Many organizations contributed to the new $1.2 million Wynyard Comprehensive Recycling Centre.
They celebrated their grand opening on April 5 with Sarcan and officials from the provincial government there to celebrate the finishing of the project, including MLA Hugh Nerlien for the Kelvington-Wadena consistency and Government Relations Minister Warren Kaeding.
General Manager of Special Projects Carl Ens says the new facility has doubled in square footage compared to their previous facility which was a refurbished grocery store.
“It’s bigger, brighter, and a much better area to serve customers in.”
The new facility also includes the drop and go service for customers to drop off and tag their recyclables without needing the assistance of staff.
The Wynyard facility is a joint effort between the town and Sarc/Sarcan, says Sydney Smith with Sarc and Sarcan communications, with the location sharing space with the town’s household recycling.
Prior to this, there was not a centralized facility in Wynyard, she says.
“With the partnership with the town, we’ve made it so you can bring in all your beverage containers, paint, and electronics, then the town recycling is on the other side where you can bring in your household plastics, newspapers, all that stuff.”
It is going to be really easy for consumers to take their waste into the facility and do all their recycling at that time, says Smith.
Smith says they have an excellent partnership with the town in getting the facility ready and having this relationship.
“It’s where we want to be moving with our small communities...anytime we can work with the towns to make it easy and central for everyone, that’s what we want to do.”
Funding for the facility came from the Building Canada funding with the federal, provincial, and municipal governments splitting the cost three ways, says Wynyard Mayor Albert Boylak.
“Funding from the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan was much appreciated, as collaborative infrastructure programs involving federal, provincial and municipal governments helps make projects like this one a reality for Wynyard,” he said in a government press release.
Not every community has the advantage of a recycling facility, says Boylak in a phone interview and this is a good way to bring in people from the area, not to use the facility but also to take advantage of other services within Wynyard.
Kaeding also said in a press release that the Government of Saskatchewan was proud to provide $380,000 of funding for the project.
“Key infrastructure investments improve a community’s quality of life, while projects like this one help make them environmentally sustainable,” he said.
