DOING THINGS RIGHT
- MILESTONES
Alberta has achieved significant results in waste management
over the last 30 years:
- Introduced the Beverage Container Act, aimed at litter
control, in 1972.
- Established grant programs to support regional integrated
waste management facilities and local recycling operations.
- Since the establishment of Action
on Waste in 1991, the
province has achieved a 28 per cent capita decrease, from
1998 levels, of waste going to municipal landfills.
- Implemented hazardous waste legislation, the Swan Hills
Waste Treatment Centre and the Hazardous Waste Manifest
System.
- Developed or assisted with stewardship programs to manage
the recycling of beverage containers, used oil, scrap
tires,
milk containers, electronics porducts, fluorescent bulbs
and other wastes.
- Created the Household Hazardous Waste collection program.
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