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Author Archives: lindsayplugers
Reuse Centres in Halton Region: Upper Credit Humane Society Thrift Shop
Part of a series about the charitable reuse centres operating in Halton Region. Waste audits have shown 7% of the materials found in Halton’s residential garbage stream are textile materials that could be salvaged through reuse centres. This number may … Continue reading
Reuse Centres in Halton Region: Burlington Reuse Centre
Part of a series about the charitable reuse centres operating in Halton Region. Waste audits have shown 7% of the materials found in Halton’s residential garbage stream are textile materials that could be salvaged through reuse centres. This number may not … Continue reading
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Reuse Centres in Halton Region: Wastewise
Part of a series about the charitable reuse centres operating in Halton Region. Waste audits have shown that 7% of the materials found in Halton’s residential garbage stream are textile materials that could be salvaged through reuse centres. This number may … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rs, conservation, eco, environment, Halton Hills, reduce, reuse, Wastewise
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Reuse Centres in Halton Region: Canadian Diabetes Association
Part of a new series about the charitable reuse centres operating in Halton Region. Waste audits have shown that 7% of the materials found in Halton’s residential garbage stream are textile materials that could be salvaged through reuse centres. This number … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rs, Canadian Diabetes Association, conservation, eco, environment, reduce, reuse
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Reuse Centres in Halton Region: Breast Cancer Support Services
Part of a new series about the charitable reuse centres operating in Halton Region. Reuse centres provide many positive benefits to our community: they create jobs, provide affordable shopping, and divert waste from out landfill. Many reuse centres are registered charities, … Continue reading
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Reuse Centres in Halton Region: Burlington Humane Society
Part of a series about the charitable reuse centres operating in Halton Region. Reuse centres provide many positive benefits to our community: they create jobs, provide affordable shopping, and divert waste from out landfill. Many reuse centres are registered charities, … Continue reading
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Improving waste diversion in the industrial, commercial and institutional sector
In Ontario, households are doing a great job practicing the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle). From shopping wisely and choosing products with minimal packaging to packing food in reusable containers, residents’ participation in curbside recycling programs helps Ontario’s household waste diversion … Continue reading
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Tagged business, conservation, environment, landfill, product stewardship, recycle, recycling, reduce, reuse, waste management, zero waste
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Conserving blue gold
Here at Halton Waste Management Site, we like to think of ourselves as experts in the 3Rs — reduce, reuse, recycle. This slogan is embedded into our work and everyday lives as we consciously think of ways to minimize our … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada Water Week, conservation, eco, environment, rain, reusable water bottles, water
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