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National Waste Reduction Week - October 19th to the 25th

By Kathy Clulow

Real Estate Sales Representative

October 16, 2009 12:18 PM

National Waste Reduction Week

October 19th to the 25th

Lets all Pitch in, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse ... no longer are these just catchy phrases Homeowners are getting the message as demonstrated by the graph below.

Durham Region home owners are to be commended on their efforts to Recycle, Reduce, Reuse

They have successfully reduced the percentage amount of garbage going into land fill by 17% since 2005 while increasing the amount of food waste that is being recycled by 11%.

In addition they have increased the percentage of waste no longer going to land fill with their blue box contributions by 3%

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Sylvie Conde

Sutton Group-Associates Realty Inc., Brokerage - Toronto, ON

Broker, Toronto Real Estate

Congratulations, Kathy. :)
I've been working hard at that. I only have ONE small bag of garbage every two weeks (shopping bag size), and I recycle just about everything else.

I'm also trying to avoid buying things that have a lot of packaging. I think we still have a lot of work to do on that. Not us necessarily, but the people who supply the goods to the stores. I think some packaging is just way too much. Too much waste.

Oct 16, 2009 12:25 PM

Valorie Stover, Realtor for Casta del Sol

Casta del Sol Real Estate / HomeSmart Everygreen Realty - Mission Viejo, CA

Mission Viejo,CA, Active Adult Community!

Having a Garage Sale tomorrow so hope someone takes my extra stuff! Recycle it at best!

Oct 16, 2009 12:27 PM

Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES

Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL

Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

Hi Kathy, anytime you can reuse, reduce, and recycle it's a good thing. It's what people used to do before we became a throw-away society. I didn't know there was a national awareness week for this purpose, thanks for sharing.

Oct 17, 2009 12:00 AM

Sharon Alters

Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty - 904-673-2308 - Fleming Island, FL

Realtor - Homes for Sale Fleming Island FL

Kathy, these are impressive statistics. I would like to see what our area stats are. Congrats on Durham Region homeowners in Uxbridge for their proactive stance!

Oct 17, 2009 02:03 AM

Kathy Clulow

Uxbridge, ON

Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Sylvie - we actually recycle most of the green bin right here at home a very small amount actually goes in the bin ... our garbage pail feels empty most of the time now and our large blue box is always full ... if only we could cut down on the amount of packaged goods ... maybe if we all started leaving the packaging at the store for them to dispose of they may pressure their suppliers to cut down.

Oct 18, 2009 02:54 AM

Silvia - only in Canada eh!!

Oct 18, 2009 02:55 AM

Valorie - we also have free cycle in our area ... web based ... like craigs list but free (I have come and get or do you have I'll come and get)

Oct 18, 2009 02:58 AM

Frank and Sharon - Durham residents thank you

Oct 18, 2009 02:59 AM

National Waste Reduction Week - October 19th to the 25th

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