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RECYCLING:Making
headway
Whitesell said the city is in initial talks with the
City of Edmonton about shipping Red Deer plastics
to its gasification facility.
But Mark Pedersen,
owner of Can Pak En-
vironmental Inc., an
Alix-based recycling
company, is convinced
there is a market for
mixed plastics. His
company implemented
and operates many of
Central Alberta’s blue
box programs, includ-
ing those in Lacombe,
Blackfalds and Innis-
fail.
Lacombe rolled out
its curbside recycle
collection last sum-
mer. No. 1 to 7 plastics
are included. Resi-
dents pay $3.42 more
on their monthly bill
for waste collection to
handle recyclables. It
costs Lacombe about
$185,000 a year to run
the program.
Lacombe utilities
manager Chris Huston
said the program has been a hit with residents.
Can Pak collects and bails the recyclables (with-
out sorting) at its facility in Red Deer before sending
it off to markets in Saskatchewan and Ontario.
“The recycling industry has taken a 360 (turn) over
the last five or six years. Where fibre used to be the
high end, now it’s the plastics and the tin cans,” said
Pedersen. “The problem with Red Deer is that they
do not have the proper facility.”
Pedersen said his company ships recyclables to a
facility with an optic sort line. A computer manages
sorting, recognizing grade and colour of plastic.
“I see what is going in the landfill,” Pedersen
said. “I could take what they are shipping to the
landfill and bale it and sell it.”
Despite the criticism, Red Deer has made head-
way in improving the profile of recycling over the
last six years.
Last year, 14,217 tonnes of recyclables were di-
verted from the landfill using city programs while
91,313 tonnes of trash went into the landfill. Red
Deer’s population was 97,109 in 2013. That translates
into 146 kg per capita of recyclables and 940 kg of
garbage per person.
Seven years ago when the city’s population was
85,705, a total of 9,940 tonnes in recyclables was
diverted and 121,466 tonnes in garbage went to the
landfill. That translates into 116 kg per capita of re-
cyclables and 1,417 kg of garbage per person.
The city also collects items such as tires, yard
waste, asphalt shingles, gypsum drywall, metal and
electronic waste at the landfill. Most of those prod-
ucts are sent to other recycling facilities or collected
for provincial programs.
In 2013, 4,336 tonnes of yard waste was diverted
compared to 3,920 tonnes in 2007.
Asphalt shingles were added to the program in
2011, when 1,139 tonnes were diverted. Last year,
1,865 tonnes were stockpiled.
At the city landfill recently, Whitesell pointed to
the cardboard and other recyclable materials burst-
ing out of the garbage bags that were about to be
landfilled.
She said there is obviously some room for im-
provement.
Next year, the city plans to roll out a residential
organics collection pilot program. The details are
still being sorted out.
And the city hopes to work with industry to re-
duce the commercial waste ending up in the landfill.
Industry contributes an estimated 63 per cent of
the junk in the landfill.
Education is also an area of focus for the city. It
operates an educational interpretive centre at the
Waste Management Facility where about 1,400 Grade
4 students visit every year.
Reduction and reuse programs are promoted
throughout the city, including Kick it to the Curb
and the Take It or Leave It Centre at the Waste Man-
agement Facility. The facility is also a designated
collection site for Alberta Recycling’s electronics
recycling program.
Residents can call the city’s Blue Line hotline
403-340-BLUE (2583) for information about the city’s
waste management programs and blue box sched-
uled pickups.
crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com
STORIES FROM PAGE A1
LOTTERIES
Calgary: today, in-
creasing cloudiness.
High 8. Low -3.
Olds, Sundre: today,
30% showers. High 5.
Low -6.
Rocky, Nordegg:
today, mainly cloudy.
High 1. Low -5.
Banff: today, 30%
flurries. High 0. Low
-5.
Jasper: today, 30%
flurries. High 3. Low
-3.
Lethbridge: today,
sun and cloud. High 4.
Low -2.
Edmonton: today,
60% showers. High 3.
Low 0.
Grande Prairie: to-
day, 60% flurries.
High 2. Low 0.
Fort McMurray:
today, 60% flurries.
High -5. Low -10.
LOCAL TODAY TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
REGIONAL OUTLOOK
WINDCHILL/SUNLIGHT
GRANDE
PRAIRIE
2/0
JASPER
3/-3
BANFF
0/-5
EDMONTON
3/0
RED DEER
1/-3
CALGARY
8/-3
FORT
MCMURRAY
-5/-10
WEDNESDAY
Lotto 649: 5, 7, 20, 25,
36, 46, Bonus 24
Western 649: 8, 11, 18,
19, 23, 44, Bonus 1
Extra: 4988823
Pick 3: 041
Numbers are unofficial.
Cloudy. Mainly cloudy. Sunny. 40% chance of
flurries. Low -10.
Sunny. Low -11.
HIGH 1 LOW -3 HIGH 3 HIGH -4 HIGH -2
TONIGHT’S HIGHS/LOWS
LETHBRIDGE
4/-2
WEATHER
Windchill/frostbite risk: Low
Low: Low risk
Moderate: 30 minutes exposure
High -5 to 10 minutes: High risk in 5 to 10 minutes
High -2 to 5 minutes: High risk in 2 to 5 minutes
Extreme: High risk in 2 minutes
Sunset tonight: 4:36 p.m.
Sunrise Friday: 8:07 a.m.
A2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014
Photo by CRYSTAL RHYNO/Advocate staff
Diana Deamel, supervisor of the materials recovery facility in Red Deer, looks over the materials before it is
sorted and baled for market.
● Newspaper
● Glass jars and bottles, emptied and rinsed
with lids removed
● Telephone books
● Mixed paper
● Tin and cans
● No. 2 Plastics, including juice, bleach and
water jugs
● Cardboard
What doesn’t go in the blue box?
● Paper towels
● Aerosol cans
● All batteries
● Foil wrap
● Pop cans
● Light bulbs
● Fertilizer, herbicide and pesticide contain-
ers
● Biodegradable bags, egg cartons, bags, plastic
food wrap,
Recycling depot
● The city’s Waste Management Facility is at
1709 40th Ave.
● Waste Management of Canada’s office is lo-
cated at 6207 47A Ave.
More information
● Blue Line: 403-340-BLUE (2583)
● A detailed list of items accepted in the blue
box program, and information on hazardous waste
collection, shingles, yard waste and electronics
can be found at www.reddeer.ca/city-services/
garbage-and-recycling
WHAT GOES IN A BLUE BOX?
‘THE RECYCLING
INDUSTRY HAS
TAKEN A 360
(TURN) OVER THE
LAST FIVE OR SIX
YEARS. WHERE
FIBRE USED TO BE
THE HIGH END,
NOW IT’S THE
PLASTICS AND THE
TIN CANS. THE
PROBLEM WITH
RED DEER IS THAT
THEY DO NOT
HAVE THE PROPER
FACILITY.’
— MARK PEDERSEN
CAN PAK ENVIRONMENTAL INC.
Edmonton man dies after suffering
head injury on Calgary jobsite
CALGARY — A 30-year-old Edmonton man has
died after being hit by a piece of machinery on a job-
site in Calgary.
Instituform Canada officials say James Ladino
suffered head injuries when he was hit by a piece of
machinery on Tuesday.
He died in hospital on Wednesday.
Company president Charles Gordon says they are
saddened by the loss and are conducting an internal
investigation.
The matter is being investigated by police and of-
ficials of Alberta Occupational Health and Safety.
Man accused of child luring on Internet
says he’s stuck in catch-22
MEDICINE HAT — A southern Alberta man says
he can’t properly defend himself on child pornogra-
phy charges if he can’t use the Internet — which he
has been forbidden to use.
Daniel Rand of Medicine Hat was charged last
December following a police investigation into sus-
pected inappropriate emails between him and a
12-year-old Florida girl.
Rand’s defence lawyer told court that his client,
who is 42, is stuck in a catch-22.
The lawyer said evidence he needs in the case is
online, but Rand has been banned from using the In-
ternet under his bail conditions.
The matter has been adjourned until Dec. 16.
Wildrose party pitches measures to
improve government accountability
EDMONTON — Alberta’s Wildrose party says Pre-
mier Jim Prentice needs to make sweeping changes
in upcoming accountability legislation to restore
faith in government.
Opposition leader Danielle Smith says a specific
ministry is needed to oversee government travel and
hosting expenses.
And she says the government must remove barri-
ers to freedom of information requests and deliver
more power to independent officials such as the au-
ditor general.
Prentice is expected in the coming days to table
a bill to toughen up government accountability and
end entitlements.
ALBERTA
BRIEFS