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One Bag of Garbage

Ruftic — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:39:21 -0500

Looks like council has changed their minds on this one!
E. AMEND GARBAGE BY-LAW

Discussion took place with respect to amending the garbage by-law to reduce the number of bags
collected from two to one. On a show of hands there was not support for the by-law proceeding.

Recommendation: THAT the by-law not proceed and the number of bags collected remain
at two.

Maybe they do listen?

Just poking my head in.

vinylgirl — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:23:19 -0500

Our town has upped the cost of per bag garbage to a whopping two dollars per bag. Funny thing, I do not see more recycling happening, at least not in my direct vicinity, maybe I should take a walk tommorow morning.

The problem is with the bag cost is that, if people can't afford to dispose of their garbage, they take it to the arena across the street and dump it in the dumpster, sometimes they do not put it out at all~~and that was happening even when it was only a dollar per bag.

I agree in theory that it may cut down on waste, and might make people recycle more, but some people just don't care. I agree with Ruftic (no nepotism, really). When we have been at the cottage (my parent's home) on a long weekend or even a short one, the transient tourists love to just dump stuff around properties. Especially since the paid parking. . . they try and get a free spot on third ave, and like to leave their calling cards (their refuse). Then my Dad has to clean up after them. Why should tax paying residents have to clean up after these dirty buggers? I am not trying to lump all tourists into one blob, but it only takes a few who do not care.

Maybe a good idea would be to get highschool kids to use some volunteer hours cleaning up the side streets, during weekends in the summer?

re:one bag of Garbage

Ruftic — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:06:46 -0500

Great intentions but us residents will get it in the ear again! Countless times after long weekends in the summer we will find our garbage box and sometimes even our mail box crammed with garbage from day trippers and departing renters. I guess we are supposed to buy a tag to dispose of their garbage?

An Inefficient Truth

garym — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:33:14 -0500

Just being aware of our own place in the situation is a big start, and as I posted with the Wiser Earth bit, whether or not the oil reserves peter out, this sort of consciousness is still probably a good thing. Did you know, just for example, that the Information and Communications Technology sector produces a larger carbon footprint than the global aviation industry?

Our lives impact on the environment in many ways. All the choices we make day-to-day, whether to drive or walk to the shops, whether to buy free range or factory-farmed eggs or whether to switch the television off at the plug each night; all these decisions add up.
[ How green are you - Global Action Plan ]

You can click through into that UK site for some various tips on ways to bring these ideas into your everyday, into the school curriculum and into general practice.

garym: ict evangelist - musician - whatever

Recycling--What's Important

hockey17 — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:31:58 -0500

We can have all the wild and wonderful ideas we want, but until we deal with a recycling firm that isn't in it just for the money, we're just whistling up someones skirt. This 1 bag idea is not new. Hanover went to it and they're at about 28%,just slightly higher than us now. The province would like everyone at 60% by 2008. What do you think our chances are in reaching that. There is much more we could be recycling as Gary has said but BASRA doesn't do it because it doesn't make money.Markham Ontario switched to collecting garbage every other week and recycling every week and are sitting at 70% success. Why can't we do that?? Contact the recycling committee in our Town and ask.Councillors Wray Lamont and Dan Kerr are on this committee so ask them why.

One bag of Garbage

garym — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:29:01 -0500

Yeah, I know, I'm always the last person to know about anything around here:

"With the reduction to one bag of garbage for collection beginning January 1, 2008, the Committee stresses the importance of increasing household recycling as much material as possible."
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