What do yogurt containers, fresh fruit “clamshells” and frozen food trays have in common? They are now accepted in RRC’s recycling program!
Thanks to our new recycling hauler, Phoenix Recycling Inc., RRC has expanded the types of allowable materials into our recycling program.
RRC’s recycling program accepts these materials, and more!
In addition to plastics #1 and #2, we can now accept plastics #3, #4, #5 and #7 in green lid Slim Jim containers located throughout our campuses. This means that yogurt and pudding containers, margaine tubs, salad dressing bottles and old tupperware containers can now be recycled into new products instead of taking the dead-end trip to the landfill. (All plastic bottles, containers and jars have a number that identifies the type of plastic. Check the bottom to find it.) In addition to plastics, food tins (tuna and soup tins), milk cartons and jugs and juice boxes should go in green-lid bins.
And don’t forget about the Cheerios!
Boxboard is commonly found in the garbage even though cereal, Kleenex and frozen food boxes can be recycled. These boxes should be flattened and put in blue lid Slim Jim recycling bins or deskside recycling bins (for staff).
Thanks for doing your part! 
What about #6 plastics? It is, of course, a very good thing that more types of plastics are accepted in RRC’s recycling program. However, #6 polystyrene plastic is conspicuous by its absence. There are two main types of #6 plastic: expanded and extruded. As far as I know there are no rcycling facilitites in the Winnipeg area that yet accepts expanded polystyrene (e.g. “soft” foam cups, plates, food containers, meat trays, egg cartons, etc.).
This begs the question about extruded polystyrene (e.g. “hard” plastic cutlery, clear drink cups, coffee lids, yoghurt containers, etc.) Does Phoenix recycling accept #6 extruded polystyrene platistics like the City of Winnipeg does with its curbside recyclying program or do we need to take these home to put in our blue rolling carts?
Please advise at your earliest convenience.
Regards,
Howard