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Municipal Recycling Bridge Funding
Registration Form for New Applicants
Eligibility Requirements
Municipalities must:
 have operated paper and cardboard recycling programs since 2012;
 plan to continue the recycling operations in 2013-2014; and
 be able to provide records of recycling, including written receipts for the volume of paper
and cardboard recycled in 2012.
Submitting Your Registration Form
Submission deadline is August 14, 2013. You can submit your form by mail, fax or email. We
will confirm your acceptance into the program by email or telephone.
Che Wei Chung
Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association
200 - 2222 13th Avenue
Regina, SK S4P 3M7
recycle@suma.org
Phone: 306-525-4389 Fax: 306-525-4373
For additional information on the Municipal Recycling Bridge Financing Program, please visit
www.saskmunicipalrecycling.ca
Municipal Contact Information
Please print clearly.
Municipality Name:_____________________________________________________________
Recycling Contact:________________________
Street Address/Box #:__________________________________________________________
City/Town:____________________________________________________________________
Postal Code:_____________________________
Telephone:______________________________
Email: __________________________________
Mayor/Reeve: __________________________
Administrator: __________________________
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Eligibility
Only municipalities that offer paper/cardboard recycling service to local residents will be
considered for funding. To determine eligibility, please answer the following question:
How are paper/cardboard services provided in your municipality? (Please check one)
(a)
Independent municipal operations (i.e., municipality sells material directly to a broker or
paper mill)
(b)
Contract with waste management company (Loraas, Regens, Waste Management)
(c)
In partnership with a neighbouring municipality (not as part of a regional waste
authority)
(d)
Through membership in a regional waste authority
(e)
Through a local SARC operation
(f)
Our municipality does not provide paper/cardboard recycling

If you answered (d) or (e), bridge funding for your recycling service providers will be
administered by SARC or ARWMAS. Please contact these organizations for further details.

If you answered (f), you are not eligible for bridge funding.

If you answered (a), (b) or (c) you are eligible for bridge funding. Please answer the
following questions:
YES NO
Our municipality has operated a paper and cardboard recycling program
since 2012.
We plan to continue the recycling operations in 2013-2014; and
We will provide records of recycling, including written receipts for the
volume of paper and cardboard recycled from 2012.
In order to receive bridge funding, eligible municipalities
must complete the following questionnaire.
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I. Contract Terms
If your municipality has contracted a waste management company to provide
paper/cardboard recycling services, please answer these questions. If not, skip to
section II.
1. Please provide the terms of your contract arrangement (check one)
(a)
(b)
(c)
Full-cycle service (Company provides bins, collection, transportation. Municipality
receives no revenue from paper mill or recycling broker.)
Curbside collection: Yes
No
Partial-cycle service (Company provides bins, collection and transport to paper mill
or recycling broker. Municipality receives revenue from/pays to paper mill or
recycling broker.)
Neighbour municipality (Municipality pays another municipality to pick up and
transport locally-collected paper/cardboard.)
2. How is your municipality charged for paper/cardboard recycling service? Please fill in all
applicable lines.
Type of Charge
Per capita
Per tonne
Per truck load
Per bin tip
Bin rental
Flat rate
Transportation
surcharge
Other:
Current Rate
________________/capita
________________/tonne
_________________/load
________________/bin tip
___________________/bin
per month OR per year (circle one)
____________/month OR year
_______/trip OR month OR year
Rate Type (check one)
Fixed
Fluctuating
Fixed
Fluctuating
Fixed
Fluctuating
Fixed
Fluctuating
Fixed
Fluctuating
Fixed
Fixed
Fluctuating
Fluctuating
Fixed
Fluctuating
II. Paper/cardboard recycling costs
1. What was the approximate cost for your municipality in 2012 for paper/cardboard
recycling?
a) total ________________________________
b) expenditures _________________________
c) revenues ____________________________
d) contract costs (if applicable)______________
2. How does your municipality charge residents for recycling programming?
a) ___ Included in tax base.
Mill rate allocated to recycling paper/cardboard: ______
b) ___ Separate user fee.
Amount and frequency of payment (per month, per year): __________
c) ___ Pay-as-you-throw. (Residents charged per bag or truck load)
Amount: _________
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d) ___ No fee
e) ___ Other (please describe) ______________________________________
III. Collection
1. How many collection points do you have in your municipality?
_________________________
2. What type of recycling equipment does your municipality own? (Please check all that
apply)
a) ___ Bailer
b) ___ Haul truck
c) ___ Bins
How many? _____________
d) ___ Storage facility
e) ___ Other (please describe)
_______________________________________________
3. For municipalities not contracted with a waste management company:
Does your municipality offer curbside pickup for recycling? Yes _____ No _____
4. Are there central collect bins in your municipality? Yes _____ No _____
How many bins? ______________________
Who provides the bins? _____________________
5. Who empties full bins? (Please check one)
a) ___ My municipality
b) ___ Another municipality
c) ___ Waste management company
d) ___ Other (please describe)
______________________________________________
6. How often are bins emptied? ________________________________
IV. Storage and Transport
1. Does your municipality have a place to store collected paper/cardboard?
Yes _____ No _____
Where do you store it? (horse trailer, storage facility, etc) _____________________
2. Does your municipality have a recycling facility (excluding SARC operations)?
Yes ____ No ____
What are your hours of operation? __________________________________
How many people are employed at the facility? ________________________
If you serve any other municipalities, please list here or attach separate page:
___________________________________________________________________
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3. Who transports the recycling from the bin to its next destination*? (Please check one)
*
Destinations include a broker, mill, or other municipal facility.
a) ___ My municipality
b) ___ Another municipality
c) ___ Hauler (Loraas, Waste Management, Regens, etc)
d) ___ Other____________________________________
4. Where is your recyclable paper/cardboard taken?
a) ___ Recycling broker (Crown Shred, etc.)
b) ___ Paper mill (mills outside Saskatchewan)
c) ___ Other ___________________________________
d) ___ Don’t know
5. If your municipality receives revenue from recyclable paper/cardboard:
a) How do you pay/receive payment? Per truckload _____ Per tonne _____
b) How much do you currently pay/receive? Per truckload _____ Per tonne _____
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V. Types of materials
Material
How much is collected
annually?
Who collects it?
Antifreeze
Appliances
Batteries
Cardboard
Computers/electronics
Glass
Household hazardous waste
Milk jugs/cartons
Organics/compost/yard waste
Paint/paint products
Paper (mixed, newsprint, magazine)
Plastic (household)
Prescription drugs
Scrap metal
Tin cans
Tires
Wood/trees
Other (please describe)
Please Remember:
Along with your application form, you must include receipts for the volume of paper and
cardboard recycled in 2012.
Submission deadline is August 14, 2013.