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Boosting multi-family numbers with mixed-waste sorting

Published: October 10, 2017
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In Toronto, as in other cities, multi-family residential recycling rates have been stubbornly lower than their single-family counterparts. As Canada’s largest city works to boost recycling rates, a local MRF operator is experimenting with recovering recyclables from multi-family garbage streams.

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Municipalities hesitate to retreat from recycling progress

Published: October 31, 2017
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David Biderman, SWANA executive director

In a recent interview, SWANA leader David Biderman said communities don’t want to undo decades of outreach work and tell residents to stop putting certain items in the bin, even if China’s scrap policies are shaking up market realities.

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