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Recycling and Waste

Manufactured Products from Recyclable Materials

Locale Recycler End Product
Used Tires
Nova Scotia Atlantic Recycled Rubber, Colchester Crumbed rubber (can be used as playground padding)
Outside Nova Scotia Quebec, Ontario and the United States Crumbed rubber exported to become athletic fields, asphalt, playground padding, rubber insulation for sound barrier, rubberized roofing material, shingles, running shoe soles, etc.
Used Tires (mainly truck tires)
Nova Scotia A number of companies throughout the Province e.g. Eastern Tire Services, New Glasgow; Crown Tires Services, Lunenburg; Miller Tire, Dartmouth Retreaded into new tires
Newspapers
Nova Scotia Canadian Keyes Fibre

Thermocell

Port Hawkesbury		 Egg cartons, carry out trays, food containers

Insulation

Wall board
Cardboard
Nova Scotia Minas Basin Pulp and Power, Hantsport

Maritime Paper, Dartmouth

Crown Fibre Tube Inc., Kentville 		Liner board

Cardboard boxes made from liner board

Sona tubes and cardboard cores made from liner board
Office paper
Outside Nova Scotia Paper mills in Quebec, Ontario and United States New office paper, toilet tissue
Mixed paper
Outside Nova Scotia Quebec and Ontario Recycled paper, roofing felt, boxboard
Metal steel cans; Scrap Metal
Outside Nova Scotia Quebec and Ontario Planes, trains, automobiles, and other new steel products
Aluminum
Outside Nova Scotia Quebec and United States Aluminum ingots and product
Milk Cartons
Outside Nova Scotia Asia Fine grade paper
PET
Nova Scotia NOVAPET Inc. PET
Outside Nova Scotia Manufacturers throughout North America Becomes carpet, clothing, etc.
HDPE
Nova Scotia NOVAPET Inc., Amherst

ROPAK Canada Inc., Cumberland County

Scotia Plastics, Shubenacadie		 Cleaned and sorted flaked HDPE

Plastic pales

Drainage tubing
Outside Nova Scotia Manufacturers throughout North America Becomes many different types of plastic products such as containers, toys, etc.
Mixed plastics
Nova Scotia NOVAPET Inc., Amherst Cleaned and sorted flaked
Outside Nova Scotia Manufacturers throughout North America Becomes plastic products
LDPE
Outside Nova Scotia Newfoundland and PEI, United States and Asia Plastic lumber

Many plastic film products
Glass and Wine Bottles
Nova Scotia Enviro-Glass, Dartmouth

Vintage Glass, Lunenburg
 Aggregate

Decorative pieces
Outside Nova Scotia New Brunswick Glass bottles
Food and yard waste
Nova Scotia Compost facilities throughout the Province

Farmers throughout NS 		Compost

Direct land application
Used cooking oil and animal by-products
Nova Scotia Rothsay, Truro

S.F. Rendering Ltd., Canard, Kings County
 Animal feed Ingredients
Boxboard
Nova Scotia Compost facilities throughout the Province

The Bin Dr., Dartmouth
 Compost

Compost container (mini-bin) liners
Outside Nova Scotia Toronto New boxboard
Old clothing
Nova Scotia Charities throughout Nova Scotia

Acadian Wipers, Digby

A number of Adult Service Centres throughout the Province.
 Reused clothing

Rags
Pallets
Nova Scotia A number of pallet manufacturers throughout NS

A number of Adult Service Centres throughout the Province

STORA's paper mill, Port Hawkesbury

Brooklyn Energy 		New pallets

Kindling, bird houses

Fuel
Old Computers
Nova Scotia Technology Recycling Program, NS Department of Education, Halifax
 Repaired and given to schools
Outside Nova Scotia Quebec Refined for precious metals
Construction and demolition materials
Nova Scotia Many areas throughout NS

STORA, Port Hawkesbury

Landfill cover and road amendment

Salvageable products for resale

Clean wood as fuel
 New pallets

Kindling, bird houses

Fuel
Used Paint
Nova Scotia Paint Recycling Company, Springhill
 New Paint
Used crankshaft oil
Nova Scotia Refined at Inland Technologies Inc., Debert Fuel
    New/Used crankshaft Oil
Tetra Paks
Outside Nova Scotia Ontario Paper content used to remake paper