Clean`n`Green North West River
Beverage Container Returns
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY GREEN DEPOT
15 Churchill Street Tel: 896-5041
Open Hours: Tues - Fri: 10 A.M. - 5 P.M.; Sat.: 10 A.M. - 4 P.M.
Closed for lunch 12:00 P.M. - 1 :00 P.M.
Since 1997, MMSB has operated a province-wide Used Beverage Container Recycling Program that is administered as a deposit-refund system in accordance with specific parameters established under the Waste Management Regulations.
The program is financed through a consumer deposit of 8 cents on non-alcoholic beverages and 20 cents on liquor containers. Consumers receive a 5 cent refund when a non-alcoholic container is returned to a Green Depot for recycling and 10 cents on liquor containers. Used beverage containers collected and recycled through the program include products sold in aluminum, glass, plastic, steel, and mixed fibre packages.
More than 139 million used beverage containers were collected and recycled in 2007-08 through a province-wide network of Green Depots that accept containers from the public. That 's 4.3 million more containers than the year before, a record high since the program started in 1997. The overall recovery rate for used beverage containers also continues to grow every year and reached 68 per cent in 2007-08, the highest level achieved to date.
Since the inception of the program in 1997, almost 1.3 billion used beverage containers have been diverted from waste disposal sites in all corners of our province.
15 Churchill Street Tel: 896-5041
Open Hours: Tues - Fri: 10 A.M. - 5 P.M.; Sat.: 10 A.M. - 4 P.M.
Closed for lunch 12:00 P.M. - 1 :00 P.M.
Since 1997, MMSB has operated a province-wide Used Beverage Container Recycling Program that is administered as a deposit-refund system in accordance with specific parameters established under the Waste Management Regulations.
The program is financed through a consumer deposit of 8 cents on non-alcoholic beverages and 20 cents on liquor containers. Consumers receive a 5 cent refund when a non-alcoholic container is returned to a Green Depot for recycling and 10 cents on liquor containers. Used beverage containers collected and recycled through the program include products sold in aluminum, glass, plastic, steel, and mixed fibre packages.
More than 139 million used beverage containers were collected and recycled in 2007-08 through a province-wide network of Green Depots that accept containers from the public. That 's 4.3 million more containers than the year before, a record high since the program started in 1997. The overall recovery rate for used beverage containers also continues to grow every year and reached 68 per cent in 2007-08, the highest level achieved to date.
Since the inception of the program in 1997, almost 1.3 billion used beverage containers have been diverted from waste disposal sites in all corners of our province.
takeCHARGE of YOUR TOWN Challenge
From November 1st, 2010, to January 31st, 2011, communities throughout the province are being challenged to reduce their energy usage.
Here's how it works...
Municipalities and local service districts province-wide have registered for the takeCHARGE of Your Town Challenge.
Energy consumption will be measured over a three-month period beginning November 1st, 2010, and concluding January 31st, 2011.
The municipality that reduces their energy consumption by the highest percentage (compared to the same period last year) will win a $10,000 energy efficiency upgrade/retrofit for a municipal building in their town.
See our takeCHARGE newsletter or visit http://takechargenl.ca/ for more information.
Here's how it works...
Municipalities and local service districts province-wide have registered for the takeCHARGE of Your Town Challenge.
Energy consumption will be measured over a three-month period beginning November 1st, 2010, and concluding January 31st, 2011.
The municipality that reduces their energy consumption by the highest percentage (compared to the same period last year) will win a $10,000 energy efficiency upgrade/retrofit for a municipal building in their town.
See our takeCHARGE newsletter or visit http://takechargenl.ca/ for more information.