JULY 17, 2019
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Vegreville Re-cycling Round-up
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Students Receive Awards for Memorial Artwork
Recycling Management and personnel help to sort and collect the recycling material citizens drop off. (Rosanne Fortier/photos)
Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent It is everyone’s responsibility to ensure our environment is taken care of and one of the first steps to that is to recycle no longer needed recyclable items. The June 15’s Vegreville Re-cycling Roundup did this as this event had a regular supply of citizens dropping off their paint, paint cans, used oil and oil filters, household hazardous waste, electronics, TVs and computer equipment, tires, and more at the Central Recycling Drop-Off Centre.
In total, the event collected 11.587 MT (25,550 lbs.). The recycled material included 3.367 MT of paint, spray paint, 2.089 MT of household hazardous waste, 2.608 MT of electronic waste, 0.230 MT of automotive batteries, 0.601 MT of truck tires, 0.295 MT of single-use/ rechargeable batteries and cell phones, 1.047 MT of oil and oil filters, 0.910 MT of automotive and chemical containers, 0.055 MT of fluorescent bulbs, incandescent bulbs, inks and toners, 0.370 MT of propane tanks, metals and fire extinguishers, and 0.015 MT of tins and glass.
Diane Fausak Vegreville RCLegion presents awards for the poster, essay, and poem classes of a competition held in 2018 to capture and express the meaning of Remembrance Day. The students had each contributed their own artwork for the competition, and their creations came out as winners.
