Kidseat Recyclers
“Going Green with that Old Car Seat.”
About Us
Keepin' Baby Safe and Melrose Kids Inc. are excited to announce Alberta's first recycling program for used and expired car seats.
Recycle Program
We are now accepting all used and expired seats at various drop-off locations, Round-Up Clinics and Inspection Clinics around Calgary. Kidseat Recyclers is the first recycling program of its kind in Alberta focused specifically on keeping the thousands upon thousands of car seats that are thrown away every year out of the landfills. We will ensure that every part of the seat that is recyclable, including metal, plastic and any usable parts, will be properly recycled or reused.
Mandatory Recycling Levy Fee: $10 per car seat as of June 1st, 2011.
To Recycle a seat:
1. REMOVE ALL MATERIAL AND STRAPS from each seat. We cannot deal with the amount of waste this produces.
2. Click here to find a drop location nearest you.
3. A mandatory levy fee of $10 is required for each seat. This levy covers all hard costs associated with the recycling of your seat including stripping the metal, re-chipping of the plastic and transportation and administration of the program.
Please note: Any seats dropped at a drop zone after hours without the collection of the levy will be discarded as we cannot shoulder the cost associated with recycling a seat that hasn’t been paid for.
4. Recycle Materials
We would like to recycle all materials from a car seat and now partnered with a few businesses in Canada that reuse materials to make new products. If you are interested in recycling the fabric and materials on your car seat, please ship pieces to the following businesses:
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Straps only
- Straps only
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Good quality fabric & straps
Mariclaro c/o Willa Murray
457 Roncesvalles Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
M6R 2N4
Telephone: (1) 416-533-9161
Email: info [@] mariclaro.ca
Web: http://mariclaro.ca
U.S.E.D. Recycled Seatbelts c/o Trevor Kehler
228 1st Street
Morden, Manitoba
R6M 1P4
Telephone: (1) 204-822-6345
Web: http://www.recycledseatbelts.ca
Bark’n up the Green Tree c/o Paula Brooks
156 Adelphi Street
Napanee, Ontario
K7R 1T7
Telephone: [1] 613-354-9422
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BarknUptheGreenTree
Web:
http://www.barknupthegreentree.ca
What 30 seats look like in a pile… Imagine thousands that end up in the landfill every year.
We are urgently looking for more volunteers to strip seats, drop-off locations, and sponsor organizations! Contact LaVonne at info@kidseatrecyclers.ca for more information.
Click here to view our upcoming events calendar.
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