As we enter the gift giving season when mountains of packaging quickly pile up, planning how to divert all that waste from the land fill would be an environmentally friendly thing to do. We have many yellow bins around Cranbrook where cardboard, glass, plastic and paper can be binned for recycling and we have a curbside recycling business for which we must pay. (It is worth every penny and an article will be forthcoming)Wood Buffalo Municipality which includes Fort McMurray Alberta has made recycling much easier with the help of their own website: http://www.recycle-more.ca/index.php
Here is a great little project from that site for the kids or adults to bide away some creative time - making Christmas gift boxes from old Christmas cards.
http://www.recycle-more.ca/development/forms/Reused%20Greeting%20Card%20Box%20-%20November%202010.pdf
The whole of the Wood Buffalo Municipal site is worth a look. One of the facilities is the ability to watch previously recorded Council Meetings. Considering the sometimes unreliability of our Shaw broadcasts, this may be something for Cranbrook to consider.
http://www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca/site3.aspx#
There's a helpful guide to the 3Rs at Christmas in Monday's Advertiser.
ReplyDeleteWe should all try to REDUCE the amount of garbage going to the Regional Landfill by buying gifts with minimum packaging and waste; and where possible REUSE as much as possible, such as reusing wrapping paper, boxes and plastic bags; and RECYCLE what we can't reuse. It's amazing how much can be recycled but avoid recycling items with glitter.
I see that the RDEK has also taken a full page ad in today's Daily Townsman about the 3Rs.
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