THUNDER BAY -- For now it will be business as usual for the city's recycling services now that a new company has taken over Recool Canada.
But the new national company could help the city see new initiatives in the future city solid waste and recycling services manager Jason Sherband said. National company GFL Environmental took over Recool, along with its contract to handle the city's recycling, in February.
"For the last few months we've been working on that transition with them," Sherband said.
Homeowners won't notice any difference right now in the services offered. But Sherband said the new company's national reach could eventually help the city with new initiatives, like better diversion rates and more robust recycling.
"That's certainly the hope," he said.
"Because they are a national company we're hopeful that both in the short and the long-term that will open us up to some new initiatives."
The city and company are also in negotiations right now, which have gone smoothly Sherband said.
