www.halton.ca/takeitback.ca for materials to go to local businesses.
www.makethedrop.ca for solvent take-backs.
www.takebackthelight.ca for lights to retail take-back program.
www.ontarioTS.ca Tire Stewardship for old tires into Green Products
Halton region art contest for the Cover of the 2012 Waste Management Guide
and Collection Calendar. Halton students Gr. K-8 submit at
www.halton.ca/waste. Deadline Oct. 14, 2011.
Contract Position. Deadline Oct. 14/11.
Estimated launch- Dec. 31/11.
Job description at www.miltongreen.info. Send applications to miltongreen.ontario@gmail.com,
Subject – Website Contract.
Members of Miltongreen toured the Halton Waste Management Site on Saturday,
August 20, 2011 and learned a lot of interesting facts
The ~300 acre site (131 acres for 5 landfill cells) receives the residential
litter of the ~450,000 people in Halton …
On August 19th Canada's Environment Minister Peter Kent announced that the Government of Canada are taking steps to reduce emissions from the countries coal-fired electricity sector. They "recognize the potential for significant emissions reductions", and created new regulations applying to …
HEN is pleased to announce that Food for Life is now a HEN member group.
Food for Life’s mission is to collect good, safe and nutritious food and give it to those in need in our community. Food for Life partners …
Employerregistry.ca is the free, easy to use, on-line connection between the community and educators. Teachers use the registry to find opportunities for their students such as: speakers for their classes, coop placements for students, and site visits for students …
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has released its Annual Report on Drinking Water 2011. See http://www.news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2011/07/ontario-leading-north-america—clean-safe-reliable-drinking-water.html
The national Air Health Indicator (AHI) provides a view of the public health impacts attributable to outdoor air pollution in Canada. A new report shows increasing cardiopulmonary deaths due to ozone exposure. See http://www.ec.gc.ca/indicateurs-indicators/default.asp?lang=En&n=CB7B92BA-1.
The Town of Oakville is pleased that local industries are complying with the new air quality bylaw.
