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Year  Total Materials
tonnes 		Newsprint
tonnes 		Cardboard and Boxboard
tonnes 		Mixed Paper
tonnes 		Glass
tonnes 		Ferrous metals
tonnes 		Copper and aluminum
tonnes 		Mixed metals
tonnes 		White goods
tonnes 		Electronics
tonnes 		Plastics
tonnes 		Tires
tonnes 		Construction, Renovation and Demolition
tonnes 		Organics
tonnes 		Other materials
tonnes
 
 
1998540,340  64,001  51,015  31,836  42,766        2,371        3,078        5,814  21,397   
1999                                              
2000422,595  58,809  43,689  28,748  42,289        11,344        9,686        131,064  47,686   
2001                                              
2002589,642  57,201  46,230  28,466           10,595        8,280        261,069  41,730   
2003                                              
2004755,908  99,083  99,515  33,935  49,739  95,916     11,447  12,108     10,372  8,602  27,926  290,959      
2005                                              
2006652,637  65,119  121,886  78,657     20,034     14,745  12,099  2,631  14,852  2,508  34,300  231,459  6,099   
 

References and Related Online Materials

Total Materials:

Statistics Canada. (2009). Materials prepared for recycling by type and by province and territory, 2006 (Table 4.11). Human Activity and the Environment: Annual Statistics (Catalogue 16-201-XWE). Last updated June 9, 2009. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/16-201-x/2009000/t214-eng.htm (accessed May 25, 2010).

NOTES:
--> In 2004 a few categories were added (White Goods, Electronics, and Tires), and totals adjusted accordingly.
--> Many data points were missing in the Statistics Canada catalogue. With the exception of the three variables listed above, all blank spaces in this table are cases where data was not available for that type of material for that year. Materials may and likely still were being recycled, but we don't know what quantity was recycled.

Newsprint:See reference for "Total Materials."
Cardboard and Boxboard:See reference for "Total Materials."
Mixed Paper:See reference for "Total Materials."
Glass:See reference for "Total Materials."
Ferrous metals:See reference for "Total Materials."
Copper and aluminum:See reference for "Total Materials."
Mixed metals:See reference for "Total Materials."
White goods:See reference for "Total Materials."
Electronics:See reference for "Total Materials."
Plastics:See reference for "Total Materials."
Tires:See reference for "Total Materials."
Construction, Renovation and Demolition:See reference for "Total Materials."
Organics:See reference for "Total Materials."
Other materials:See reference for "Total Materials."