Author: Waste Watch Ottawa
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Ontario Recycler Workshop Resources
Did you miss this year’s Ontario Recycler Workshop? Visit the ORW Archive to view slides and listen to the entire event! The archive is available for a limited time.
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Diapers in the BLUE Bin? …Wrong but it happens in Winnipeg
Winnipeg’s recycling needs to get cleaner; instead, people are putting dirty diapers in the blue bin.
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Fixing the Recycling Industry in Canada
Global News has written a series investigating Canada’s recycling industry.
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Plastic Contamination in our Green Bin Compost…… See Photos
Using plastic bags in our municipal green bins can further degrade the quality of the compost. These photos show a recent sample of compost from the our contractor’s facility.
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Please…No Plastics in Our Green Bins!
While the Federal and Provincial Governments are developing a Canada-wide strategy on zero plastic waste, and the Government of Ontario is consulting on waste and litter reduction in the Province, including plastics, the City of Ottawa is encouraging plastic bag use in its green waste stream. “This is frankly embarrassing,” says Brian Tansey of Waste…
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