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Re: How GREEN is CANADA?
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 6311371)
Toronto had a washing line promotion recently, the council gave away washing lines to encourage people away from using dryers. I thought that cute as washing lines are banned in the 'burbs.
I do agree with other posters, though, that most Canadian green initiatives are little more than posturing (like the shiny new green food-waste bins our municipality issued to us all last week) while we continue to heat and cool our houses as much as we do, and drive oversized cars with unnecessarily large engines. |
Re: How GREEN is CANADA?
The recycling system here seems to have gone a bit odd, or at least be heading that way. Currently, beer bottles go back to places that sell beer. Aluminium cans and plastic bottles go into machines at the supermarket (they have deposits). Wine bottles are picked up by scavengers and taken to Ontario. The recycling truck comes every two weeks. We put paper, card and other fibre into a blue box. The other stuff goes into another box or a blue bag. The truck has separate compartments. Very soon, we will all be issued with blue recycling bins. Apparently, everything goes in together.
I fail to see the logic in this. The existing trucks will not be suitable and at some point (maybe) the stuff will have to be sorted. People are already doing this at no cost to the municipality. The system wasn't broken. Why fix it? |
Re: How GREEN is CANADA?
Originally Posted by Oakvillian
(Post 6314023)
I do agree with other posters, though, that most Canadian green initiatives are little more than posturing (like the shiny new green food-waste bins our municipality issued to us all last week) while we continue to heat and cool our houses as much as we do, and drive oversized cars with unnecessarily large engines.
The rising price of gas may hopefully outmode all these stupid goofy pubescent toys. The average North American's low IQ is totally compatible with their moronic obsession with gas powered devices. :thumbdown: R. |
Re: How GREEN is CANADA?
Originally Posted by Souvenir
(Post 6314157)
I fail to see the logic in this. The existing trucks will not be suitable and at some point (maybe) the stuff will have to be sorted. People are already doing this at no cost to the municipality. The system wasn't broken. Why fix it?
Government - appointed to royally f**k it up ! R. |
Re: How GREEN is CANADA?
Originally Posted by robert_masters
(Post 6309178)
Hi!!
How green is Canada?, are you doing your bit? What are residential areas doing as regards to recycling. Do you have a program in place to collect items such as paper, grass cuttings, glass, plastics, alum etc on residential bin collection days? Here in the UK it is becoming very much part of every day life to recycling waste. Soon there will be parts of the country were you will be charged on what you throw out in your normal black bins. They aim to tag the bins with a chip. I make every effort to recycle most items here in my home or go to the local tidy tip. My bin remains half filled most weeks and I always recycle plastic bags. I would love to continue this when we move over to Canada.:) What options are there in your Provinces? Angela |
Re: How GREEN is CANADA?
Originally Posted by startwin
(Post 6314195)
We are years ahead of the UK in our recycling efforts. I used to be (still am, at times) astounded at the items that were thrown routinely into the garbage back in the UK. Thank goodness the country has finally clued in.
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Re: How GREEN is CANADA?
Originally Posted by Oakvillian
(Post 6314023)
while we continue to heat and cool our houses as much as we do
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Re: How GREEN is CANADA?
Well guys!
Keep it coming, get it off ya chest!! Think of it, do nothing or something, best to do something than nothing!! Well what do we do?? The gov is cr-p, local authorities don't do enough, public don't give a toss... what next..............? How about we...................? Answers on a post card please!! Angela |
Re: How GREEN is CANADA?
We recently got a green bin service. Understand there's no garbage collection, there's just a truck that drives around constantly looking for green bins. We don't have very much to put in a green bin, things that dogs, cats and chickens won't eat and which can't go in the compost are few and far between. We did have a fragile looking chicken bone once and put the bin out with that in it. That's the only use of a green bin I've seen locally.
A green bin service does make sense in towns and the county includes a town. Local politics dictates that if they have the service we have to have it for what is, I'm sure, a net loss to the environment. |
Re: How GREEN is CANADA?
Originally Posted by robert_masters
(Post 6314909)
Think of it, do nothing or something, best to do something than nothing!!
This is Canada We politely do nothing whist assuming our government is doing something |
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