Annual Blue Bin audit shows positive results

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Randy Wong, operations manager for GFL Environmental Incorporated, says the results indicate an improvement from the survey from 2020, although this year’s survey was a little different.

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“With COVID we weren’t able to really dig deep into the bins, it was more of a visual from the top of the bins,” says Wong.

He says typically they will find other material when they dump it on the floor and things that maybe should not be in the bin.

Wong says “overall we were pretty satisfied with the numbers and I think the City of Medicine Hat was good with it, so I think we’re certainly moving in the right direction.”

The survey found the most common contaminates in the bins were styrofoam, clothing and yard waste.

Wong says yard waste should be placed into the green cart if available, otherwise, it goes into the regular waste cart.

Other contaminants like used motor oil can spill with the result the entire load has to go to the landfill instead of being recycled.