Innisfail is about to get a little greener.
The town’s curbside recycling green box program, which was approved by town council in April, officially gets underway tomorrow.
Operational services director Bob Schulz said last week’s wet weather has delayed the delivery of some of the boxes, but said residents will still be able to recycle even if they have yet to receive a bin. Six community groups are currently delivering the boxes to residences, and Schulz said anyone living in a duplex or less will receive one.
“They’ll still be able to put their recyclables out but they’ll just have to put it out in a different container,” Schulz said, asking that bin be labelled somehow. “We’ll still pick it up until we have the green bins.”
Among the materials residents will now be able to recycle are chipboard and boxboard, brown paper bags, phone books, catalogs, magazines, newspapers, dairy and juice containers, aluminum cans, glass bottles and jars, junk mail, office and school paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and containers, and tin or steel cans.
Schulz said lighter materials, including paper and magazines, should be placed on the bottom of the bin, while heavier materials, including glass and tin, should be placed on top. Bulk cardboard should be placed underneath the bin.
Schulz said residents should put their recycling out at the same place and time as their garbage.
Residents will now be charged for any recycling they bring to the transfer station, and the station’s hours will change to 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays beginning June 30.
“We’re offering door-to-door pickup so anyone taking it there we are assuming is not from the town,” Schulz explained, noting the town is hoping for full cost recovery at the transfer station.
He asked anyone with any concerns or questions on the new rates to contact him at the town office.
