landfills

SUMA wants provincial help to address reduced access to health care, costs of landfill decommissioning

Mar 5, 2023 | 6:00am

With SUMA’s annual convention and tradeshow approaching, they are calling on the provincial government to address issues in Saskatchewan’s hometowns, including reduced access to health care and the costs of landfill decommissioning. Last year, SUMA members called for the development and implementation of a long-term recruiting and retention plan to provide and maintain emergent, acute, […]

Artificial intelligence technologies aim to track and reduce solid waste in Saskatchewan

Feb 11, 2020 | 5:00pm

The Saskatchewan government hopes two technologies will help reduce solid waste dumped at landfills across the province. Winners from the latest Innovation Challenge by Innovation Saskatchewan have created their own systems that aim to give the province a better idea of how much solid waste is entering waste facilities, and where they go. Prairie Robotics […]

Saskatchewan releases new waste reduction strategy

Jan 23, 2020 | 2:10pm

Saskatchewan is releasing a new solid waste management strategy aimed at reducing the amount of items going into the landfill. The province currently has the second highest amount of waste per capita in Canada with residents producing 842 kilograms of waste per person annually. The strategy lays out six goals for reducing waste 30 percent […]

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