813: 8 April 2013 – Published by Green Communities Canada RAIN! See Water Canada Magazine article about how user fees and credit system … Continue reading Fundraising Ideas, Summer Camp, Organic Waste, Fake Anti-Wind Protesters – GCNews #813
Recognized for achieving one of the best environmental records among Ontario businesses and institutions, Burlington Mall has received the prestigious Platinum Award from the Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO) through its Ontario Waste Minimization Awards program. Continue reading Burlington Mall Earns Platinum Award from Recycling Council of Ontario
Toronto – Today, the One Billionth liquor container was returned to The Beer Store under the Bag it Back program, Ontario’s highly successful deposit return program for wine, spirit and beer containers sold through LCBO and Ontario winery retail stores. Continue reading One Billion Bottles recycled: an Ontario success story
Vancouver – The Wilderness Committee is calling on BC Environment Minister Barry Penner to say no to Metro Vancouver’s waste to energy proposal, in light of concerns raised by Ministry of Environment staff regarding the key consultation report on waste management options commissioned by Metro Vancouver. Continue reading Wilderness Committee decries “biased” incineration report
Toronto – Stewardship Ontario, the industry organization responsible for the Blue Box program and the Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste … Continue reading Ontario’s new Orange Drop program to reduce waste
More Than 1.5 Million Kilograms of E-waste, 750,000 Kilograms of HHW Diverted from Landfills by Manitobans in 2009: Blaikie Continue reading Electronic waste recycling, household hazardous waste programs available throughout province
Chatting with Gord McKay from Zero Waste Simcoe. Q. What is Zero Waste Simcoe and how did it come about? … Continue reading Spotlight: Zero Waste Simcoe
Ottawa Green Bin (www.ottawagreenbin.ca) is a new program that involves collecting residential organic waste and turning it into compost. Using … Continue reading Ottawa Green Bin
Ontarians recycled only 25 per cent of their trash last year Continue reading Ontarians trashing recycling targets
Toronto council is holding an emergency meeting today on a contingency plan to handle the city’s garbage and sewage sludge … Continue reading City calls emergency meeting to talk trash
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