recycling in mind. A complete recycling program should have:
· a storage building for sorting and storing
recyclables
· recycling depot
· separate areas for scrap metal
· easy access for picking up recyclables
and scrap
· area for used tires, used oil, and other
Hazardous Wastes
For more information contact
Green Manitoba
www.greenmanitoba.ca
Main Floor, 270 North Osborne St.
Winnipeg, MB R3C 1V7
204-945-3268 (phone)
6) Scrap Metal:
The "Guide to Recycling Scrap Metal in
Northern Communities" along with the "Scrap
Metal Recycling DVD" provides a step-bystep approach on how to collect, sort, prepare and transport scrap metal so that it can
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SECTION FOURTEEN:
RESOURCES AND CONTACTS
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND FUNDERS
123 Main St.
1) The WRAPP fund (Waste Reduction and Pollution 160-1
Prevention) ia a Manitoba Conservation program that sup- Winnipeg, MB R3C 1A5
945-8
8443 (phone)
ports projects focusing on waste reduction, pollution pre- 204-9
282-8
8069 (toll free)
vention, and integrated waste management practices. Has 800-2
provided funding for glass crusher, blue bins, depot trailers, renovations on storage building.
www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/pollution prevention/wrapp/index.html
2) EcoAction is an Environment Canada federal program
that provides financial support to community groups for
action-oriented projects that have measurable, positive
impacts on the environment. Has provided funding for
Local Recycling Coordinators, scrap metal projects,
Beginner's Guide to Recycling Manual.
www.on.ec.gc.ca/funding_e.html
150-1
123 Main St.
Winnipeg, MB
R3C 4W2
800-2
263-0
0595 (phone)
3) Manitoba Competitiveness Training and Trade
Employment Services Branch is a federal government
agency that in past recycling and scrap metal projects has
provided funding through its programs aimed at job creation and skill development.
www.manitoba.ca
Email: [email protected]
Thompson Service
Canada Centre
118-3
3 Station Rd.
Thompson, MB
R8N 0N3
204-6
677-6
6667 (phone)
4) Shell Environmental Fund provides financial support for
projects that improve and protect the Canadian environment. They have provided funding to several northern
Manitoba communities for recycling projects. Has provided funding for blue bins, recycling depots.
www.shellenvironmentalfund
grass-roots, action-oriented
403-6
691-2
2071 (phone)
[email protected]
(email)
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CONTINUED ...
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND FUNDERS continued ...
5) Green Manitoba is a new provincial agency
(April 1, 2006) created to develop and implement key programs that will foster environmental
innovation and community development.
www.greenmanitoba.ca
Main Floor, 270 North Osbourne St
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1V7
204-9
945-3
3268 (phone)
866-4
460-3
3118 (toll free)
6) Indian and Northern Affairs (INAC) is a federal govern- Manitoba Regional Office
ment agency that oversees and provides funding to status 365 Hargrave St.
First Nations communities. In the past, they have provided Winnipeg, Manitoba
funds for the hiring of Local Recycling Coordinators in sev- R3B 3A3
567-9
9604 (phone)
eral northern First Nation communities. They could be a 800-5
possible source of revenue for further community environmental projects. Has provided funding for Local Recycling Coordinators for communities
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ro/index-eng.asp
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Several northern communities have people who are knowledgeable when it comes to
recycling. The following is a list of people who participated in the Regional Recycling
Meetings held throughout 2006-2007. These people have agreed to have their names
left on this contact list so that anyone who has questions or needs help with recycling can
call them!
Leaf Rapids: Bond Ryan 204-473-2436
Cross Lake: Darlene Beck 204-676-2465
Norway House (Band):
Loretta Mowat 204-359-4753
Lynn Lake: Mark Matiasek 204-356-2418
Norway House (Community Council)
Alvin Murdock 204-359-6719
[email protected]
Gillam: Jackie Clayton 204-652-2121
Thompson: Brad Salamandyk (TRC)
204-677-7991 Email: [email protected]
Split Lake: Elijah Dyck 204-342-2045
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COMMUNITY FUTURES CORPORATIONS
Cedar Lake Community Futures
The Pas / Cedar Lake Region
Contact: Lisa Wiens
Phone: 204-627-5450
[email protected]
North Central Development Community Futures
Thompson / North Central Region
Contact: Leslie Tucker
Phone: 204-677-1496
[email protected]
TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES
OmniTRAX (Hudson Bay Railway)
Contact: Tanya Pidskalny
Phone: 204-627-2010
e-mail: [email protected]
Gardewine North
Contact: Jim Farrell
Phone: 204-778-8314
RECYCLING CENTRES
Thompson Recycle Centre
Manager: Brad Salamandyk
Phone: 204-677-7991
The Pas Recycle Centre
Manager: Paul Anaka
Phone: 204-623-5423
SUPPLIES
NOTES:
Clear Recycling Bags
Materials Distribution Agency
7-1715 St. James St.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Phone: 204-945-3000
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Large Mesh Transporting Bags
SYN-TEX BAGS
211 Hutchings St.
WInnipeg, Manitoba
Phone: 204-632-5667
Fax: (204) 633-4125
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SECTION FIFTEEN:
WORDS OF WISDOM
Talk to other
communities
(Leaf Rapids and
Gillam both have
very successful
programs)
Do what you can,
work with what
you have.
Build the program
slowly….think
baby steps.
Think partnerships
Think long term
Don't give up…if
one thing doesn't
work, try something different.
Learn from
mistakes.
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