Sometimes it just takes one person to start the conversation—or to take your workplace recycling to the next level. Tell us what recycling looks like where you work, and we’ll help amplify your voice to make a bigger difference.
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“I don’t know whether an item is accepted or not.”
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This one’s easy. Plastic and glass bottles, beverage cartons, juice boxes and aluminum cans (you know, things you drink out of) all go in the bin. Now you know.
“The rules for recycling are too complicated.”
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Seriously? Let’s break it down: YES to plastic and glass bottles, beverage cartons, juice boxes and aluminum cans. Pretty please: dump out any liquid before you toss it in the bin. NO to take-out cups or soiled food containers.
“It’s inconvenient to look for a recycling bin.”
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Nice try. There are more than 80,000 bins across Manitoba. They’re basically everywhere people are.
“I believe that most of what I recycle ends up in landfills anyway.”
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Hmmmm. In Manitoba, nearly 70% of non-alcoholic beverage containers were recovered in our latest reporting period. Which means they go on to live happy lives as new beverage containers, carpets, airplane parts, road base and more.
“I don’t believe that recycling has a positive impact on the environment”
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Thank goodness the folks in Brandon don’t see it that way. Since 2010, they’ve reduced beverage container litter by 91%. Winnipeggers by 76%. How? By recycling.
“I don’t feel that I have a personal responsibility to recycle.”
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Don’t let the kids hear you say that. Research shows environmental interest and awareness is highest among school-age children and wanes gradually with age. Don’t be a fogey. You know it’s the right thing to do. So do the right thing.
