Recycling Issues

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In an ideal world that wouldn't be an issue, as organics (garbage that actually smells) would still be collected weekly. I wonder what waste audits would reveal with respect to what % of waste generated by residents can't be recycled or green binned.

Reports show that our landfill has ~20 years of life left. If you look at the Waste WR twitter account, you'll see some recent numbers about audits: just 1/3 of garbage is actually garbage, 2/3 are recycling or organics. If people would properly sort their waste, the landfill would have ~60 years of life instead of 20, and we'd have the $150,000,000+ cost of a new incinerator/landfill/etc multiple generations down the line instead of right around the corner.

Next time someone says "why'd we waste $253 million on LRT to move tens of thousands of people a day?" just answer "because we're wasting $150 million because you won't sort your garbage."