Recycling at Home
• Remember the three Rs of responsible waste management: Reduce, Reuse
and Recycle
• Over 2 billion beverage containers have been recycled in Nova Scotia in the past 10 years
• Milk Cartons and other containers should be rinsed and placed in your recyclables bag.
• It takes approximately 12 2-litre PET bottles to make enough fiberfill for
one adult ski jacket
• Ensure all recyclables are clean and dry
• Making new cardboard from recycled cardboard takes 25% less energy than using fibre from
new wood
• Leftover paint can be taken free of charge to your local ENVIRODEPOT™ for recycling
• Nova Scotians dispose of almost 50% less garbage than the average Canadian
• Residents in Region 6 have recycled over 700,000 tires in the past 10 years.
• Up to 4 clean used car and tuck tires, up to 24.5inches, can be returned to
any tire
retailer for recycling.
• Nearly 55% of every aluminum can is made from recycled aluminum
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