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Table 2
Organic waste diversion by province, 2002 and 2004

	2002	2004	2002 to 2004	2002	2004
	Organics diversion		Percentage change	Organics diversion as a share of total diversion
	tonnes		percent
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0	0	0	0
Prince Edward Island	20,664	26,671	29	67	59
Nova Scotia	82,341	93,458	14	43	42
New Brunswick	82,725	90,585	10	63	63
Quebec¹	246,000	225,000	-9	14	11
Ontario	393,328	644,586	64	17	22
Manitoba	16,261	20,995	29	8	9
Saskatchewan	x	x	x	x	x
Alberta	261,069	290,959	11	38	38
British Columbia	198,996	265,514	33	16	21
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut	x	x	x	x	x
Canada	1,310,790	1,669,145	27	20	21
1. Data are derived from a survey administered by RECYC-QUÉBEC. Note: Covers only those companies and local waste management organizations that reported they prepared non-hazardous material for recycling. Does not include materials managed on-site, or those materials transported by the generator directly to secondary processors such as pulp and paper mills while bypassing entirely any firm or local government involved in waste management activities. Source: Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Waste Management Industry Survey: Business and Government Sectors, 2002 and 2004.