Beginning June 2, we will no longer be collecting contaminated blue bags.
Roughly 35% of recycling in our community isn’t properly sorted or clean enough. Do your part to help us reduce contaminants on the recycling line. Take care to empty and rinse your recyclables, and make sure only plastic, paper, cardboard, and metal go in the blue bag.
Since blue bags are transparent, it’s easy for our recycling team to spot things that don’t belong. We’re going to start looking more closely to make sure all the bags we pick up are recycle ready.
Let's work together to make sure blue bags are as clean as they can be ♻︎
Need help sorting? No problem.
Use the helpful sorting tool on the eco360 app or call us at (506) 877-1040 for more information.
WHAT BELONGS IN THE BLUE BAG?
What’s okay—and what’s not okay—to put in the blue bag? It’s easy.
Recyclables include plastic, paper, cardboard, metal, and more.
WHAT DOES NOT BELONG IN THE BLUE BAG?
Food waste (bags of mouldy bread, containers half-full of expired food, meat tray liners), hygiene waste (diapers, tampons, pads, condoms, Band-Aids), clothing and textiles, hazardous waste (batteries, needles, propane tanks), cat litter, and tanglers (cords, hoses, cables, chains) don’t belong in the blue bags.
We’ve even found large items such as car parts, bowling balls, toilet seats, and televisions in blue bags as actual “attempts” at recycling.
We can do better, Southeast New Brunswick!
WHERE DO ITEMS THAT DON'T BELONG IN THE BLUE BAG GO?
Waste material that doesn’t go in the blue bag may belong in the green organics bag, the clear garbage bag, or a designated depot.
The following items are okay to put in the green organics bag:
Food scraps, expired or moldy food, bones, coffee grinds, yard waste, napkins, paper towels, tissues, and tobacco.
Everything that doesn’t go in the blue bags, green bags, or depots should go in the clear garbage bags!
STILL NOT SURE WHAT GOES IN WHAT BAG?
You can learn what belongs in the blue, green, and clear bags by downloading the free Eco360 app or by using our helpful sorting tool.
WHY RECYCLING MATTERS
Recycling is the right thing to do—and there’s a right way to do it. Poor sorting negatively impacts our operations and the community’s recycling efforts more than you might think.
If you don’t properly sort your recycling, it can contaminate clean material, making sorting harder, more dangerous, and more costly.
Improperly sorted materials have a hefty environmental impact, taking up space and generating harmful greenhouse gases. Recycling also means new resources don’t need to be extracted from the earth and processed, saving energy.
We need to work together to prolong the life of precious landfill cells by putting only the right items in the blue bags to help protect the environment for future generations.
LEARN MORE
For sorting information, collection schedules, and reminders, download the Eco360 app.
