From My Bottom Step

Regulating Gift Cards

“You’ve got to wonder if these … Continue Reading

Discarded Shopping Carts

On a subconscious level at least, the visual blight caused by litter, graffitti, and abandoned shopping carts negatively impacts upon the way that we feel about our community. The following from Jay Stanford (Division Manager, Environmental Services), in response to a recent inquiry:

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 19:54:37 -0500
From: Jay Stanford … Continue Reading

Timmy Environmentalism

In “Save 40 Bucks a Year at Tim Hortons” (London Commons; 2007/08/24), Annmarie decries disposable paper cups. And she’s right to do so. Discarded Timmy cups seem to be everywhere. They’re a frequent eyesore at LTC stops, even the relatively few locations that actually happen to have a waste receptacle (I won’t rant about the LTC benches with the built-in but sealed-up waste receptacles here… that merits it’s own future post).

Annmarie suggests that TH’s will … Continue Reading