OLIVER PAIPOONGE — The part-owner of a company that largely deals with commercial and industrial waste recycling says a recent expansion to their operations will allow them to hire more staff and process more materials.

Recycle West, whose Ontario office is based in Oliver Paipoonge, collects hazardous and non-hazardous waste, mostly from businesses and industries, and brings it back to its Twin City Crossroads processing facility where it is sorted, contained and shipped for proper disposal. The company services all of Northwestern Ontario and as far east as Sudbury, said Jason Cook, part owner and regional manager, adding that they also work in a number of remote northern First Nations.

Cook said the roughly new 7,600 square-foot warehouse will allow company vehicles to be stored there

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