Local Waste Reduction News
Waste reduction, reuse, composting, and recycling news from around Saskatchewan.
March 2025:
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Changes coming to Regina's recycling program, including fines for banned materials in blue bins -- article link
- Saskatoon one step closer to expanding elm wood disposal program -- article link
- Saskatoon students fight food waste to support those in need -- article link
- New landfill project will ‘absolutely’ begin this year, Moose Jaw city manager says -- article link
- The future of Lloydminster’s Landfill considered -- article link
- Weyburn set to transition to new recycling model -- article link
- Sharing skills: SWRC Repair Cafe Weyburn volunteers share on helping out -- article link
- Repair Café returning to Estevan with free fixes and a call for volunteers -- article link
- Canora: Commercial property owners facing big garbage collection change -- article link
- Yorkton residents about to pay more for refuse collection -- article link
- Newest Prince Albert Hicks Gallery exhibit draws attention to waste, consumerism, and superficiality -- article link
February 2025:
- Regina's contract terminated for permanent compost facility -- article link
- Saskatoon ponders changes to garbage and organics collection for multi-unit housing -- article link
- Major changes coming to Moose Jaw landfill in 2025 -- article link
- Discussion continues on waste management solutions for Swift Current -- article link
- Île-à-la-Crosse, Sask., company teams up with flies-as-food startup to provide fish guts as feed -- article link
- Saskatoon company's app helps food banks track inventory and reduce waste -- article link
- FlashFood app saves money, decreases waste says Regina grocer -- article link
- A culture of repair: SWRC seeking volunteers for upcoming Weyburn Repair Cafe -- article link
January 2025:
- Organic recycling bins approved by Yorkton council -- article link
- A LOOK BACK: New landfill site rejected, placing ever-increasing pressure on Moose Jaw City Hall -- article link
- What Saskatchewanians can and can't recycle during Christmas cleanup -- article link
December 2024:
- SK Recycles partners with SARCAN to recycle glass, foam, flexible plastic -- article link
- Award presented to U of S Professor for turning canola, oat and flax waste into high-value products -- article link
- Swift Current Repair Café keeps the motor running, the lights on, and the gears spinning -- article link
- Ituna rink group fined for illegal waste disposal -- article link
November 2024:
- Moose Jaw city hall confident that landfill will close by 2030, if not sooner -- article link
- Yorkton highlights recycling program, helping local residents retain work -- article link
October 2024:
- Ag-West Bio invests in Saskatchewan startup focused on diverting waste from landfills -- article link
- Behind the scenes of Ag Recycling: Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council summer students help conduct rinse rate audits -- article link
- Meet the Saskatoon duo diverting tonnes of waste from the landfill -- article link
- Old phones turned in so others can have new ones - Sasktel -- article link