Last year, the company bottled about 80,000 cases of pop -nearly two million bottles. When asked where those millions of empty plastic containers go, plant manager Grant Saxon said he doesn't know. But this is a politically-sensitive issue. It has come up at meetings and my boss has said that we will be a player or a partner if there is a plan for recycling. We are not against it.
Recycling is a good thing.
If the government pushes for a program we would definitely like to participate. To others, recycling is neither a volunteer effort, nor the responsibility of the government. Brian Hellwig operates the Iqaluit Recycling Centre, an alumnium can recycling business he took over from the Town of Iqaluit in 1993. The more compact it is, the less it costs for transportation. Hellwig's main customers are Frobisher Inn and the Royal Canadian Legion.