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

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%

Posted by Kathy Clulow ASP® SRES® on 10/16/2009 07:18 PM

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Waste Reduction in the Regional (Localism) Channel

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Originally posted at: Uxbridge Information & Events: National Waste Reduction Week - October 19th to the 25th

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8 Comments on National Waste Reduction Week - October 19th to the 25th

OCT

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.

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

OCT

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.

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

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.

Silvia - only in Canada eh!!

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)

Frank and Sharon - Durham residents thank you

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