From My Bottom Step

Fleming Drive Heats Up

A media release from London Police Service. Published by FMBS as a public service.

Disposing of Kitchen Waste

Jay Stanford commented at yesterday’s ETC meeting that garbage bags contain 40% food scraps by weight.

Councillor Lonc said that after making a recent inquiry, he found out that the treatment cost of disposing of kitchen waste via garburators is $800/tonne compared to $100/tonne via green bins.

I think that the best solution is for people to compost. And I think the best way to achieve that is to charge … Continue Reading

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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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Fast-Food Waste

A Torontoist sketch.

Loretta Lau’s Timmy Petition

I’d like to draw your attention to an online petition which attempts to influence Tim Hortons® (Canada’s largest food service operator) to do more toward addressing it’s harmful behaviour than simply putting anti-litter messages on it’s packaging (click HERE to view the petition).
I’d also like to highlight a similar initiative … Continue Reading

Hamilton’s New Garbage Limits

It’s more confusing than it has to be. It will take a lot longer to put in place than is necessary. But despite all that, Hamilton’s new policy on garbage pickup is going in the right direction, and puts London’s 4-bag system to shame.
2008/03/31-2009/03/283 x 23 kg. containers (MAX). Extra containers get an “oops” tag and are left at the curb…. Continue Reading

Proposed Hamilton Garbage Limit

Something that may be of interest, especially to those who like to gripe about London’s 4 x 20kg garbage container limit…
Staff at Hamilton’s City Hall are recommending the imposition of a one-bag or one-can-a-week garbage limit starting in March (”City aims for one-bag garbage limit in ‘08″; Eric McGuinness; Hamilton Spectator; 2007/11/17).
Hamilton has set a target of trying to divert 65% of household waste into blue boxes … Continue Reading

Landfill Gas Collection Revenue in Peril?

London was one of only four municipalities that were selected in a nation-wide competition to receive funding for a methane collection/combustion project. The city gets ERC’s (Emission Reduction Credits) from the feds for flaring (burning off) methane at the W12A landfill site.
Landfill gas is generated at city landfills when bacteria decomposes garbage. It is one of the major man-made sources of methane emissions. Methane is a greenhouse … Continue Reading

Spaceroaches

Not content with turning outer space into a celestial garbage dump, a Russian cockroach called Nadezhda (Hope) recently conceived aboard the Foton-M bio-satellite. What impact the extra-terrestrial environment may have had on the 33 new insects may not be known for some time.
Forgive me for asking, but was it wise to conduct this kind of experiment on what is already … Continue Reading