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/ ,~ <br />~~• <br />117L~T'S L~,111L1T'S OGT <br />~OLLE(TING, PROCESSING <br />AND FINANCING <br />YARD TRIMMINGS PROGRAMS <br />Surue~ of 124 corrtnttnrities ire Cnnada nrrd the <br />II.S. provides dntn ore burrs, cotlectiorr, <br />rrrnrkets nrrd Quern!! operntiorrs. <br />Knrcn Scollding and Richard Rrr~el <br />S part of an evaluation of yard <br />trimming: diversion programs <br />in Canada and the northern <br />United State.: taboce the 39th <br />parallel i. 1'?a municipal solid <br />waste agencies u.cre su n~eyed <br />oC which 03 re?pondcd. Cities <br />pulled were rhosc with populations over <br />IOO.000: a minimum of anc communitr• per <br />province or state wa contacted to provide <br />grographicnl balance. R'hat Collows is a <br />hmad tabular summa ; of our findings. All <br />measurements arc m tric and all costs are <br />in Canadian dD a ., ia]US=S1 i;Ct Per- <br />centages are based un the total number of <br />communities that responded to this sun•e)•. <br />RAG 1IR111S, RAMS AMD DIVERSION ~RDGRIAIS <br />Residential solid waste diversion pro• <br />grams texcluding card trimmings diver- <br />sions are a priority for most of the sun•cyed <br />communities. A clear majority s 83 permnt) <br />of the respondents have implemented four <br />or more programs.'~ommunit es collect res• <br />idential recyclables either trough curb- <br />side collection. dropo(i collection. or both <br />collection strotegies.Other promoted diver- <br />sion initiatives include: household haz- <br />a~dous wastes, tire.rrcycling, oil recycl~g.~ <br />plastic recycling, paint exchanges, bever• <br />age container depots, and tronstrvction/ae• <br />mofition recycling programs. Twenty-five <br />percent of [he communities har'e impler- <br />mented some form of kitchen scraps dive r- <br />lion. Seventy-four perrnnt of these initia- <br />tives take place in communities with <br />populatsons under ]85,000. <br />Uf the communities sun-eyed, t29'percent <br />have mcokcd same farm oCscasanal or vearv <br />round rnsiden[ial limits on bags or cans of <br />garbage. Cnl~m n• is unique in that it has im• <br />plrmentcd a tcmporon• limit of Frye bags or <br />cans per household collection during the fell <br />to ensure that routes ore completed on time. <br />Extra bags am IeR behind for pick up on the <br />r Fir{~.» ~ Crvrt„e[l I?99 <br />Ra99'~d i~av~s wry d~le~n,r~d to 27 foA drapaH sih, in Calgary la,f ywr. <br />