Case Study
The City of Regina piloted a new recycling program in various municipal buildings across the city
CASE STUDY FIRST QUARTER UPDATE: CITY OF REGINA 2019 1. City Hall represented the office building pilot program. A deskside program was implemented, where a blue bin was provided to each employee with an accompanying hanging waste basket. The goal of this setup was to encourage recycling with the larger container, and reduce the amount of waste generation with the small hanging waste basket. Employees are required to take their deskside system to a centralized sorting station. The centralized stations included paper, refundables, waste and compost. Materials that are accepted in the compost bin at the City include paper towel, Kleenex, coffee grounds, and food waste. This allows for maximum diversion through the compost program. There are multiple centralized stations conveniently