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Hey Kelowna! These things don't go in your recycle bin
Everything from books to toys clogging up machines
Kelowna has just been dinged with a $55,000 penalty for too much contamination in our blue bins.
Waste audits conducted regularly by Recycle BC show contamination in the region's curbside recycling carts average eight per cent, well above allowable levels of three per cent.
So what are we doing wrong?
Toby, from 103.1 Beach Radio, spoke with RDCO Manager of Engineering Services Travis Kendel about what is and isn’t allowed in our recycling bins.
Check out the video to find out!
More information on what to recycle in your curbside cart or at a depot, visit rdco.com/recycle, download the free Recycle Coach app.
Published 2023-02-27 by Connor Chan
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