The Thompson Recycling Centre is urging Thompsonites to be more careful with what ends up in their recycling bins.

Some of Monday’s collection had to be sent to the landfill site after one of the pickups had a considerable amount of dog waste in it.

Manager of the Recycling Centre Billie-Joe Thompson says that this incident has led to pickups being inspected by collectors before being put in the truck.

“We’re going to go out and check over the next couple of weeks and see if that helps. If the contamination continues to be high, we’ll reassess it then and we may continue to go out, as long as it takes to try and bring awareness to residents what’s acceptable in your bin and not.”

Thompson also said that if contaminants are found in the bin, the resident will be left a note saying that the contaminant needs to be removed from the bin and placed in the garbage, and that their recycling will be picked up on the next scheduled pickup day.