Another company, Encorp Atlantic, was established as a direct result of the Program and has created many new jobs in Atlantic Canada through its trucking and processing operations for recyclable non-alcoholic beverage containers. Neighbourhood Recycling, the facility that processes all alcoholic beverage containers, has doubled its employees since the Program began. And it makes each beverage distributor directly responsible for managing their own containers. It encourages the reuse and recycling of containers to conserve resources, to reduce the amount of garbage going to our landfills, and to discourage littering. New Brunswick's Beverage Containers Act (1992) established a deposit/refund system for beverage containers that is considered one of the best in North America. There are numerous recycling programs in New Brunswick that provide opportunities for us to reduce the amount of waste going to landfills. Another challenge is that recycling opportunities change from time to time as the markets for certain recyclables rise and fall. We could reach 50% quite easily, the experts say the hardest part is retrieving the recyclables once they've been thrown in the trash. In North America, about 20% of our paper, plastic, glass and metal goods are currently made from recycled material. Each SWC must find a market for its recyclables, of course, and the cost of transportation also plays a large role in determining whether materials can be recycled in a cost-effective manner. What's available in your community will depend in part on the number of people who live within the area.
Our municipalities and Regional Solid Waste Commissions (SWC) offer a variety of recycling services to New Brunswickers. The Department of Defense's sustainable development policy requires the collection of solid waste for recycling, and CFB Gagetown has its own municipal-scale facility for composting organic waste. Beverage containers, scrap tires and used oil are managed through such regulated programs in New Brunswick.Ĭanadian Forces personnel in New Brunswick are actively involved in our recycling efforts as well. Regulated stewardship programs are similar, but the terms of each are established by legislation. Brita water filters, plastic bags and Nickel-Cadmium batteries are other common products that are voluntarily managed by the industries that make them. NBTel collects its old telephone directories for recycling when the new ones are published. There's a trend, too, towards greater "industry stewardship" - where industry takes responsibility for the waste associated with the products and services it sells to consumers. NB Power also recycles some of the by-products from generating electricity: gypsum is processed into wallboard, ash is recycled for its vanadium (a grey, naturally occurring metal that is used to strengthen steel), which is used in the steel and chemical industry, and flyash is marketed for its vanadium and for use in concrete products. NB Power, for example, has earned over $1.5 million since 1998 just by selling leftover materials from its operations, like copper wire, transformers and streetlights, aluminum and steel.
New Brunswick companies find it makes good business sense to recycle their own waste products. Recycling conserves our resources, reduces waste, and creates about six jobs for every one that would be created by landfilling the same amount of waste. Nevertheless, the economic and environmental benefits are significant. "Recycle" comes third, after "Reduce" and "Reuse," because recycling requires new resources for transportation and the manufacturing process.
Recycling converts used items back into raw materials, which are then used in making new products.
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