Table 13
Recycling access and usage in Canada, by material and province, 2007

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Recycling access and usage in Canada, by material and province, 2007
  Paper Plastics Glass Metal
Access to program 1 Used program 2 Recycled all 3 Access to program 1 Used program 2 Recycled all 3 Access to program 1 Used program 2 Recycled all 3 Access to program 1 Used program 2 Recycled all 3
  percent
Canada 98 96 62 96 96 67 94 94 74 94 92 71
Newfoundland and Labrador 54 83 33 81 93 58 72 89 50 60 73 46
Prince Edward Island 98 97 61 98 98 80 98 97 84 99 97 82
Nova Scotia 97 97 63 96 98 75 94 96 79 96 94 76
New Brunswick 87 83 40 92 85 48 71 80 50 77 78 51
Quebec 99 97 64 99 97 69 97 95 73 97 94 70
Ontario 99 98 66 99 98 73 98 97 82 98 96 80
Manitoba 97 93 54 94 91 53 92 88 59 92 86 60
Saskatchewan 95 88 43 86 90 46 78 84 47 82 77 44
Alberta 95 91 48 90 89 49 88 85 59 85 80 50
British Columbia 98 96 65 94 96 67 90 94 74 90 92 70
1.
As a percentage of households with access to a recycling program.
2.
As a percentage of households able to recycle the given material.
3.
As a percentage of households able to recycle the given material that participated in recycling.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 2007 (survey no. 3881).