The City of New Westminster isn’t shattered that all residents haven’t abided by a recycling request.
In its 2014 recycling schedule, the city advised residents not to put glass in their single stream bins.
“It has a tendency to break,” said Kristian Davis, the city’s supervisor of solid waste and recycling. “It reduces the value of other recyclables and makes it more difficult to recycle them appropriately. It also reduces the value of other fibres.”
The City of New Westminster’s recycling depot accepts glass.
“It will still continue to collect glass,” Davis said. “We get all sorts of glass there.”
The request that residents not put glass into their curbside collection bins took effect Jan. 1, 2014.
“It’s been a soft implementation for us,” Davis said. “We are not forcing anything. We are not tagging bins or anything like that.”
According to Davis, more and more producers are opting to switch from glass to plastic containers.
“It is also a choice consumers will make when they hit the grocery store,” he said. “It is something people need to be aware of.”
