Provincial Initiatives : New Brunswick Solid Waste Association

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Provincial Initiatives

Provincial Initiatives

Beverage Containers
Beverage container recycling in New Brunswick has diverted over one billion containers from landscapes and landfills since 1992, creating some 250 part- and full-time jobs throughout the province.

Tire Stewardship Program
Every year, New Brunswickers buy about 700,000 new tires. As a result of the Tire Stewardship Program, over 2.5 million tires have been diverted from New Brunswick landfills since late 1996, creating jobs and valuable products. Tires are collected and processed by Tire Recycling Atlantic Canada Corporation (TRACC), which shreds and crumbs the rubber in the tires to manufacture various new rubber products.

Used Oil
Each year, nearly 2.5 million litres of used oil are generated in New Brunswick. Used oil can seep into and contaminate the water table, adds to air pollution and can create explosions or fires. In 2001, the Province passed the Used Oil Regulation. Under this regulation, used oil must be brought to a Return Facility for safe disposal.

Used Paint

The new paint program is the first EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) program under Recycle NB.

EPR indicates a paradigm shift by extending the traditional environmental responsibilities that producers and distributors have traditionally been assigned, to complete the cycle and include the management of their products after they have been consumed.

Every year approximately 5,000,000 litres of architectural paint are purchased in New Brunswick

Paint Brand Owners are responsible for collecting and managing left over (unwanted)
paint from New Brunswick consumers

At least 70% of all recyclable paint collected under the program will be reused as paint

Product Care Association, on behalf of Paint Brand Owners, developed a tailor made New Brunswick plan for leftover paint. Even the paint can is recyclable.

To learn more about our Paint Stewardship program or to find a paint depot near you, please visit our website: recyclenb.com.