By Emily Chung, CBC News Ottawa, March 27, 2018
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Our changing lifestyles over the past few decades have dramatically altered the types of materials we put in blue bins.
And that's led to flatlining recycling rates and ballooning costs for municipalities across Canada that are struggling to cope with the changes.
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