The SWRC database is planning to increase options for reuse and repair, in addition to its already expansive rundown on where to recycle a wide variety of products and materials. As a result, the options to keep and continue to make use of items that would otherwise be thrown away will be greatly improved.
The improved database can be found at their website, www.saskwastereduction.ca.
“We’d like to shift the conversation from ‘I don’t want this anymore, I’ll throw it away’ to ‘I don’t want this anymore, who can I give it to? How could I repurpose it?” and ‘This is broken, I’ll toss it’ to ‘This is broken, I wonder if there’s someone who can fix it?’,” said Joanne Fedyk, executive director of the SWRC in a press release.
The expanded database will also encourage small business development focussed on reuse and repair — a key factor of a ‘circular economy’ that prioritizes keeping materials and goods in the community and of use to the economy as long as possible.
Work on the website will begin in early 2021 and is expected to be complete by the end of September. People with a repair or reuse business who want to be included in the database can email database@swrc.ca or call 306-931-3242.
For more on the organization and information on recycling in Saskatchewan, visit swrc.ca.
