The City of Timmins is set to launch a new automated recycling and waste management system by early summer. This new system will help save taxpayer dollars and the environment. New, automated technology will help reduce waste collection costs and will increase your recycling efforts so less garbage ends up in the city’s landfill.
Overview of the New Recycling and Waste Management System
The new system allows for one vehicle to pick up both household waste and recyclables at the same time in a split bodied vehicle. An automated arm lifts and empties the waste bin into the vehicle’s waste compartment.
The arm then lifts and empties the recycling bin into the recycling compartment.
At the landfill, the vehicle’s waste compartment is emptied first. Because sorting of recyclables is not necessary with the new system, recycling is much easier. This means less waste in the landfill.
The vehicle then empties the recycling compartment into collection units that will be transported to a municipal recycling facility for sorting.
To see how the new automated system works, view the video below:
Download the Automated Waste and Recycling Collection fact sheet.
Two Bins to a Greener Future
Each home will receive a grey bin for household waste and a larger blue bin for recyclables.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Click image for larger view of waste/recycling bin placement.
1. On your regular weekly waste collection day, take both grey waste and blue recycling bins to the curb.
2. Take the blue recycling bin to the curb and place it on the left of the grey bin.
3. Make sure to leave at least two feet between the bins.
4. Make sure to place both bins as shown in the graphic.
5. Make sure lids open towards the street.
6. Place all acceptable recyclables in the blue bin. Do not pack recyclables tightly in the
blue bin. Cut down corrugated and cardboard before placing in the blue bin. Refer to the Recycling Guide provided with your blue bin.
Our municipality owes its existence to the initiative and efforts of prospectors by the names of Harry Preston, Sandy McIntyre and Benny Hollinger, who in the early 1900′s discovered gold. Financiers Noah and Henry Timmins were responsible for the development of the Hollinger Mine and, thus, the name Timmins came to the forefront and has been our proud designation ever since. 
