Table 3.3
Materials prepared for recycling by type and by province and territory, 2008

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Materials prepared for recycling by type and by province and territory, 2008


Table summary
This table displays the results of materials prepared for recycling by type and by province and territory canada, newfoundland and labrador, prince edward island, nova scotia, new brunswick, quebec , ontario, manitoba, saskat- chewan, alberta, british columbia and yukon, northwest territories and nunavut, calculated using tonnes units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec  Note 1 Ontario Manitoba Saskat- chewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut
  tonnes
All materials diverted 8,473,257 x x 289,950 267,467 2,463,600 2,810,900 170,377 149,619 728,536 1,505,112 x
Newsprint 1,132,398 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 34,771 12,287 310,000 494,116 45,638 18,796 84,239 124,979 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Cardboard and boxboard 1,400,907 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 27,271 15,111 456,000 419,690 38,249 39,332 115,789 260,478 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Mixed paper 931,358 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 7,399 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 376,000 210,720 10,263 8,158 86,941 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Glass 421,007 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 1,222 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 103,000 143,780 7,361 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Ferrous metals 350,370 0 0 4,244 1,499 134,400 110,467 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 20,685 34,193 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Copper and aluminum 58,950 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 581 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 19,200 17,363 4,146 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 6,814 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Mixed metals 127,033 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 1,462 3,540 0 22,364 4,052 1,143 20,266 73,471 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
White goods 312,988 0 0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 270,000 12,376 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 2,743 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 12,192 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Electronics 24,367 0 0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 7,000 4,419 99 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 5,429 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0
Plastics 325,868 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 6,303 1,518 113,000 98,594 9,247 4,863 26,342 64,864 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Tires 158,336 0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 298 73,000 8,087 1,499 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 3,392 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 667
Construction, renovation and
demolition
720,076 0 0 40,368 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 211,000 209,628 2,331 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 54,056 198,480 0
Organics 2,439,223 0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 158,419 225,081 384,000 1,029,510 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 12,190 231,544 343,586 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Other materials 70,375 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 2,400 954 7,000 29,786 703 1,009 10,111 9,101 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
1.
Waste diversion data are derived from a survey administered by RECYC-QUÉBEC.
Note(s):
This information covers only those companies and local waste management organizations that reported non-hazardous recyclable material preparation activities and refers only to that material entering the waste stream and does not cover any waste that may be managed on-site by a company or household. Additionally, these data do not include 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(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 153-0043 (accessed October 7, 2011).
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