A comprehensive report connected to the collection of this city’s trash and recyclable products was delivered to Estevan’s city councillors on Aug. 15.
Regens Disposal Limited which has the contract for those collection services reported that the average trash cart in the month of June weighed 24.42 kg. The trash is collected weekly in the residential areas of the city.
In June 15,874 carts were emptied for a total weight of 387,480 kg., said the company in the detailed report.
With an average trash cart weighing about 9.08 kg., that means the average residential address in Estevan will dispose of over 15 kg. of trash in a typical week.
During that same month, 4,073 blue carts, designated for recyclable materials collected a total of 37,000 kg. and the typical schedule for recycled goods pickups is once every two weeks.
In an even more detailed report, Regens provided information regarding recycling pickups in certain sections of the city.
Based on weight measurements the Hillcrest area of the city provided the most recyclable materials at just over 10,530 kg. while Hillside was just under 10,400 kg. followed by Pleasantdale at 9,600 kg and Westview with 6,410. These weights included the weight of the carts themselves which varied from 8.67 kg. to over 12.5 kg.
In July with fewer carts to handle, the recycling load in Hillcrest declined to 7,700 kg while Hillside’s cart count, being much higher than in June, loaded 12,870 kg. into the recycling trucks followed by Pleasantdale with 7,660 and Westview with 6,020.
The company also noted that in June they received 25 requests for repairs or replacement parts for trash and recycling carts with most of the requests being for lid replacements while three were for missing or badly damaged carts and one was for wheel replacement.
