Dive Summary:
- The Canadian Falls Niagara region is considering a 3 month curbside recycling pilot program
- Estimates are that the pilot would cost $60,000.
- A fulltime pilot program is estimated to cost $200,000 annually but would effectively be break-even when considering revenue generated from the recycled good. The program would also prevent a projected 381 tons of material from entering the landfill
From the article:
Save a spot at the curb for that old printer — that is, if regional council agrees to a new curbside e-waste pilot project.
Regional council’s public works committee is endorsing a three-month planned pilot project that would see the Region pick up old electronics left at the curb. It’ll set the Region back $60,000 for the on-call program.
The Region picks up big electronic junk items already, but they end up chucked in a landfill.
“There’s a lot to learn about this. It can only help,” said Lincoln Mayor Bill Hodgson.
He said the Region can use the project to learn about alternatives for recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment (truncated by the Region to WEEE).
Acting waste management director Catherine Habermebl told councillors the pilot project is a chance to see how much trash the Region will collect and if it can bring in revenue from it.
