News - Recycling

Recycle Everywhere , the organization responsible for the collection of non-alcoholic, non-dairy beverage containers in the province, is teaming up with Habitat for Humanity Manitoba to give back during its annual Season of Giving promotion.

The City of Steinbach has announced that as of December 8, 2022, Bristal Hauling will take over residential recycling collection service provision, and subsequently, residents will also see a shift to an automated cart-based system.

Steinbach City Council recently awarded its next recycling collection contract to Bristal Hauling. The contract will come into effect December 2023 and expire at the end of 2025. The City also noted that automated collection of recycling totes will be coming.

Recycle Everywhere is pleased to announce that in 2021, 72 per cent of all eligible beverage containers in the CBCRA program and 80 per cent of all PET plastic beverage containers sold in the province were recovered.

Over the next few weeks, Steinbach residents living in single-family dwellings will see a recycling bin arrive on their door step. The bins, which are being provided and delivered at no cost, are part of the Recycle Everywhere program by the Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association.

In an effort to increase the diversion of disposable masks from landfills, the province has launched an initiative with international recycling operation TerraCycle to recycle disposable masks from 15 locations at Manitoba provincial parks.

The City of Steinbach has announced that the next Oil Recycling Day is set for Wednesday, June 9, 2021, from 9am to 5pm.

The Manitoba government has announced that it will be testing asphalt-paving mixtures that include recycled asphalt shingles.

In support of the Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan, the Manitoba government is working to develop an appliance stewardship program to increase recycling of household appliances, including ‘whitegoods’.

As daylight saving time ended this weekend, the province is encouraging everyone to take the opportunity to gather up and recycle used household batteries.