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Category Archives: Green Energy
True or False: Batteries should not go in the garbage?
That was a trivia question I asked several grade five groups at the Halton Children’s Water Festival. Believe it or not, about half of them said true and the other half said false! The answer is TRUE! Batteries should absolutely … Continue reading
St. Luke: Eco’s Best Friend
St. Luke Catholic Elementary School is a great school because we use R, R, R! Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. First we have “Walk to School Day,” which is a day where our whole school walks to school so we don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Blue Box, GreenCart, Green Energy, Education, Schools, 3Rs Community Champion
Tagged 3rs, children, compost, composting, conservation, eco, energy conservation, environment, Halton Catholic District School Board, outdoors, parents, recycle, recycling, reduce, reuse, school, St. Luke Catholic Elementary School, Waste Reduction Week, zero waste
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A Landfill Gas Success Story – Reducing by Capturing
The Clean Air Partnership’s blog about Halton Region’s landfill gas collection system tells the story of how early-adopters can make environmental improvements even before it becomes mandatory. The landfill site in Halton, located in Milton, Ontario, is the only operating landfill in the region accepting municipal solid … Continue reading
Posted in Disposal, Garbage, Green Energy, Green Living, Landfill, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
Tagged clean air partnership, climate, climate change, combustion energy, environment, ghg, global warming, green energy, green power, greenhouse gases, Halton Waste Management Site, landfill, landfill gas, landfill site, methane, science, sustainability, sustainable, waste landfills, waste management, zero waste
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Earth Hour – an environmental event for the whole family
I try to instil in my children a need to protect the environment. In my family, we practice the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), and discuss other things we can do as a family to help the environment. One small way … Continue reading
Posted in Apartments, Education, Green Energy, Green Living, Houses, Schools
Tagged conservation, Earth Hour, eco, education, energy, energy conservation, environment, events, family, parenting, parents, sustainable, World Wildlife Fund, world wildlife fund wwf
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Making Recycling Easy at Your Christmas Holiday Party
Check out our 2 minute 20 second video about making recycling and composting easy for guests at your upcoming Christmas holiday party!
Posted in Apartments, Blue Box, Compost, Education, Garbage, Green Energy, Houses, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
Tagged Christmas, composting, environment, food waste, holiday waste, holidays, recycling, video, waste management
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