
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]