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Originally Posted by fotze
I heard from a guy that works there that some of the recycling has no 'market' so it is stored and sometimes just dumped into the regular landfills. Not just because of the flood but ever sicne it started.
This can't be true? All recycling is actually recycled, right?
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Some of the stuff is just currently stored. The market fall of 2008 put a dent into the market for some of the stuff.
Styrofoam is recyclable, but the city has never accepted it in the blue bins, as there is even less of a market for that.
The city does try to find uses for some of the materials. For example, they are using broken glass as aggregate in asphalt paving.
These aren't problems that are exclusive to Calgary. This is also why reducing and reusing are more important than recycling.