Kelowna residents are good recyclers.
Those words are from Waste Reduction Facilitator Cynthia Coates on the back end of Earth Day, but they are seeing some problems. "Unfortunately what we're seeing is disposable gloves and disposable masks and paper towels, which are really important things to keep in the garbage not in our recycling, especially during COVID-19. We are seeing some of that, so people think it's a rubber glove, it's a plastic type of glove so maybe I can recycle it, but that's not the case."
How is recycling sorted? The old fashioned way - by hand.