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Kingstonist’s Challenge # 13: Batteries, Cell Phones and E-Waste Disposal
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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New Drop Off Locations For Used Batteries, Cell Phones
Battery-shaped collection bins have been set up in the lobbies of City Hall, 216 Ontario St., and the INVISTA Centre, 1350 Gardiner’s Rd., to make it more convenient for residents to properly dispose of used single-use and rechargeable batteries and small used electronic devices such as cell phones. Spent batteries are considered household hazardous waste [...]
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Best of 2011: One Bag Per Household Limit
In an effort to curb the city’s waste by 65%, we’ve seen the introduction of an organic recycling program, an expanded list of acceptable blue box materials and now a one bag per household limit. Thankfully Kingston has moved away from talking about forcing people to use clear garbage bags, which would have resulting in [...]
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Kingston Tops In Waste Diversion Among Similar Cities
Kingstonians diverted 13 per cent more residential waste from landfill in 2010 than 2009 according to Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO). Kingston’s 55 per cent total diversion rate in 2010 puts the city at the top of its class in Ontario beating out municipalities like Peterborough, North Bay and Sudbury (Kingston is in the Rural Regional [...]
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Weekly Poll: The Year That Was
With less than two weeks to go until Christmas, and New Year’s a mere three weeks away, it’s time for our annual review of the news stories and issues that shaped this past year. Will we remember 2011 as the year that Confederation Park was, for a short time, occupied by protesters in an effort [...]
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Weekly Poll: One Bag Per Household Limit
In March 2009, after approximately one year of anticipation, Kingstonian’s began to receive green bins as a part of the city-wide organic recycling program. Council initially projected that these environmentally friendly vessels would help reduce household waste by as much as 65 percent, thereby slowing the long-term exhaustion of available landfills. Since then, our household [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge # 4: Litter Clean Up
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Canada Day Festivities and Closures
Kingston’s Canada Day celebrations are scheduled for Confederation Park and Grass Creek Park. A list of holiday and road closures follows below. Here’s what is going on: Red & White People Parade: Anyone wearing Canadian red and white is welcome to join this parade which departs from the Metro parking lot (at Barrie and Princess [...]
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Family Day Activities
Municipal Offices Closed & No Kingston Transit On Family Day The City and some community partners are offering a variety of Family Day activities for Monday, Feb. 21. (The holiday schedule for municipal services follows the activity listing.) At The Invista Centre Free Family Day Public Skating: Local sponsors are partnering with the City to [...]
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Weekly Poll: The Year That Was
While there are three weeks remaining in 2010, for the most part, the big news stories and issues that shaped the year have already passed. In the year MMX, Harvey Rosen handed over the gavel to Mark Gerretsen, the 35 year old son of a former Mayor and current MPP, John Gerretsen. Kingston and the [...]
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