Table 6
Current expenditures by local governments on waste management by activity, province and territory

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Current expenditures by local governments on waste management by activity, province and territory: Part 1
  Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario
  thousand dollars
Collection and transportation  
2006 6,958 x 22,183 9,294 269,093 375,619
2008 7,117 x 26,579 11,174 328,337 440,477
Tipping fees  
2006 1,396 x 9,158 6,094 38,465 83,998
2008 1,444 x 10,933 6,944 134,598 139,614
Operation of disposal facilities  
2006 6,070 x 26,985 20,968 70,842 137,406
2008 6,621 x 26,757 18,159 71,511 132,397
Operation of transfer stations  
2006 0 x 4,056 1,837 2,098 45,946
2008 0 x 6,581 x 6,458 88,250
Operation of recycling facilities  
2006 x 0 7,735 x 18,584 109,177
2008 0 0 7,635 2,541 13,169 61,229
Operation of organics processing facilities  
2006 0 0 7,341 x 4,431 26,004
2008 0 0 8,511 x 1,120 37,355
Contributions to landfills post closure and maintenance fund 1  
2006 .. .. .. .. .. ..
2008 0 0 4,283 1,218 4,084 21,091
Other current expenditures  
2006 x x 11,818 x 19,240 94,421
2008 33 x 12,112 7,784 55,470 122,850
Current expenditures by local governments on waste management by activity, province and territory: Part 2
  Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut Canada
  thousand dollars
Collection and transportation  
2006 23,435 13,236 93,001 88,310 x 911,676
2008 29,712 16,022 127,899 107,174 x 1,105,294
Tipping fees  
2006 7,234 521 11,407 32,105 x 194,634
2008 5,115 x 16,464 47,694 x 368,260
Operation of disposal facilities  
2006 9,730 7,999 46,287 89,704 x 419,003
2008 11,053 11,274 67,937 115,902 x 465,221
Operation of transfer stations  
2006 791 328 13,263 39,721 x 109,038
2008 x 678 13,986 49,142 x 168,638
Operation of recycling facilities  
2006 4,913 1,795 17,222 7,599 x 171,351
2008 4,716 2,155 16,964 4,664 570 113,643
Operation of organics processing facilities  
2006 640 x x 6,329 x 70,624
2008 208 511 x 5,701 x 71,045
Contributions to landfills post closure and maintenance fund 1  
2006 .. .. .. .. .. ..
2008 1,244 x 9,225 10,179 x 58,401
Other current expenditures  
2006 589 4,251 17,174 33,414 x 190,593
2008 x 1,851 x 36,485 x 265,139
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Contributions to landfills post closure and maintenance fund were reported as other expenditures prior to 2008.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding. Includes current expenditures directed towards waste management services.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, CANSIM table 153-0045.
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