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What happens to our recyclables?
The City of Winnipeg sells the recyclables to companies and brokers, based on market demand.
Recyclable item | Destination | End use |
---|---|---|
Containers | ||
Glass | Winnipeg | Road base |
#1 plastic bottles (PET) | Eastern Canada and Eastern USA | Plastic bottles and trays, carpet fibre |
#2 plastic bottles (HDPE) | Eastern Canada and Eastern USA | Sewage pipe, plastic bottles |
#3 - #7 plastic containers | Eastern Canada | Plastic lumber |
Milk/juice cartons | Eastern Canada and Midwestern USA | Office paper and tissue paper |
Aluminum cans | Eastern Canada and USA | Auto parts, aluminum cans |
Steel cans | Manitoba | Steel building products, auto parts |
Paper products | ||
Newspapers, flyers, magazines | Manitoba, Eastern Canada and Midwestern USA | Newsprint |
Household paper | Eastern Canada and Midwestern USA | Household paper and boxboard |
Boxboard | Eastern Canada and Midwestern USA | Boxboard and paper egg cartons |
Cardboard | Eastern Canada and Midwestern USA | Cardboard |