http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/04/the-green-bin-is-in/ News, Politics, Events, Music, Art, Theatre, Restaurants, Sports, Environment, Everything and Anything in Kingston, Ontario. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/04/the-green-bin-is-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2522 Harvey Kirkpatrick Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:36:29 +0000 http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/04/the-green-bin-is-in/#comment-2522 We had an electrician doing some work in our house last week, and he asked me if I wanted to recycle the cardboard/paper waste from some of the packaging he had used. It was at least one grey box worth of materials, and I would estimate that he had two other jobs that day, which would have wasted the same amount of recyclable materials. My electrician stated that although his business pays considerably higher property taxes, the City does not allow him to participate in blue, grey or green bin recycling? I think that this is an issue we need to take a closer look at. If Kingston is honestly trying to divert more recyclable materials from our landfills, extending recycling to businesses should be a no brainer. We had an electrician doing some work in our house last week, and he asked me if I wanted to recycle the cardboard/paper waste from some of the packaging he had used. It was at least one grey box worth of materials, and I would estimate that he had two other jobs that day, which would have wasted the same amount of recyclable materials. My electrician stated that although his business pays considerably higher property taxes, the City does not allow him to participate in blue, grey or green bin recycling? I think that this is an issue we need to take a closer look at. If Kingston is honestly trying to divert more recyclable materials from our landfills, extending recycling to businesses should be a no brainer.

]]> http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/04/the-green-bin-is-in/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Broken Haiku Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:08:59 +0000 http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/04/the-green-bin-is-in/#comment-48 Did you guys know that the city of Kingston does not in fact offer free recyling to local buisness owners? Most buisnesses downtown just dump their cardboard in with "regular" trash as there is no system set up to pick up comercial recycled goods. Did you guys know that the city of Kingston does not in fact offer free recyling to local buisness owners? Most buisnesses downtown just dump their cardboard in with “regular” trash as there is no system set up to pick up comercial recycled goods.

]]> http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/04/the-green-bin-is-in/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Nicole Vaillancourt Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:51:21 +0000 http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/04/the-green-bin-is-in/#comment-43 I think it's awesome that cities outside of the GTA are finally picking up on the benefits of diverting garbage from landfills. Yay for Kingston! I think it’s awesome that cities outside of the GTA are finally picking up on the benefits of diverting garbage from landfills. Yay for Kingston!

]]> http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/04/the-green-bin-is-in/comment-page-1/#comment-29 SnoopDog1 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:09:31 +0000 http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/04/the-green-bin-is-in/#comment-29 <p>Hey, that's a really great piece of info there. :) Thanks a lot!...</p> Hey, that’s a really great piece of info there. :) Thanks a lot!…

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