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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, January 18, 2013 · 8 The Regional Municipality of Halton Access Halton at: www.halton.ca Dial 311 Please contact us, as soon as possible, if you have any accessibility needs at Halton Region events or meetings. Blue Box There are recyclables appearing in Halton garbage bags. Did you know? GreenCart What compostable papers are accepted? Halton Region accepts the following compostable papers in the GreenCart: Paper towels, facial tissues, toilet paper rolls Waxed paper, parchment paper, meat paper Paper cups (plastic lids go in garbage) Paper plates, paper bowls Paper egg cartons, paper coffee take-out trays Boxboard Glass Bottles & Jars Fine paper If you can get these three items out of your garbage and into the Blue Box, you'd have nearly 7 per cent less material in your garbage. Plus, imagine all of the new materials that could be made by recycling all of this paper, boxboard and glass! Give them a second life! To determine whether paper products are compostable and can go into there is visible plastic or metallic lining, it cannot go in the GreenCart. Help reduce contamination product that can be used in agricultural and landscaping projects. Following these tips will help reduce contamination: No produce bags. When cleaning out your fridge, please remember to empty food from plastic produce bags. The plastic bag goes in the garbage, and the old or leftover food goes in the GreenCart. No elastics. Please remove elastic bands from vegetables including broccoli, celery, green onions and asparagus. The elastic bands go in the garbage, and the old food goes in the GreenCart. No stickers. Please remove the sticker from fruit such as bananas, apples, pears and peaches. The stickers go in the garbage, and the fruit peels, cores and pits go in the GreenCart. No diapers. Please place diapers and sanitary products in the garbage. These materials do not compost, and result in compost that does not meet Ontario provincial quality guidelines and would have to be disposed of as waste. Keep your neighbourhood clean Use Blue Boxes only. Recyclables in plastic bags, cardboard boxes, grocery bins, laundry baskets, milk crates, or garbage/recycling cans will not be collected. Place acceptable materials loose in your Blue Box. Rinse all containers and ensure they are clean. Papers can be bundled and tied or placed loose, but no plastic bags. Tie corrugated cardboard in bundles no larger than 90 cm x 90 cm x 30 cm (3 ft x 3 ft x 1 ft) and place beside your Blue Box. Help reduce Blue Box litter by following these tips to keep your neighbourhood clean: · Flatten cardboard. · Stack your Blue Boxes and place heavier items such as phone books and magazines on top of loose materials. Avoid windy weather during the night and put your Blue Box at the curb by 7 a.m. the morning of your collection day. Stay connected! @HaltonRecycles HaltonRecycles HaltonRecycles.ca HaltonRecycles Halton Regional Meeting Schedule Jan 29 Jan 30 9:30a.m. Health & Social Services Committee 180113 Gary Carr Regional Chair The 2013 Waste Management Guide and Collection Calendar, which has everything you need to New know about waste collection in Halton Region, is being delivered to homes beginning this week. Dial The calendar is effective February 1 and includes a schedule for Blue Box, GreenCart, garbage, Oakville bulk, yard waste collection, information on the Halton Waste Management Site and details about l ti Calendar C l d by b January J 28 upcoming waste collection changes starting April 1, 2013. If you have not received your Waste Collection 28, please contact Access Halton by dialling 311 or use the online Service Request Tool at www.halton.ca/wastetools. Residents can also view their Waste Collection Calendar online at www.halton.ca/waste. collection changes begin in April. For more information on Waste Collection: 2013 2013 Waste Management Guide and Collection Calendar Zohaa Zafar t Waste Managemen Calendar for houses in See page 17 for details. n Guide &Collectio or visit us at www.h e alton.ca/wast 9:30 a.m. Planning & Public Works Committee 1:30 p.m. Admin & Finance Committee Meetings can be viewed at www.halton.ca/meetings