Recycling collected curbside in the capital city is sold and shipped outside the province, but a city councillor assured it’s being processed and reused.

Questions have been raised about where Canadian recycling is going after revelations that some is shipped out of country only to be burned.

According to council lead on public works and sustainability, Ian Froude, the city has a 97 per cent success rate when it comes to recycling, meaning 3 per cent of what is brought to the curb cannot be reused.

Froude says the city’s role in the process is to prepare the recycling at Robin Hood Bay, which is done through Scotia Recycling.

From there it is sold to buyers, usually from outside the province, and is shipped out to be processed and reused.

While there is a level of uncertainty when it comes to what the outside buyers are doing with the product, Froud assures residents can have confidence in the system. He says there is constant communication between the city, Scotia Recycling and the buyers, and the city is confident the product is reused.