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WASTE & RECYCLING
The Rural Municipality of Springfield has recently contracted the services of BFI Canada to manage its waste and
recycling programs at the transfer stations.
If you have any questions, or need information on how you can reduce, reuse and recycle, contact one of the
attendants on duty or, alternatively, the Public Works Department at 444-2241 between 7:00 am and 4:30 pm
Monday through Thursday or between 7:00 am and 3:30 pm on Friday.
As of May 2, 2006 Waste Management Inc. of Winnipeg is the recycling contractor for all communities.
Oakbank has both waste and recycling scheduled for Thursday pickup.
Dugald, Vivian, Glass, Anola, Cooks Creek and Hazelridge will have both waste and recycling scheduled for Tuesday pickup.
Please have your waste and recycling at the curbside by 7:00 am on the day of pick up. Proper recycling
procedures apply to both depot and curbside.
Items that can be recycled and the proper procedure for recycling these products is as follows:
- plastic pop bottles (rinsed, crushed, discard lids)
- steel (tin) and aluminum cans (rinsed)
- #1 and #2 plastic containers (discard lids)
- juice boxes – also called tetra pacs, or aseptic containers (flattened, discard
straws) milk and juice cartons (rinsed, crushed)
- glass jars and bottles (remove and discard lids)
- Newspaper
- Magazines
- Envelopes (discard cellophane window)
- Telephone books
- Mixed paper
- Junk mail
- All types of cardboard (at curbside folded into 3x5 squares and tied).
Some items that are not recyclable at this time are:
- window glass
- facial tissue
- light bulbs
- paper towels
- china & ceramics
- aerosol cans
- mirrors
- aluminum foil
- pie plates
- styrofoam packaging
- hangers
- cellophane
- milk bags
All recyclable materials can be placed co-mingled in the bin provided at the transfer station. Some new items
that can now be recycled are #4, #5 and #7 plastics. These include such containers as margarine, ketchup,
plastic storage containers—please check the number on the plastic material to see if it is recyclable. If there is
no number it is not a recyclable material.
#6 plastic material is still not accepted at this time.
At curbside all material listed above can be placed loosely in your blue box. Please place newspapers in a
plastic clear bag, or shopping bag left open in your blue box or beside your blue box. Cardboard should be
folded 3x5 square, tied and placed beside your blue box.
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
For more information on recycling you can access the Manitoba Product Stewardship Corporation website
at www.mpsc.com. From this website you can link to many other recycling websites such as MBRecycles – an
online recycling group, Ecoville (a fictional town) created by Manitoba Association of Regional Recyclers, and
Virtual Recycling to learn more about school recycling and the STAR program. There is also access to
community directories to find out all about Springfield and other communities, the promotion section has
plenty of fun clipart for kids to download, and much more!! Please visit the site, learn and have fun!!
Transfer Station Hours of Operation:
Summer hours will now be as follows
April 1 to October 31
Hillside Transfer Station (Ph. 222-7516)
Tuesday to Thursday
8 am to 8 pm
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
8 am to 6 pm
Closed Monday
Oakwood Transfer Station (Ph. 755-2220)
Monday
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Wednesday
12:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Closed Tuesday and Thursday
Winter hours will now be as follows
November 1 to March 31
Hillside Transfer Station
Tuesday to Sunday
8 am to 6 pm
Closed Monday
Oakwood Transfer Station
Monday and Wednesday
12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Friday to Sunday
9 am to 6 pm
Closed Tuesday and Thursday
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