2020 Recycling Round-Up

2020 Recycling Round-Up

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

Many people were able to bring their paint cans, televisions and computer equipment, and other recyclable items to the 11th Annual Recycle Round-Up at the Central Recycling Drop-Off Center in Vegreville on June 13.

Tony Tymchyshyn, Municipal Services Manager, said they collected 14.407 Metric (MT) tonnes of recycling material. “I don’t have an exact number of customers who came to the recycling round-up but there seemed to be 300 to 350 by the number of vehicles that came into the recycling center.”

Personnel from Vegreville Materials Recovery Facility sort through the recyclable materials. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Tymchyshyn added, “This event gives people the advantage to get rid of their unwanted stuff and the stuff doesn’t land up in the landfill or land up in our blue recycling bins that could contaminate them so we couldn’t use the blue bins afterwards. This event is really good for the environment because you get rid of all the hazardous chemicals for example, and a lot of oil and stuff that could land up getting thrown where ever or land up in the landfill, and this way it gets recycled.”

Tymchyshyn then acknowledged all the residents for all the recycling they do as the recycling has been phenomenal in town. “I want to also tell the residents to make sure they put the right materials in the blue recycling bins because if they don’t, it wrecks the whole bin. To find out what they can put into these bins, look on the Town of Vegreville’s website.”