Table 2
Organic waste diversion by province, 2002 and 2004

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  Organics diversion Percentage change Organics diversion as a share of total diversion
2002 2004 2002 to 2004 2002 2004
tonnes percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 0 0 0 0
Prince Edward Island 20,664 26,671 29 67 59
Nova Scotia 82,341 93,458 14 43 42
New Brunswick 82,725 90,585 10 63 63
Quebec1 246,000 225,000 -9 14 11
Ontario 393,328 644,586 64 17 22
Manitoba 16,261 20,995 29 8 9
Saskatchewan x x x x x
Alberta 261,069 290,959 11 38 38
British Columbia 198,996 265,514 33 16 21
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut x x x x x
Canada 1,310,790 1,669,145 27 20 21
1. Data are derived from a survey administered by RECYC-QUÉBEC.
Note: Covers only those companies and local waste management organizations that reported they prepared non-hazardous material for recycling. Does not include materials managed on-site, or those materials transported by the generator directly to secondary processors such as pulp and paper mills while bypassing entirely any firm or local government involved in waste management activities.
Source: Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Waste Management Industry Survey: Business and Government Sectors, 2002 and 2004.