The City of Dauphin got a glimpse into the effectiveness of its waste programs through a recent study completed by Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba (MMSM).

Results of a Residential Waste Composition Study completed in 2023 were forwarded to the City recently, providing data on waste generation and composition, as well as a snapshot of material recovery rates of eligible recyclable material.

At a recent meeting of city council, Director of Public Works and Operations Mike VanAlstyne said the study results did not contain any surprises.

“Every five years or so Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba conducts audits in all the communities across the province. There’s a rotating audit schedule. Contractors come and investigate the contents of the community’s waste and figure out the amount of recycling and cross-contamination and different things like that,” VanAlstyne said. “So nothing really big came out of the study or the audit, that they provided.”

The study spanned two consecutive weeks in October 2023 with waste collected and sorted from 10 single family dwelling areas consisting of 10 households in each area, as well as from two multi-family dwellings consisting of 30 and 32 units.

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