SCRAP Program
The Strathcona County Reduction of Abandoned Products (SCRAP) Program, the first of its kind in Canada, is a County-wide program to encourage the removal of abandoned products from private properties for proper disposal or recycling.
Residents are responsible for the the removal of items. Check out the list of removal companies that will help you dispose or recycle your items.
The SCRAP Program
- Is a flexible program that encourages residents to organize the removal of abandoned products on their own initiative.
- Offers information on how to safely dispose of or recycle abandoned products, including available removal services.
- Educates residents on the problem of environmental contamination of various wetlands within Strathcona County.
- Formalizes partnerships with industry and Strathcona County residents to sustain this education and awareness program.
Learn more about the background of the SCRAP Program.
The majority of the residents of Strathcona County are genuinely concerned with the environment and the effects of unnatural material on the landscape. A significant concern that has been raised is the increasing amount of natural land in the County that is covered by abandoned or accumulated metal materials, both in the urban and rural areas of the County.
Examples of such abandoned products that have been seen all over the County include:
- vehicles
- farm and industrial equipment
- yard equipment
- pipe
- oil drums
- scrap metal
Many of these items contain petroleum-based products such as oil, gasoline, diesel, grease, antifreeze, hydraulic fluid, brake fluid and battery acid that will eventually leak from their respective reservoirs and containers.
These contaminants, have the potential to leech into the soil, and in many circumstances could find their way into the surrounding wetlands, watercourses, lakes and groundwater. This has direct impacts on water treatment costs, biological health and diversity of species in the County, and overall public health.
Do you have items on your property that you would like to 'abandon?'
Check out the list of companies that can remove items on private property.
Questions?
Utilities
780-449-5514
greenroutine@strathcona.ca
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Last updated: Monday, August 22, 2011
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