ESSSEXX-WWINDSOOR SSOLID WWASTTEE AUTHHORITYY •• COUNNTY EEDITTION • SSPRRING 201333

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Report Card 1

Good, Bad, And The Ugly 2

Home Hardware Stores 3

Approved Recycling Carts 3

Special Events Recycling 3

Truckload Sales 4

Compost Sales 5

Plentiful Harvest 5

Earth Day At Malden Park 6

Open House 6

Goodwill Donation Centre 6

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Truckload Sales! Don’t miss some of our lowest prices - EVER! See page 4 for more info.

New Plastics: A+Excellent. Residents are very receptive to the new blue box additions and the amount of plastics captured has increased by 20%. Keep up the excellent work!

Participation: AVery Good! Despite all the changes that have occurred to the recycling program participation remains good. The streets are lined with red and blue boxes in most municipalities on recycling day. Your efforts should be congratulated.

Capture: BCurrently we are getting 70% of the recyclables from households - which is good, but could be even better if the same effort was applied in the bathroom, bedroom, and basement as was applied in the kitchen. We are still not getting all your packaging materials such as the toilet paper rolls, shampoo bottles, aerosol cans, and laundry detergent bottles.

Proper Use: B -This refers to putting the right materials in the proper box. We’re doing a satisfactory job, but we can all try harder to use the Red Box only for paper products and the bigger Blue Box only for containers. It may not look like it but the paper and containers are placed in separate compartments on the same truck. These materials are then delivered to two separate recycling facilities. Paper goes to the Fibre Recycling Building and containers go to the Container Recycling Building. If you have too much of one type of material try using another similar size container for your overfl ow like a laundry basket or cardboard box. You can also purchase additional boxes at any Home Hardware store for $6.00 ea. plus tax.

Contamination: C+Needs Improvement. We all would like to recycle more materials but unfortunately there are only so many materials

that we can currently recycle. EWSWA has established Public Drop Off depots for other materials such as electronics, scrap metal, tires, and household hazardous wastes because we cannot collect these materials in our curbside recycling program. If you put these materials in your Red or Blue Box they simply take the long road to the landfi ll or worse still, they end up contaminating the other recyclable materials, and threaten the marketability of these materials.

Thanks for your participation, keep up the good work!

Report Card

We Can More!

Rain Barrel: $35.00 - WOW

Truckload Sale Blow Out

Backyard Composter: $15.00 - UNBELIEVABLE!

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THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY...

ENVIROTIP: Gable top containers go in LOOSE in the Blue Box. Nesting items inside each other causes many problems at our facility.

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The Good!This is an actual example of a resident doing everything right! All the materials are recyclable, there is no contamination and all the products are separated into the correct box. The Blue Box is full of containers and the Red Box is full of paper.

The recycle truck drivers love these boxes, and we thank you for doing such a great job!

The Bad!This is what happens when things start to go wrong. All the products are recyclable, BUT, they are packaged incorrectly.

Containers are in plastic bags, loose on the lawn, and the bags are roped together. This looks more like garbage day than recycling day.

Corrective Measures: Don’t use plastic bags, and get a Blue Box, laundry basket or even a cardboard box. And, no rope - ever.

And, The Ugly!Unfortunately, nothing is right about this photo. All of the visible items are not recyclable in our program, and everything is packaged incorrectly.

Separation: Paper products must go in the Red Box. Containers must go in the Blue Box. No mixing materials.

Contamination: You cannot recycle plastic toys, shovels, pool noodles, chairs, umbrellas, rope, pots, pans, in your recycle boxes.

A. At certain times of the year, we are inundated with wooden orange crates at the Recycling Centre. - but, here’s the deal...we can’t recycle them.

Wooden Crates - NO, not recyclable.

Question Corner

Q. Clementines (tangerines) often come packaged in wooden crates - are the wooden crates recyclable?

Q. Gable-top containers look and feel like paper. What box do they go in?A. Despite how they look or feel, gable -top containers (milk, creamer, juices, etc.) belong in the Blue Box.

You asked...we answered.

NO!

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ENVIROTIP: Remember plastic cups can be recycled at home, in the parks, and at special events.!

HOSTING A SPECIAL EVENT? - NEED RECYCLING?

RECYCLING PRODUCTS AT LOCAL HOME HARDWARE STORES!

Special Events RecyclingIf you attend one of the many special events and festivals scheduled this summer, please look for the recycling carts. Containers (water bottles, plastic cups, liquor bottles, cans, etc.) belong in the ‘container’ cart, and paper products should be placed in the cart designated for ‘paper’.

If you are hosting a large special event and require recycling services, please contact the EWSWA in order to organize a recycling program for your event. This is a year round, FREE service. Register early, fi rst come, fi rst served.

You can call 1-800-265-9625 for more information or to register for special event recycling services.

New Website Form: Visit our website at www.ewswa.org / recycling / special events to request recycling services for your event on-line, it’s as easy as fi lling out the simple form.

EWSWA Approved Merchandise Available

Your local Home Hardware Store is carrying the ‘EWSWA approved’ recycling products - which means that we endorse the product and have found it to be well made, and compatible with our curbside recycling program.

• Residential Recycling Cart* - 35 gal. - $65 plus tax. (with ‘approved’ lifting mechanism) • Large Recycling Boxes - $6 plus tax.• Mini Recycling Boxes - $3 plus tax.• Backyard Composters - $35 plus tax.

*Note: Not all recycling carts are equipped with the same lifting mechanism. This means that there are many types that are NOT compatible with the recycling trucks in Essex/Windsor. The residential recycling carts at Home Hardware have the approved lifting mechanism, and will be accepted in our recycling program.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Oops Recycling StickerWe have implemented a new recycling notifi cation system to let you know when something in your recycle box is not quite right.

The driver will attach this ‘low tac’ sticker to your recycle box to indicate if something is incorrect. For example, you could receive an Oops Sticker if you have:

• Materials that are not accepted in our program• Your recycle boxes are contaminated.• You included an item that should have been brought to the Drop Off Depot• Your recycle boxes are overfi lled• You have used an improper (not approved) container

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Using The Correct Recycling ContainersBelow are the locations that you can purchase ‘approved’ recycling carts.

For Businesses & ApartmentsApproved 90 gallon recycling carts can be purchased from the EWSWA for $100 plus tax. Call 1-800-563-3377 for more info.

For HouseholdsApproved 35 gallon residential recycling carts can be purchased from Home Hardware or at an EWSWA Truckload Sale.

Approved 90 & 35 gallon recycling carts can also be purchased or rented from Herby Curby. 519-948-5854 / www.herbycurby.com

APPROVED RECYCLING CARTS / 90 & 35 GAL

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ENVIROTIP: Yes, you CAN recycle the big pails & lids containing kitty litter. Please ensure pail is EMPTY prior to recycling in your Blue Box.

MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE FOR SALE

Truckload Sale (Essex): SATURDAY, May 11thAt the Civic & Education Centre, 360 Fairview Ave.West in Essex. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. / Rain or Shine / Cash OnlyCongrats to the Essex Ravens who are volunteering to staff our compost drive thru on May 11th! Thank You!

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xTruckload Sale (Windsor): SUNDAY, May 5thAt the Public Drop Off Depot in Windsor9 a.m. to 1 p.m. / Rain or Shine / Cash Only3560 North Service Rd. EastFacility closed for the receipt of garbage.A big ‘shout out’ to the AKO Fratmen who are volunteering to staff our compost drive thru on May 5th! Thank You!

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Merchandise For Sale At Both Events

To celebrate National Composting Week May 6-12th, we are offering some of the lowest prices EVER on our ‘composting merchandise’!!!

Town of Essex Location: A special thanks to “Communities in Bloom” in the Town of

Essex for partnering with us for this environmental event!

A portion of the proceeds go to support Windsor AKO Fratmen & Essex Ravens Football.

Items On Sale - while supplies last• Pre-bagged Compost: 5 bags for $10.00 (this price is for the Truckload Sale ONLY – no bulk compost available)• Backyard Composter: $15.00 - lowest price EVER!• Green Cone Digester: $50.00• Rain Barrels: $35.00 • Stainless Steel Compost Pails: $20.00• Plastic Compost Pails: $3.50 - NEW item• Compost Aerating Tool: $15.00• Blue and Red Boxes: $6.00 (if resident brings in an old broken box, we will give $1.00 off the price of a new box - limit two per customer)• Mini Boxes: (Blue and Red) $3.00• Residential Recycling Cart: $60.00• Wheel Set For Recycle Boxes: $3.00 (box NOT included – assembly required)

$15 $35 $50 $6 $60

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ENVIROTIP: Recycle your plastic fl ower pots & fl ats at the Public Drop Off Depot. Drop them off on the Composting Pad - free of charge.

If you want fl owers even Mother Nature is jealous of, you need some of our Garden Gold Compost!

Our 100% natural ‘nutrient-rich’ compost is black gold for your garden. It helps replenish the nutrients that have been lost in the soil, providing the food that fl owers, plants, and vegetables need in order to grow and fl ourish.

You can purchase compost this Spring at the Public Drop Off Depot in Windsor.

Add some GOLD to your garden!

Plentiful Harvest!

GARDEN GOLD COMPOST SALES

FOOD RESCUE PROGRAM

Purchase:• Pre-bagged: $3.25 per bag or 4 bags for $11. • Bag Your Own: $4.00 per bag - (bag included).• Bulk Loads: $13.50 per yard (mechanical loading provided)• Delivery: By Appointment Only, Call 1-800-563-3377. (Windsor, LaSalle, Tecumseh): $50.74 delivery (includes tax), + $13.50 per cubic yard. (Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, Leamington, Lakeshore): $84.64 delivery (includes tax), + $13.50 per cubic yard.

Bags of Garden Gold Compost will also be on sale at our Truckload Sale and our Open House. (refer to page 4 or our website for more information www.ewswa.org)

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The Food Rescue Program consists of three key strategies and resources which allow Plentiful Harvest to establish a comprehensive program to rescue large quantities of food (fresh/prepared) to package, distribute, feed, educate, and make more accessible food resources to

individuals/families in need and enhance food security. “Plentiful Harvest” is the only program of its kind in Ontario that offers all of the strategies together under one umbrella making them very unique.

Note: All rescued food stays in Windsor and Essex County.

If you are a business or green house that has the ability to contribute to Plentiful Harvest’s Food Rescue Program, please

contact them at 519-944-4900.

Both fresh and prepared food is received through business

donations. It is then distributed to those in need.

Since June 2012, 909,464 pounds of food was distributed to food banks, providing for those in need and diverting this

important resource from the landfi ll!

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ENVIROTIP: Household Chemical Waste can be dropped off at the Public Drop Off Depot - free of charge.

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Come TOUR the Recycling Centre and Public Drop Off Depot to see how your products get recycled!

• Kids - Get Behind The Wheel Of The Trucks!• Live Demonstrations• BBQ Hotdogs & Hamburgs• Environmental Displays• Free Kids Activities• Free Admission

OPEN HOUSESunday, June 9th / 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Public Drop Off Depot3560 North Service Rd. East (Windsor)

Join Us For Fun!

Sunday, April 28thAt Malden Park10:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rain or Shine

Spotlight on Local Food~ Free Local Food Maps~ Free Recipes

Earth Day 2013

Why Throw Good Stuff Away - Donate It!Goodwill Donation CentreLocated at the Public Drop Off Depot 3560 North Service Rd. East (see page 4 for map)Hours: Mon.- Sat. 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.Accepted Items: clothing, books, housewares, furniture, power tools, toys, games, sports equipment, small appliances (in working order), etc.

For more info. contact 519-253-7111 ext. 290 / aparent@city.windsor.on.ca

• Beebo• Interactive Food Kiosk• Kids Planting Station• Cooking & Canning Demos• Seed Exchange• Wildfl ower Planting• 30+ Environmental Exhibits• Silent Auction• Food & Refreshments