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Manitoba's NEW Replacement Gas Furnace and Boiler Regulation

Effective December 31, 2009, most new replacement furnaces will be required to have a minimum efficiency of 92 per cent. Comparable standards of 82 per cent and 80 per cent are established for replacement hot-water boilers and low-pressure steam boilers respectively.

þ Regulation

þ “Questions & Answers” fact sheet

Manitoba's New ecoDriver Program

Manitobans are encouraged to think green with the new “ecoDriver” program. For further information about the program, please click here.

E-waste Roundup

GREEN MANITOBA's E-waste Depots Open Year-Round!

Green Manitoba is pleased to announce the return of provincial electronic waste collection sites for 2009. As part of the province’s e-waste recycling program, 30 temporary collection points have been established throughout Manitoba and began May 15th to accept a variety of items such as TVs, VCRs and computers, free of charge to households.

Exact dates and depot locations can be located below and additional information will be updated as it becomes available. Manitoba’s E-waste Roundup 2007 & 2008 campagins kept over 1 million kilograms of e-waste out of Manitoba landfills.

þ News Release

þ E-waste Depot Locations, and Hours of Operation

þ E-waste Materials Accepted

WRARS Program

A Waste Reduction and Recycling Support (WRARS) Levy of $10 per tonne is introduced on waste disposed at Manitoba landfills. The WRARS Levy is intended to help discourage waste generation and encourage increased recycling and waste diversion activities. Eighty percent of the revenue collected from this levy will be rebated to municipalities to further promote recycling in Manitoba, with the remainder of the funding to be used for increased support for provincial e-waste and hazardous waste collection programs across Manitoba.

þ WRARS Program Guide

Highlights

Please click here for French posters

· Municipalities and Tire Dealers can now track their scrap tires online. Users please click here for more information and to access the online system

· Click here for the Green Manitoba On-line HHW Appointment System through Miller Environmental. For telephone bookings call Miller Environmental at 925-9600.

· Click here for the Winnipeg based E-waste depots promotional material.

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