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RSS FeedsMixed recyclables are headed to an Ontario landfill. Here´s why
(The Star Food)

 
 

15 september 2019 21:07:31

 
Mixed recyclables are headed to an Ontario landfill. Here´s why
(The Star Food)
 


A major Canadian waste collector has told McMaster University and other clients that some of their recyclable materials will be dumped in landfill, blaming its decision on “what appears to be a permanent closure” of Asian recycling markets that previously welcomed plastics, cans, glass and paper from the west. The cascading impact of China’s decision to block the imports of most materials is forcing some American cities to abandon parts of their recycling programs, resorting to landfills or incineration. Other Asian countries, like the Philippines, have returned containers of dirty Canadian materials warning they will no longer be the dumping ground for garbage.In a letter dated June 20, Waste Connections of Canada informed its institutional, commercial and industrial clients in the Hamilton region that those decisions had an impact on mixed materials like plastics, metals, paper, glass or cardboard that are dropped in one recycling bin. “There is no facility willing to continue accepting what has been called in the market commingle or single stream recycling, of which you have with us,” Waste Connections wrote. “As of July 1st, all remaining commingle bins on customer sites will be serviced as waste.”Mixed recycling is considered cheaper and faster to collect but can leave commodities like paper contaminated by food waste from leftover pop in soft drink bottles or grease from takeout containers. Once destroyed, those materials are garbage. About 30 per cent of Toronto’s residential blue bin contents is dirty from food and drink or items that don’t belong, like clothing. Residential programs, like the blue bins, and commercial and institutional collections all deal with contaminated materials.In 2016, Chinese recyclers and manufacturers imported 7.3 million metric tonnes of waste plastics — worth $3.7 billion, according to Clarissa Morawksi, managing director of Reloop, a network of industry, government ...


 
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