Saskatoon still lags at diverting material from landfill

The percentage of material diverted from Saskatoon’s landfill increased slightly in 2017, but still remains far below city hall’s goal of 70 per cent.
The city’s waste diversion rate rose to 22.8 per cent last year, up from 21.8 per cent in 2016, according to a City of Saskatoon report. On a list of 18 other Canadian municipalities, only Regina ranked worse than Saskatoon in 2017, with a 21.8 per cent diversion rate.
The average rate among those cities is 43.7 per cent, the rep