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  2. Blue box recycling system - Wikipedia

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    The blue box recycling system (BBRS) was initially a waste management system used by Canadian municipalities to collect source separated household waste materials for the purpose of recycling. The first full-scale community wide BBRS was implemented in 1983 by the waste management contractor Ontario Total Recycling Systems Ltd. (a subsidiary of ...

  3. Recycling in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Due to the success of the project the City of Kitchener put out a contract for public bid in 1984 for a recycling system citywide. Laidlaw won the bid and continued with the popular blue box recycling system. Today hundreds of cities around the world use the blue box system or a similar variation. [2]

  4. Technological and industrial history of 20th-century Canada

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    Initially developed by Laidlaw Waste Systems for the Kitchener, Ontario, in 1983, it was introduced to Ontario municipalities in 1986, by Ontario Multi-Material Recycling Incorporated (OMMRI), and promoted by Nyle Ludolph, who became known as the Father of the Blue Box. The concept involved the use of blue plastic boxes which were distributed ...

  5. Recycle BC - Wikipedia

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    Recycle BC (previously known as Multi-Material B.C.) is a not-for-profit organization which manages residential packaging and paper recycling in British Columbia. [2] The not-for-profit was created in 2014, after a 2011 law by the British Columbia Ministry of Environment, transferring the cost of recycling from residents to producers. [3]

  6. Kerbside collection - Wikipedia

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    The blue cart programme accepts all types of recyclables, including plastics 1–7. It is picked up weekly for the cost of $8.00 per month. This programme is mandatory. In 1981 Resource Integration Systems (RIS) in collaboration with Laidlaw International tested the first blue box recycling system on 1500 homes in Kitchener, Ontario. Due to the ...

  7. Category:Recycling in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Blue box recycling system; C. Carts of Darkness; ... Recycle BC; S. The S.W.A.P. Team This page was last edited on 12 September 2024, at 04:09 ...

  8. Recycling bin - Wikipedia

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    The proliferation of curbside blue-bin recycling containers coincided with the increase in municipal recycling rates which increased from just over 6% in 1960 to over 35% in 2017. [ 9 ] In 1980, Woodbury , New Jersey became the first municipality to mandate recycling; [ 12 ] other cities soon followed, and the blue box curbside recycling system ...

  9. GFL Environmental - Wikipedia

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    GFL Environmental waste bin. GFL Environmental Inc. (an initialism of Green For Life) is a Canadian waste management company, with headquarters in Vaughan, Ontario.Founded in 2007, GFL operates in all provinces in Canada and much of the United States, and currently employs more than 20,000 people. [2]

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