All Posts Tagged With: "green bin"
1st Sustainable Kingston Community Forum
Many Kingstonian’s have latched onto the lofty goal of making this city the most sustainable in all of Canada. But when we talk about sustainabily in relation to urban centres, just what does that mean? Better yet, how can individual citizens contribute? Corporate Knights defines the sustainable city as a place that: has a viable [...]
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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: 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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Kingston Bylaws – Leaf Pick Up
I feel a need to unload, people. I turned on my fireplace two days ago. We held out until November and we’re pretty proud of that but, yeah, it’s time to accept the fact that this winter thing isn’t going to go away and my fingers couldn’t take the cold anymore. For many of us, [...]
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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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Weekly Poll: Leaf Litter
Fall is one of my favourite seasons, and for many a reason. I love the seasonal produce, making preserves, taking trips to Prince Edward County to stock up on select vintages, and of course the sight of ever-changing trees around the Limestone City. That said, as we all know those gorgeous Fall trees also have [...]
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What if Kingston…
Over the past few months we’ve watched numerous developments take shape such as bike lanes and the Montreal Street Park and Ride, while we’ve also learned of priority projects including long overdue lane extensions and the third crossing. While these initiatives are similar as they relate to how we move about the Limestone City, they’re [...]
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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: Clear Garbage Bags
In March 2009, the City of Kingston launched the highly anticipated organic recycling program in an effort to reduce the amount of recyclable material ending up in landfills by 65 percent. About a month later, city officials announced that 35 percent of Kingstonians were using their green bins. You can interpret that number as either [...]
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