The Weyburn Wor-Kin Shop Corp. held their annual general meeting on June 16, providing recycling statistics for Weyburn and area.
Executive Director Andria Brady said that the recycling program saw increased growth in the past year.
"With the funding from the Go Green Fund we were able to sustain our operations over the year," said Brady. "We extend a sincere thank you to the Sask Party for their recognition of the value the SARC member agencies provide to the province with their recycling efforts."
The Wor-Kin Shop provides a weekly pickup service to over 50 businesses, apartments and schools in Weyburn, of paper and cardboard for recycling. In the year just ended, they recycled approximately 250 Metric Tonnes of paper and cardboard - around one tonne per day, or 500 bales.
"We are proud to be doing our part to not only keep our landfill empty, but provide an excellent community based programming option to many of our participants," said Brady.
Other initiatives include beverage container, paint and electronics recycling. Approximately 6.8 million containers were collected during the year, which is 3,990 containers counted per employee per day. This is an 11 percent increase over last year.
There were 3,500 litres of paint collected during the past year with 650 litres reused through the Paint Exchange Program. The amount of paint reused by customers has increased six percent over the year previous.
In electronics, 754 computers, 565 printers/scanners/fax machines, 3,093 keyboards/mouse were collected over the year. The amount of laptops turned in - 57 - has increased by 29 percent, while the amount of televisions - 719 - has increased by 17 percent since last year. The amount of computer monitors decreased by five percent, with 977 monitors turned-in.
"Overall the volume collected at all depots across the province increased by nine percent," Brady stated.
The SWEEP Program expanded in the province in April to include DVD and VCR players, cameras, cell phones, house phones, satellite receivers, MP3 players, stereos, home theatre systems and speakers, etc.
"If early numbers are any indication, we will see a large increase in items handled in the coming year due to this expansion," Brady said.
