Posted on: 19-09-10 08:54:46
hi desi's...me and family moved to our own home at Milton this week, can you folks let me know what you do for garbage sorting (blue bin/green bin/garbage bags) for typical desi family 
the booklet I received from Halton waste management seems to be too confusing (moving from condo, got used to throwing anything/everything over the chute)
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also what to do with the diapers???
GREEN=ORGANIC (anything the earthworm can convert into dirt- leftover foods, coffee filters, teabags, food peels, eggshells, tissue paper, kitchen napkins). DIAPERS
http://www.toronto.ca/greenbin/card.htm
BLUE bags/Recycle bin : Anything made of paper, cardboard, glass items, tin items
http://www.peelregion.ca/pw/waste/garb-recy/recycle-items.htm
GARBAGE: Anything that is NOT ORGANIC and non-recyclable or don't know whether its organic or recyclable.
Batteries, Computer parts , paints, leftover fireworks and other chemical substances should be disposed off according to the rules on the website.
Welcome to recyling and doing your bit for earth
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Paints, batteries, syringes, etc. go at http://www.makethedrop.ca/content/what-goes-drop-zone
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Give free food http://www.thehungersite.com ||
garbage is gen picked up every other week, thats where the milk packets etc go.
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smile ...
Quote:Don't put plastic bags in the garbage.
Originally posted by michelle288
plastic bags go in the garbage
Take them to a plastic bag recycling bin.
Most of the malls and large stores have one outside.
All WalMarts have the recycling bins.
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"Mah deah, there is much more money to be made in the destruction of civilization than in building it up."
-- Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind"
Even better reduce the use of plastic bags. Get the reusable grocery store bags.
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