Non-recyclable blue bin items collected by GFL - May 13, 2020 (photo courtesy Colton Mckee)

By Chantal Wagner

Blue-Bin Blitz

GFL making sure recycling is done right

May 15, 2020 | 11:50 AM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – There has been an increase of household items going in the curbside blue bins in Medicine Hat that cannot be recycled.

After this May long weekend, the company that picks up the city’s recycling will be inspecting resident’s blue bins

Green for Life (GFL) Operations Manager Randy Wong says as far as blue-bin contaminants, they haven’t seen numbers this high for a long time.

Staff will be making sure the right materials are being recycled.

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And they’ll be leaving good job notes or notes on what residents need to improved.

Those notes will be attached to the bins.

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