1 challenge is plastic bags," said Langdon. "We probably get more plastic bags in our paper stream than any other contaminate right now." According to Recycle B.C., more than 2 million plastic bags make their way into the city's trash cans every week. program, plastic bags are supposed to be dropped off at recycling depots. To make matters more difficult, millions of plastic bags end up in Vancouver garbage cans each week.

Source: CBC News April 21, 2018 15:00 UTC