Personal: Recycling at Bottle Depots
Recycling is not just good for the environment, but you could even make some extra money. Re-use and Recycle - scrap for cash! The government requires that many consumer containers be recyclable, and still others re-useable. To prevent wasting re-useable containers, manufacturers and retailers may charge a deposit on the containers when you buy the products inside. These deposits are returned when customers return the containers.
Scrap metal dealers will accept certain types of recyclable metals in sufficient quantities. Some schools even save their empty aluminum beverage cans, and sell them to scrap dealers as a fundraising initiative. The following businesses in the Sault Ste. Marie area buy scrap metal:
Blue Box Recycling If you don't want to take the trouble to save up sufficient quantities of scrap for cash at dealers, you can always drop it in your blue box, and have it picked up at the curb. Recyclable products accepted by the blue box program include:
Note that in some areas, blue box pick-up days are different from your regular household garbage pick-up day. Call the Regional Municipality of Sault Ste. Marie for the blue box day in your neighbourhood at (705) 673-2171. Over 500 million containers are returned each year, which is about 80 - 90 per cent of all those containers manufactured and sold. Of course, many of the balance are accounted for by the "blue box" program and are recycled, so our land fills are not burdened with unnecessary waste materials. Sault Ste Marie recently added yellow boxes to recycle paper and other fibers.
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