By Khang Nguyen

POLL: Council to decide on cardboard trashing fee

Aug 25, 2015 | 4:46 PM

A recycling fee may come into effect penalizing those still throwing away their recyclables.

A large quantity of cardboard is being dumped at the landfill every week, Prince Albert sanitation manager Dale Rankel explained at the executive committee meeting on Monday afternoon.

A “ban” fee was proposed by Rankel that would act as a deterrent for those not properly disposing of recyclables, however it would not ban people from taking them to the landfill altogether.

Rankel recommended that a fee of $100 for the public and $300 for commercial haulers be added to any loads that deemed to have more than 10 per cent cardboard fiber.

“We are filling expensive space at the landfill with materials that don’t need to be there,” Renkel said.

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In addition, a bin specifically for cardboard has been placed at the landfill to divert people from bringing it into the landfill. The Material Recycling Facility is also available for commercial haulers to bring their recyclables.

According to Rankel, North Battleford and Saskatoon have similar “ban” fees that have been effective in their respective communities.

“This is a starting point. What we want do is work towards a total ban,” Rankel said.

Since transitioning to single stream recycling in 2013, Prince Albert residents have not had to sort their recyclables before putting them into their blue bins for pick up.

There are also six depot sites around the city for recyclables as well.

The blue bins and community recycling bins accept paper and cardboard including drinking cups, telephone books and Tetra Pak packages.

They will also accept metal food cans and foil, plastic jugs, bottles and food containers labeled with the recycling symbols 1-7, and beverage containers.

The bins will not accept hazardous materials, electronics, glass materials or any polystyrene foam packaging materials like foam cups and food containers, among other items.

For a full list of what you can and can’t recycle, click here.

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