Capital Region Service Commission has announced a fee increase for proper disposal of appliances containing Freon gas. The rate is now $32 per unit, plus HST ($36.80). It is the first fee increase in over 15 years for CRSC’s Solid Waste Division. Units that could contain Freon include refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers and air conditioners. Some
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Fredericton Region Solid Waste, soon to be known as Capital Region Service Commission, has produced another educational video, this time from the air. With a New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund grant and filming and editing expertise from Fredericton-based Raynemaker Productions, the video covers the entire landfill from entering the gate down to its landfill gas
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We are in the midst of positive change in New Brunswick with local governance reform well underway. This restructuring is being led by the Government of New Brunswick through its Local Governance Reform Team, in conjunction with local governments, the regional service commissions and other stakeholder groups. Our path forward will lead to a modernized
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Commission 11, it is my pleasure to present the Annual Report for 2021. In her comments for last year’s report, Mayor Judy Wilson-Shee described 2020 as a year without precedent and one for which we couldn’t have been prepared. Although 2021 looked promising in terms of putting the pandemic behind us including restrictions being withdrawn
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Residents using their grey boxes for recycling collection are asked to flatten any cardboard product that does not easily fit inside the curbside container. The grey box is designed for paper and cardboard recycling, but those who collect the items face obstacles with large quantities of cardboard that is not broken down for easier access.
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One of Fredericton Region Solid Waste’s most popular programs is continuing, but there are changes to its Recycle@Work program. Recycle@Work is an office and school program designed to collect paper and some pieces of cardboard from those environments. The no charge service sees FRSW dollies placed in office areas and emptied on an as-needed, call
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Fredericton Region Solid Waste accepts electronics – or e-waste – as part of its recycling operations. The landfill, which serves an approximate 125-square kilometre coverage area, will work in conjunction with Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA), a national entity designed to divert a wide list of items out of the landfill. ‘We have studied the
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Fredericton Region Solid Waste is asking its residents not to purchase large blue or grey dollies with wheels for recycling purposes. Items contained in either of the wheeled dollies will not be collected as collection trucks are not equipped to handle the larger-sized items. The oversized dollies are meant for garbage only and trucks are
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Fredericton Region Solid Waste’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was presented to the public Thursday, Jan. 21. Those interested in the EIA surrounding FRSW’s landfill maximum height increase project registered at https://frswc.ca/eia/ That page also includes the regulator’s final report on the EIA. For further information, contact info@frswc.ca
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Fredericton Region Solid Waste encourages all of its approximately 140,000 customers over a 125-square kilometre area to recycle. FRSW has used its blue and grey recycle box collection since 2001. Over those two decades and continuing there has been only one change when milk, juice and soy cartons were introduced to the blue box, designed
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