Table 4-2Materials prepared for recycling by type, by province and territory — 2006

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2006
  Newfound-
land and Labrador		 Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Bruns-
wick		 Quebec 1 Ontario Manitoba Saskat-
chewan		 Alberta British Columbia Yukon Territory, North-
west Terri-
tories and Nunavut		 Canada
  tonnes
Newsprint x x 33,128 10,011 593,000 380,281 34,240 19,905 65,119 x x 1,261,891
Cardboard and boxboard x x 31,373 9,808 462,540 474,211 44,442 16,925 121,886 280,131 x 1,471,315
Mixed paper x x 8,592 x 130,460 194,698 17,710 3,195 78,657 x x 688,003
Glass x x 1,511 0 117,000 179,341 7,973 x x 39,406 x 400,003
Ferrous metals x 0 2,962 x 111,800 80,794 18,360 x 20,034 22,811 x 278,036
Copper and aluminum x 0 x x 10,000 21,290 3,227 x x x x 51,225
Mixed metals x x x x 18,500 22,343 3,779 2,065 14,745 81,595 x 148,231
White goods x x 4,700 x 248,000 22,023 x 3,092 12,099 7,158 x 299,397
Electronics 0 0 0 x 3,000 4,251 x x 2,631 x 0 11,357
Plastics x x 4,540 864 95,000 60,195 5,696 4,637 14,852 44,956 x 232,339
Tires x x x x 70,000 4,948 955 x 2,508 35,987 x 138,646
Construction, renovation and demolition 0 0 51,263 10,633 236,000 187,353 2,704 x 34,300 188,323 x 715,364
Organics 0 x 133,934 x 360,000 732,200 12,490 3,627 231,459 292,031 x 2,006,461
Other materials x 0 1,808 323 1,000 32,927 353 x 6,099 1,575 x 46,763
All materials 30,385 x 275,983 252,174 2,456,300 2,396,856 152,799 106,868 652,637 1,366,191 x 7,749,030
1.
Waste diversion data are derived from a survey administered by RECYC-QUÉBEC.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding. 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, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, CANSIM table 153-0043.