So You Think You Can Compost?
This major YYC waste stream is one of the heaviest and focus for diversion.
What is food waste/organics?
Waste that cannot be recycled or composted ends up here
What is landfill?
This process turns materials like paper and aluminum into new products instead of sending them to landfill.
What is Recycle?
Banana peel
What is compost/organics?
This is the most common mistake that turns recyclables into garbage at YYC
What is contamination (example: liquids)
Responsible for most of YYC’s compost stream, this group dishes out waste along with meals.
Who are the food and beverage retailers?
Removing this from runways and aprons is critical to preventing aircraft damage and ensuring safe operations.
What is FOD?
This “R” focuses on using less in the first place to prevent waste before it’s created.
What is Reduce or Refuse?
Pop Bottle
What is bottles & cans?
If your coffee cup still has this inside, it doesn't belong in recycling
What is liquid
Though often thrown in the trash in washrooms, this common item actually belongs in the compost stream.
What are paper towels?
This to-go item fuels travelers, but also leads the pack as the most disposed of item in YYC public waste bins.
What are coffee cups?
Using a reusable water bottle instead of single-use plastic is an example of which waste principle.
What is Reduce?
Gum
What is Garbage/Landfill?
Interactive waste collection system, YYC has three located in International, US Departures, and Domestic Arrivals
What is Oscar
Despite resembling regular plastic, this certified material belongs in compost, not landfill.
What are compostable plastics? (The City of Calgary does not accept most compostable plastics, but we do!)
Travelling from all over the world, this waste stream is treated differently because of federal regulations related to biosecurity and contamination risks.
What is International Waste?
Choosing to fix an item helps extend its life and keeps it out of landfill, this is the goal of this “R.”
What is Repair?
Chip Bag
What is garbage/landfill?
This is the term used for keeping things out of the landfill
What is diversion
Composting reduces this greenhouse gas produced in landfills.
What is methane?
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is responsible for International Waste Regulations. Which Agency is responsible for enforcing the regulations?
What is CBSA?
Designing products to eliminate unnecessary components (like strawless lids) demonstrates this forward-thinking “R.”
What is Rethink?
Coffee Cup
What is Recycling?
There are the 4 streams of public waste collected and sorted at YYC
Garbage, organics, recyclable and beverage containers