Waste Watch
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Waste Watch is a program in Prince Edward Island, Canada where the government has replaced garbage dumps with waste disposal sites. Every resident of Prince Edward Island must separate their everyday garbage into waste, compost, recyclable plastic and recyclable paper. The program is mandatory. If one refuses to separate their waste it will not be collected on collection day.
The separated waste is taken to waste disposal sites across the island and re-separated to make sure everything was properly separated to begin with. After the re-separation the waste is burned, the compost is taken to a compost facility where it is composted in large piles and then after a year sold as fertilizer and the recycling is recycled.
The complete program has been in use since July 1, 2002 and the recycling program has been in use since July 1, 2000. The Waste Watch program has diverted 64-66% of the Island's waste to either compost or recycling.
[edit] Categories
- 1. Waste: Anything that can't be composted or recycled. e.g.: #6 and #7 plastic.
- 2. Compost: Anything from the ground. Any human waste, any food scraps, any wet paper/cardboard, plant matter. e.g.: toenail clippings, leftover food scraps, grass, plants, leaves.
- 3. Recycling #1: Any paper products. e.g.: looseleaf.
- 4. Recycling #2: Any plastic products, metals (including tin and aluminium) On the bottom of most bottles and plastic containers is a number in a recycling emblem. The numbers range from 1-7. The large percentage of plastics are 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. All of those numbers are recyclable. Cans of juice and soda are recyclable as are tin cans.
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