WINNIPEG – When you toss your pop bottle or empty can into a recycling bin, do you ever wonder what happens to it?
There are dozens of Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) in Manitoba that accept recycled materials and prepare them for processing.
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Crushed plastic and aluminum drink containers are being used to make all kinds of new products, including umbrellas, pens, jackets, cooler bags and even T-shirts.
We caught up with Christa Rust from the Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association, the folks behind the wildly popular Recycle Everywhere campaign, who took us inside Emterra’s recycling centre
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