Curbside Recycling in Niagara A Pictorial Overview

not-for-profit organization employs > 50 people employs developmentally challenged Niagara adults Materials Recovery Facility ( MRF ) sorting lines magnetic and eddy current separation systems high density bailing system ecoglass recycling line 4935 Kent Avenue, Niagara Falls, ON

contractor for Niagara’s 12 area municipalities 140,000 households collection and processing services for: > 200 industrial and commercial customers > 250 schools within the Niagara Region 4935 Kent Avenue, Niagara Falls, ON

1974: Niagara Training and Employment Agency recycling program - training and employment for developmentally challenged adults incorporated as the Niagara Training and Employment Agency (NTEC) in Became Niagara Recycling in late 1970s

: curbside collection of newspaper (residents requested via telephone) 1979: monthly curbside newspaper collection began 1985 (Pelham): Blue Box glass bottles, jars and steel cans soon followed twice-monthly collection began recycling collection became linked to regular garbage collection days

1986: multi-material curbside recycling programs in Thorold, Port Colborne, Welland, Pelham and Niagara Falls 1988: first curbside collection of PET plastic in Ontario (pilot program in Pelham)

1989: curbside recycling programs implemented in all 12 municipalities Blue Box Program expanded to rural households in several municipalities 1990s: aluminum cans and foil added

1994: HDPE plastic bottles boxboard cardboard Kraft paper polystyrene fine paper junk mail

1995: LDPE PP polycoat containers plastic film

Late 1990s: Alternating Blue Box / Gray Box collection (mixed recyclables / paper and film)

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