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Hi all, I was just wondering if everyone has received their green bins yet. We live in phase 9A (on Irving Terrace) and still haven't received one.

I noticed that people on the main streets of Hawthorne seemed to have bins on their driveways on Friday and I was wondering if all of the "side" streets were missed or if it was just ours...

I've seen green bins all around us on Ferguson and other side streets, but they have not delivered on Robson Crescent.

According to the Champion paper and the Halton calendar sent out, HV should have this program in place for Monday's.

Sounds interesting.

Tim

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We don't have ours yet, we are in HV North......

Jessica

We got ours delivered on Saturday. We're Phase 12.

It says the program starts next Monday, April 7th, so I imagine most people will get theirs this week.

Laurie

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for anyone that got the bins.... did you get the big bin for the garage and small on for the kitchen?

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Yes.

A big green bin, a kitchen catcher, some bags and a pamphlet.

A&P had the biodegradable bags right in the front entrance as you walk in, on the right hand wall.

Costco has the kitchen liners for $15.99 for a box of 125 and the big bin liners for $15.89 for a box of 50

i also saw them at canadian tire, though i don't remember the price

I for doing whatever I can to help, but I've often wondered about this green box thing...

Isn't the organic stuff that we put in the green box needed in the dump to break down the rest of the garbage? In other words, by removing the organic stuff from our garbage, are we not guarenteeing that the garbage at the dump will never break down?

Maybe I'm wrong, and someone with a biology background can correct me, but to me this seems to be rather short-sighted.

i don't have a biology background.. but i do know that organics need oxygen to break down... that's why you have to "stir" them all the time. so when they are buried in the landfil, they take a very long time to break down, if at all. i read an article in National Geographic once where an archelogist when digging in a New York land fill and found hotdogs and lettuce from 1978 (dated by the news papers around it).

since i am not a biologist, i went searching on the web for a more scientific answer to why we shouldn't put organics in landfills, and i found this:

http://www.ecocycle.org/askeco-cycle/2005/0304.cfm

hope that helps!

The Superstore has them, they were at the end of one of the aisles opposite where the milk coolers are.

I'm also a big fan of recycling but what I don't understand is why I need to keep multiple containers taking up space in my kitchen and garage to sort (as best as I understand how) all the different garbage for pickup. I remember years ago (being up there in age) when recycling was first talked about the idea was that all garbage would be taken to a "plant" where it would separated into the different recyclable categories and handled appropriately. What happened to this approach I wonder? My guess is lack of political will to make it happen. We seem to avoid moving forward an awful lot these days due do excessive analysis or too much decision by committee or fear of political incorrectness such that we never really progress at the rate we could.

My guess is that the alternative is hiring government workers to sort the stuff at the other end... considering how little effort it is now I for one wouldn't want to pay more taxes to have someone else sort it for me.

No, it wasn't a manual sort being touted, there was technology involved. A point you missed in my comment is that given the number of sorters (almost everyone) using today's approach there is no guarantee that the stuff ends up in the right bucket either. Another big plus to no at home sorting would be no paper, plastic, cans, etc. blowing down the street on windy days as everything would be in neat sealed bags. Besides, even if it was manual there are probably a number of able-bodied welfare recipients we are already paying that could do the sorting (or perhaps those incarcerated while paying their debt to society could chip in some effort), no added cost.

Good point.