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SaskTel recycling old phones to help people escape domestic violence

SaskTel recycling old phones to help people escape domestic violence

Nov 18, 2023 | 9:53am
SaskTel is asking its customers to contribute to the Phones for a Fresh Start (PFFS) program, facilitating a meaningful impact on those affected by domestic violence and young individuals transitioning out of Ministry of Social Services care. Through the program, SaskTel collects and recycles old cell phones and cell phone accessories and uses the proceeds […]

Sask farmers encouraged to recycle used oil, antifreeze and containers

Apr 12, 2022 | 9:09am

Saskatchewan farmers are being encouraged to recycle their used oil and anti-freeze. The executive director of the Saskatchewan Association for Resource Recovery, Ethan Richardson says his corporation has 37 locations across the province for farmers to drop off their used oil or antifreeze and containers. The Resource Recovery Association recycles used motor oil, filters, containers […]

Saskatoon looks at diverting waste food from landfill

Feb 9, 2022 | 10:06am

  The University of Saskatchewan and city of Saskatoon are looking at ways to divert edible food from the landfill. A new joint study found ways to minimize food being discarded. It is estimated one third of the food produced world-wide and 30 to 40 percent of all food produced in Canada each year is […]

City of Regina to use cameras to check recyclables

Aug 10, 2021 | 4:03am

The City of Regina will be looking at a new and more efficient method to check the materials inside of our blue carts. Beginning this week through to the end of October, the City will be using a new automated technology to check the blue carts. instead of visual checks physically completed by the staff. […]

What Christmas materials can be recycled?

Dec 27, 2019 | 8:00am

The City of Regina is encouraging you to think green when cleaning up Christmas festivities. The city said there are plenty of things that can be recycled, rather than thrown into the trash. City’s Janet Aird said when it comes to wrapping paper, it depends on the type. “If it’s just pain paper, wrapping paper […]

Regina sets record during Household Hazardous Waste Days

Nov 8, 2019 | 2:50pm

The City of Regina has broken its own record during the 2019 Household Hazardous Waste Days. Over 120,000 kilograms of material was collected from 3,120 cars, a 55 percent increase from 2018 and highest amount recorded to date. The city says all materials collected were reused, recycled or disposed of in an environmentally responsible way. […]

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