Tag: Recycling
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Council briefs: recycling, poetry, road salt, summer events, licences
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Owen Sound city council endorsed a Loyalist Township call for the province to make waste producers financially responsible for disposal of all waste, whether eligible for the Blue Box or not. As of July 2023, Circular Materials Ontario, a not-for-profit producer group given the task of administering the municipal Blue Box recycling program in Ontario,…
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Future of recycling bins at city Miller transfer site in question
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Owen Sound could lose its recycling drop-off bins at the the Miller Waste transfer station, a casualty of a recent transition in who’s paying to collect recyclables in the province. Miller has asked the city to pay the cost to operate the city recycling depot, estimated at about $21,000 annually, or it will be closed.…
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City seeking bids on waste collection, possible organics recycling
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Owen Sound is requesting proposals for city garbage and recyclables collection and a residential organic waste recycling program that could start in mid-2025. Council on Monday approved the Jan. 18 city operations committee minutes, which contained recommendations to issue the RFP. Council earlier extended Miller Waste’s contract to provide garbage and recycling pickup by one…
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What you need to know as London’s green bin program finally launches
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The city’s compost program is ready to launch on Monday. Reporter Jack Moulton reviews what residents will need to know when they make the trip to the curb next week.
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Cornies: Green bin use might help Londoners identify our wasteful ways
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One could forgive staff at the City of London’s waste management department if, this weekend, they have a few opening-night jitters.
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Cornies: Single-use plastic bag? Was there ever such a thing?
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Last weekend, I ordered takeout dinners online from a local shawarma shop. Twenty minutes later, I picked the order up: two cardboard containers inside a white plastic bag.
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Fire at tire re-tread shop put out quickly Wednesday
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City firefighters put out an air-compressor fire at an eastside business Wednesday. The Bayside Storage building’s industrial air compressor, which supplied air to pneumatic machinery in the building, caught fire and filled the building with smoke, Owen Sound Fire Chief Phil Eagleson said Thursday in an interview. Firefighters poured water on the fire which extinguished…