From My Bottom Step

Green Bins in London? HAH!

Defer. Maybe it ought to be London’s motto.

Community Consultation re Waste Management

“The broad field of waste management is a complex discipline that includes, but is not limited to, environmental protection, public education, waste reduction, recycling, composting, garbage collection, landfill construction and maintenance, data gathering and analysis, government regulation, and public relations. For municipal governments it requires staff that is continually learning new strategies, complying with government regulations and adapting and advancing techniques of waste diversion, collection and disposal. In London, the program is referred to as the Continuous Improvement System.” 01
Now, the City of London wants your opinion. You are being asked to read it’s just-released consultative ‘Road Map to Maximize Waste Diversion in London’ report, that “outlines and explains a number of options the City has compiled and/or developed to help Londoners achieve higher diversion rates,” and to complete/submit a questionaire/comments form that it contains.
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Zero-Waste Public Events

A delegation representing TREA, Waste Free World and … Continue Reading

Miller Passes the Buck

In one of the most interesting articles that I’ve seen appear in our local daily in a long time (”Housing complex said to be no place to raise children”; Amanda Robinson; London Free Press; 2007/08/30), we’re told that there are no garbage bins in the city-managed site and that “mounds of garbage accumulate before the week’s scheduled pickup.” But then all we’re told about the involvement of … Continue Reading

2006 Fowler Election Platform – Needle Disposal Bins

as originally posted on my Election Website

Some of what I’ve had to say in the past

Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:47:05 -0500 (EST)From: “Gregory Fowler”Subject: Failure to CommunicateTo: “Sandy White”CC: adecicco@london.ca, jsher@lfpress.com, pmcleod@thelondoner.ca, John.Wilsons@corusent.com, newstalk1290today@cjbk.com
Sandy,
With respect to the issue of Needle Disposal Bins.
Since there’s been no response from Mr. Irwin at the Central Library, or from … Continue Reading