North Bay City Council has adopted the 2016 Blue Box and Waste Diversion plan.

Councillor Jeff Serran says the purpose of the plan is to direct all types of waste away from the landfill and last year over 10 Thousand tonnes was diverted.

Still, they are finding people who aren’t using all the waste diversion programs the city has and as a result it’s impacted the life of the landfill in a negative way.

He says people should check the city web site to find out what programs the city has.

He says the more items that can be diverted so much the better for the life of the landfill.