Category: Waste and Pollution Management

Food and Health, Waste and Pollution Management

Environmental Groups Claim Victory for Pesticide Bans

Environmental groups are claiming an important victory for the right of municipalities and provinces to ban dangerous pesticides. Dow AgroSciences has backed away from its longstanding dispute with Quebec’s cosmetic pesticides ban under NAFTA. In a settlement reached between Dow and the Canadian government, Dow waived its legal actions and claims and accepted no compensation, implicitly […] Continue reading Environmental Groups Claim Victory for Pesticide Bans

Waste and Pollution Management

Zero Waste Simcoe congratulates Atlas BLOCK on their efforts to reduce our environmental footprint

Zero Waste Simcoe’s newest member is a “green company” and is a major contributor to our cause. Atlas BLOCK is a Victoria Harbour business, family held for 60 years and now operates also in Brockville, and their new “state of the art” plant in Hillsdale. Continue reading Zero Waste Simcoe congratulates Atlas BLOCK on their efforts to reduce our environmental footprint

Law, Policy, and Standards, Sustainable Communities, Waste and Pollution Management

Taxes

Tax time got me thinking last month. Why is it that I pay the same amount for property taxes as people who are wasteful with our resources? Shouldn’t there be some sort of program where you can get tax reductions for using a rain barrel or composting? I pay the same for garbage pickup as everyone else and yet generate way less because we compost in our backyard. We don’t even have enough to put out the trash every week.

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