Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase, who served at one time as the city's rep on the pension board, is puzzled by the drop. Chase says he would expect the totals to keep rising as the programme matures but such has not been the case.
Brenda McCallum of the Fundy Region Solid Waste Commission says the best year was in 2008. She also points out the amount of garbage has also declined but recycling totals are way up.
