All Posts Tagged With: "garbage"

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Taxing Times

I have a confession: I love budget season at city hall.  Sickening, isn’t it?
The  draft 2010 budget was released over the weekend at city hall, two weeks ahead of when budget meetings will actually commence. (I should clarify that the entire budget was not released on the city’s website — the staff reports with high-level [...]

16Nov2009 | Jordan Press | 2 comments | Continued
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Pick up Your Trash Kingston!

Last weekend, Junior and family hiked around the Barriefield rock garden, through the village, and down and around Constantine Arena. Such a lovely (and at the risk of triggering a late blizzard) Spring day. Unfortunately one of the of the lesser remarked aspects of the end of hibernation is the blight revealed as [...]

18Mar2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 6 comments | Continued
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Green Bins Have Arrived

It’s been nearly a year since we first reported that the City of Kingston was finally embracing a Green Bin recycling program. These environmentally friendly vessels will receive our table scraps, soiled paper, and yard waste, and could help reduce household garbage by as much as 65 percent. Throughout the past week or [...]

11Mar2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 7 comments | Continued
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Death of the Drive Thru

On my way walking to work this morning, I listened to a debate on CBC regarding whether or not cities should restrict, ban or do nothing about drive thru’s. For many people they are the ultimate convenience, while other health-minded folks see them as the scourge of the urban landscape. Although this debate [...]

16Jul2008 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 3 comments | Continued
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What to do with your E-Waste?

I recently embarked on a massive Spring cleaning session at home and at the office, and I accumulated a large pile of stuff I no longer had use for. Being a big proponent of recycling, I ensured that all my scraps of paper made it into the grey box, while old clothing and useful [...]

29May2008 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 1 comment | Continued
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Kingston Recycles…?

With the beautiful weather finally upon us, I have found myself spending more time outdoors. It’s pretty common to see people outside at lunch, eating in the park or on a bench on Princess Street. I treated myself to some take out last week and ate it as I wandered. The problem [...]

3May2008 | Danielle Lennon | 0 comments | Continued