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Curbside Recycling in Niagara

Curbside Recycling in Niagara. A Pictorial Overview. not-for-profit organization employs > 50 people employs developmentally challenged Niagara adults Materials Recovery Facility ( MRF ) sorting lines magnetic and eddy current separation systems high density bailing system

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Curbside Recycling in Niagara

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  1. Curbside Recycling in Niagara A Pictorial Overview

  2. not-for-profit organization • employs > 50 people • employs developmentally challenged Niagara adults • Materials Recovery Facility ( MRF ) • sorting lines • magnetic and eddy current separation systems • high density bailing system • ecoglass recycling line 4935 Kent Avenue,Niagara Falls, ON

  3. contractor for Niagara’s 12 area municipalities • 140,000 households • collection and processing services for: > 200 industrial and commercial customers > 250 schools within the Niagara Region 4935 Kent Avenue,Niagara Falls, ON

  4. 1974: Niagara Training and Employment Agency recycling program - training and employment for developmentally challenged adults incorporated as the Niagara Training and Employment Agency (NTEC) in 1978. Became Niagara Recycling in late 1970s

  5. 1974-79: curbside collection of newspaper (residents requested via telephone) 1979: monthly curbside newspaper collection began 1985 (Pelham): Blue Box glass bottles, jars and steel cans soon followed twice-monthly collection began recycling collection became linked to regular garbage collection days

  6. 1986: multi-material curbside recycling programs in Thorold, Port Colborne, Welland, Pelham and Niagara Falls 1988: first curbside collection of PET plastic in Ontario (pilot program in Pelham)

  7. 1989: • curbside recycling programs implemented in all 12 municipalities • Blue Box Program expanded to rural households in several municipalities 1990s: • aluminum cans and foil added

  8. 1994: HDPE plastic bottles boxboard cardboard Kraft paper polystyrene fine paper junk mail

  9. 1995: LDPE PP polycoat containers plastic film

  10. Late 1990s: Alternating Blue Box / Gray Box collection (mixed recyclables / paper and film)

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