>> Ciara: WE HAVE EXCITING
GUESTS ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING,
YOU HAVE YOUTH IN RICHARDSON,
GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
COMING IN.
WE HAVE TO TOUCH ON THESE, BIG
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, WE HAVE
FUN MASCOTS, WHO DO WE HAVE?
>> MR OIL DROP AND ANTI-FREEZE
WHO ARE THE AMBASSADORS INTO THE
COMMUNITY TO PROMOTE RECYCLING
OF USED OIL AND ANTI-FREEZE.
IN SASKATCHEWAN, ORGANIZATION I
AM REPRESENTING IN AROUND 20
YEARS, AND 20 YEARS AGO THE
PROVINCE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO
MAKE THE SELLERS OF OIL AND OIL
FILTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
END-OF-LIFE MANAGEMENT OF THOSE
PRODUCTS.
INDUSTRY GOT TOGETHER, AND
FORMED THE COMPANY TO PROVIDE A
RECYCLING NETWORK FOR EVERYBODY
WHO SELLS OIL AND OIL FILTERS,
WE HAVE INCLUDED THE PLASTIC
CONTAINERS THESE THINGS COME IN,
AS WELL AS ANTI-FREEZE.
>> Ciara: I LOVE THESE PEARLS,
ANTI-FREEZE.
WHAT IS THE COMPANY?
>> IT IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT
FACILITATES RECYCLING,
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO
DROP OFF SMALL QUANTITIES OF
OIL, ANTI-FREEZE AND CONTINUES
FOR FREE ACROSS THE PROVINCE, SO
CAN BE DISPOSED OF.
WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS
INDUSTRY OF COLLECTORS THAT WILL
TAKE LAUNCHED -- LARGER VOLUMES
FROM BUSINESSES OR FARM
OPERATIONS.
>> Ciara: ONCE THAT OIL IS
BROUGHT IN, HOW DO YOU RECYCLE
IT?
>> USED OIL IS EASY TO RECYCLE,
IT CAN BE REREFINED INTO
MATERIAL THAT IS EXACTLY THE
SAME AS NEW OIL, JUST GOES
THROUGH A REFINING PROCESS,
DIRTY STUFF IS TAKEN OUT AND IT
CAN BE RESOLD AND PUT INTO THE
CAR.
ANTI-FREEZE, GLYCOL THAT DOES
LOWER THE FREEZING TEMPERATURE
CAN BE RECOVERED ONCE ALL OF THE
METALS THAT HAVE BEEN PICKED UP
IN THE ENGINE HAVE BEEN REMOVED
AND RESOLD.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I LIKE
TO TALK ABOUT IS THE PLASTIC, WE
HAVE ALL HEARD RECENTLY ABOUT
CHANGES IN CHINA AND CHANGES IN
THE RECYCLING INDUSTRY FOR
PLASTIC SPECIFICALLY, OIL JUGS
WE ARE LUCKY, ONE KIND OF
PLASTIC, IT IS A CLEAN STREAM OF
MATERIALS, ONCE WE GET THE OIL
RESIDUE OFF, THE PLASTIC CAN BE
RESOLD IN NORTH AMERICA AND
REMANUFACTURED INTO OTHER GOODS.
>> Ciara: ME DO THIS PROCESS
IN SASKATOON?
>> WE CAN DROP OFF THE MATERIAL
IN SASKATOON, A LARGE-SCALE
HELPS IN MAKING SURE PROCESSES
ARE EFFICIENT, MOST OF THE
MATERIAL GETS SHIPPED OUT OF
PROVINCE, IT DOES GET REUSED AND
RECYCLED.
> Jackie: --
>> Ciara: I FEEL LIKE THIS IS
HELPFUL FOR THE CLEANER
ENVIRONMENT AND THE FUTURE, HOW
DOES THIS HELP?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
LIKE TO CHAMPION IS THE
APPROPRIATE END-OF-LIFE
MANAGEMENT OF THESE MATERIALS.
OIL, IF THAT GETS OUT INTO THE
ENVIRONMENT CAN CONTAMINATE
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, PLANTS,
ANIMALS.
IF WE START DUMPING OIL INTO THE
LANDFILLS, THEY CAN CAUSE
PROBLEMS FOR LANDFILL MANAGERS
FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE IT
DOESN'T BECOME A PROBLEM.
EASIEST IS TO KEEP IT OUT
COMPLETELY, WE USE IT, USE LESS
FRESH RESOURCES, AND CONSERVE
WHAT WE HAVE.
>> Ciara: THANK YOU SO MUCH
YOUTH THEN, THAT'S ALL THE TIME
WE HAVE, THANK YOU
