Waste Management Facility wins Recycling Award of Excellence

(Red Deer, Alberta) – The City of Red Deer received an Alberta Recycling Collection Site Excellence Award for exceeding the requirements established by the Alberta Recycling Management Authority.

The Alberta Recycling Management Authority (ARMA) manages Alberta’s recycling services for paint, electronics and tires. The Alberta Recycling Collection Site Excellence Award is presented to municipalities who are recognized for providing the public with an organized, orderly collection site that makes it easy for citizens to choose to recycle.

The City of Red Deer won the category for municipalities with a population over 25,000. 2008 was the first year that the award has been presented.

“We are very proud to be the first recipient of this award. We work hard to make sure our landfill is run in the most efficient, environmentally responsible manner possible,” said Jeff Miller, Environmental Planning Superintendant. “Providing a safe, accessible site for citizens to recycle items such as paint, electronics and tires is just one more way we can encourage people to keep these things out of our landfill.”

Items such as scrap metal, propane tanks, furniture and cardboard are also diverted for recycling at the Waste Management Facility. “We are always looking for ways to divert other recyclables from our landfill. Right now we are researching options to recycle toilets and drywall.”

The Waste Management Facility is located at 1709 40 Avenue, just east of the Westerner Complex and is open Monday to Saturday from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Waste Management Facility will close on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Information on The City’s recycling programs is available online at www.reddeer.ca or by calling the Blue Line at 403-340-2583.

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For more information, please contact:

Jeff Miller
Environmental Planning Superintendant
Environmental Services
403-342-8750