While speaking with a garbage truck operator last week, Edmonton resident Ann Vriend was disappointed to learn that her blue bags were being sent to the landfill. The recycling facility currently employs 47 people, as opposed to its usual 50, in order to respect physical distancing rules, the statement said. "Doing things like this will save money in the long run, especially if you look at the entire waste system," Stepchuk said. "The real solution is to stop it before it ever gets into the waste management system by reducing, reusing, repairing, those sorts of things." "I'm going to save it, and if I end up with 12 bags of recyclables under my deck, so be it," she said.

Source: CBC News May 03, 2020 12:56 UTC