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New program to recycle hazardous goods
BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS From left: Gord Mackintosh, Doug Dobrowolski and Mark Kurschner, Product Care Association president. (WINNIPEG FREE PRESS) Photo Store
A day after Earth Day, the planet received a bit of help with the announcement of a new recycling program.
Product Care -- an industry association made up of and funded by the manufactures and sellers of hazardous household waste -- announced on Monday a new recycling program for fluorescent bulbs and household paint that begins May 1.
"We have to congratulate industry when they come forward and allow Manitobans to do what they want to do," said Gord Mackintosh, minister of conservation and water stewardship.
This announcement marks Phase 1 of a new initiative. Phase 2 begins Oct. 1, when the program expands to cover goods such as pesticides, flammable liquids and propane cylinders.
Phase 1 accounts for the majority of recycled materials. Mackintosh said every year, about nine million litres of paint and 600,000 fluorescent bulbs are sold in Manitoba. The province has funded and managed the recycling of hazardous household goods through the Green Manitoba agency. The goal is to place responsibility for recycling hazardous household goods into the hands of the people who manufacture and sell them.
A pamphlet for the paint-recycling program indicates retailers will charge consumers a fee -- not a tax -- when they purchase paint to fund the program.
"Its been a long time coming, but good things are worth waiting for," said Doug Dobrowolski, president of the Association for Manitoba Municipalities.
Manitobans will be able to take advantage of the new program at more than 50 collection sites operated by Product Care members such as Home Hardware, Rona and Canadian Tire throughout the province.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition April 24, 2012 A2
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