Tag: Garbage
Partnership providing housing for med students in Owen Sound
An initiative is underway to provide accommodation in Owen Sound for medical students, with an end goal of attracting more doctors to the area. On Monday, Owen Sound council agreed to a memorandum of understanding that supports a partnership with the Rural Ontario Medical Program (ROMP), Brightshores Health System and the County of Grey to fund […]
All-electric recycling trucks will replace some diesel garbage trucks in SE Michigan
A $4.4 million EPA grant will pay for 15 EV heavy-duty trucks used for picking up recycled goods, replacing diesel trucks in some communities in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.
London homeless agencies rip Queen’s Park encampment, drug use crackdown
Ontario’s promised crackdown on encampments and public drug use doesn’t solve underlying problems, and serves to criminalize homelessness, London social-agency leaders say. Premier Doug Ford has announced $25.5-million in new funding to open up and expand shelter capacity for people living in encampments across the province, along with $50 million to fund “ready to build” […]
PFAS Roundup: Biden administration updates chemical regulations for PFAS, while Trump allies already voice plans to roll them back
On Wednesday, December 5, the Biden administration updated the New Chemicals Regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). According to reporting by Rachel Frazin of The Hill, this aims to prevent a family of chemicals (or chemical cousins) known as PFAS from being approved through Low Volume Exemptions, “abridged reviews given to chemicals that will only be produced in small quantities.”
Meanwhile, according to recent reporting from The Guardian, the incoming chair of the Senate environmental committee said in a hearing last week that she would target portions of new PFAS regulations.
Huron-Kinloss closures and cancellations on Dec. 12
Due to the current blizzard conditions, the Township of Huron-Kinloss office located at 21 Queen St. in Ripley is closed today, Dec. 12, for the safety of staff and the public. Cancellations: Adult and Tots and Senior Skate, and Shinny at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre are cancelled. Garbage and recycling pick-up are both cancelled today. […]
Returnable bottles, vape pens and food waste: what Michiganders throw away
Michigan residents threw away millions of vape pens, $130 million in bottle deposits and literal tons of food waste in 2023. That’s according to a report by the Michigan Sustainable Business Forum.
Environmental cred questioned for Biden-backed ‘hydrogen hub’ in Northwest Indiana
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ
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Festival of Northern Lights hit by unprecedented vandalism
Festival of Northern Lights volunteers are vowing not to be deterred despite unprecedented vandalism they have experienced to the festival displays this year. On Monday evening, festival chair Jamie Walpole issued a statement on the vandalism, which began before the lights were even turned on Nov 16, and has continued in the days since. “This […]
In Detroit’s Poletown East neighborhood, residents find healing among the trees
By Ethan Bakuli, Planet Detroit
This article was republished with permission from Planet Detroit. Sign up for Planet Detroit’s weekly newsletter here.
On any given morning, Marcel Wyckoff wakes up in Poletown East to a chorus of birds chirping in the forest outside his window.