WASTE REDUCTION
Spring Cleaning with TEA: Part 1
From dumping batteries to old sports equipment, compact florescent lightbulbs to used cooking oil, find out how to make your spring cleaning green!
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Bottle deposits - the best way to reduce waste
Deposits on drink bottles and cans are hands-down the best way to reduce waste and increase recycling. TEA has pushed for deposit systems for years - learn more.
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TEA calling on the Province: keep the bottle deposit!
TEA and a number of environmental NGOs are urging the Province to protect Ontario's successful deposit system for alcohol containers.
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How we can Reduce Waste
We need to cut Toronto’s waste drastically by investing in waste diversion. Far too much that can be recycled or composted is being thrown away.
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Long Term Waste Plan - Jan 2015 update
Last summer, the City held 4 Public Consultations, attended events & surveyed the public's ideas about dealing with Toronto's waste for the next 50 years.
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Dec 2014 - Victory! Battery 'recycling' protected
Battery recycling proposal with lower definition of recycling rejected!
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Good Intentions Don’t Justify Bad Environmental Laws
December 4, 2014, the Provincial Government released a draft regulation. If enacted, it will be easier for cement and steel companies to burn garbage instead of coal to make their products. They claim this is good for the environment.
Environmental groups have big concerns.
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How green is that bin? York Region residents have reason to wonder - Toronto Star
The region is trucking organic waste all the way to Ottawa and London to be processed, having no anaerobic digester available locally.
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Waste Free Challenge - recap
Over ten weeks in 2014, hundreds of Toronto residents took TEA's Waste Free TO Challenge online - what we found surprised us.
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