Condos and Apartments to Receive On Site Recycling Starting in the Spring

Media Release - January 30, 2012

Grande Prairie, AB – Many of Grande Prairie’s condominium and apartment residents will have on site recycling starting this spring as Aquatera launches multi-family recycling. The program will offer the same service single-family customers receive at the curb, including accepting the same materials together in a blue bag.

Beginning April 1, Aquatera will phase in multi-family recycling across the city, with all apartments and condominiums receiving the service by July 1. Rates will rise slightly on July 1 to reflect the improved service over the current community depots, which will be closed over the same period.

Rates for single-family customers will also reduce on July 1 as the community depots are closed, as the costs for depots are currently shared between single-family and multi-family customers.

Customers across the city will all have access to either curbside or on site collection of recycling, a first for Grande Prairie. Materials accepted at both single and multi-family will be the same – all paper, cardboard, boxboard, metal/aluminum cans, and hard plastics numbered one through seven.

Aquatera will present adjusted rates for approval by the end of April.

Quotes:

·         “We know our customers in multi-family units want this service and are eager to have recycling on site. We are pleased to offer this so quickly after launching curbside recycling last Fall.”

·         “When curbside recycling was introduced in 2011, we committed to reducing the single-family rate when the community recycling depots were closed, and plan to follow through with that commitment.”

o   Jeff Johnston, Chief Operating Officer

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Aquatera Utilities Inc. is the regional provider of water, wastewater, and solid waste services, and is a model of regional cooperation.  Shareholders are the City of Grande Prairie, County of Grande Prairie and the Town of Sexsmith.  Since 2003, Aquatera Utilities Inc. returned $26 million to the City, County and Town through cash dividends and franchise fees.