Local Waste Reduction News
Waste reduction, reuse, composting, and recycling news from around Saskatchewan.
December 2025:
- Canora’s transfer station signifies new era for local waste management
- Estevan to join SK Recycles’ new household paper and packaging program
- ‘We’re against it’: RM of Moose Jaw rejects city’s land annexation request
- Moose Jaw wants residents to deposit used Christmas trees at recycling depot
- Outlook town council report - decision made on waste removal
- Nisbet forest cleanup crew calls on Prince Albert to waive landfill fees
- Saskatoon students launch campaign to cut plastic waste
- Swift Current set to see rate adjustments with new Solid Waste Bylaw
- Warman chooses low-risk option as changes loom for recycling program
- $3.5M landfill revamp moves forward as Weyburn seeks CHIF support
- Biochar system to process crop waste in southern Saskatchewan
- Tire recycling fees set to rise in Saskatchewan
November 2025:
- Changes are coming to solid waste management in Canora
- Nipawin council reviews new landfill use agreement with local partners
- More Saskatoon apartments, condos could see organics pickup in 2027
- Swift Current repair cafe mends 100-year-old doll, knives, knickknacks & more
- Saskatchewan firm aims to fix soil with compost pellets
- Interview: Electronic Products Recycling Association of SK
October 2025:
- Moose Jaw nets nearly 3,000 kgs of household waste during collection event
- Swift Current landfill work to cost $1 million more than expected
- Changes to blue bin recycling in Weyburn
- Yorkton entering into agreement with SK Recycles
- Yorkton’s Solid Waste Management Bylaw updated
- Saskatoon startup BrewNature turns year-round organic waste into fertilizer
- SK company Prairie Robotics uses AI to identify curbside contamination
September 2025:
- Lloydminster considers SK vs. AB EPR packaging programs
- POLL RESULTS: Moose Jaw voters in favour of annexation for new landfill
- Blue cart recycling materials expanded for Melfort residents
- Swift Current considers increase to residential waste collection rates
- Saskatoon’s landfill could be in operation until 2070, city says
- USask researchers are greening the production of cement
- Saskatchewan communities can apply for federal funding for solid waste infrastructure projects until November 28
August 2025:
- POLL RESULTS: Moose Jaw voters in favour of annexation for new landfill
- Blue cart recycling materials expanded for Melfort residents
- Swift Current considers increase to residential waste collection rates
- Saskatoon’s landfill could be in operation until 2070, city says
- USask researchers are greening the production of cement
- Saskatchewan communities can apply for federal funding for solid waste infrastructure projects until November 28
July 2025:
- North Battleford opens year-round depot for household hazardous waste
- Estevan SARCAN opens upgraded facility on Bourquin Road
- Esterhazy town council awards three-year disposal tender
- Maple Creek holding Food Cycler pilot project
- FoodCycler Science addresses Melfort council
- Moose Jaw looking at three options for new landfill, including annexation
- Construction underway on Saskatoon organics processing facility as final costs are tallied
- New Northern SK scrap tire processor announced
- Saskatchewan company tests peat inoculant replacement made from waste materials
- Steel recycler Evraz rebrands as Orion Steel