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www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, June 11, 2010 · 24 Local churches pull together congregations for food drive this Sunday Families in north Oakville and some others around town may have noticed a paper bag dropped at their doorstep this week asking them to fill it and place it out front this Sunday morning to help fill up the Oak Park Neighbourhood Centre and Kerr Street Ministries food banks. Some congregations in Oakville will be cutting short sermons on Sunday to head out going door to door to collect the food bags left this week. "This is an amazing endeavor that has brought together the churches to pull all our congregations together to meet a need in our community," said Michelle Knoll of the Oak Park Neighbourhood Centre. The centre's food bank, along with that of Kerr Street Ministries, is struggling to keep shelves stocked for those in need. More than 500 volunteers are contributing time dropping off 6,000 bags to doors, picking them up and then sorting and delivering See Food page 25 The Regional Municipality of Halton It's Our Own Garbage The Joint Board under the Consolidated Hearings Act gave Approval under the Environmental Assessment Act was Condition 1 of the approval is as follows: For more than a decade, the Regional Municipality of What We Did in 2009 By participating in Blue Box, GreenCart, yard waste, reuse and household hazardous waste programs, Halton residents are sending less rates in Ontario! As a result of the ongoing participation by residents in Halton's waste collection programs, 2009 diversion data has indicated that search, and residents of two communities felt threatened was held by the Consolidated Hearing Board established by the Environmental Assessment Board and the Ontario Regional Corporation was responsible for disposing of waste, it was not alone responsible for waste reduction, the waste recycling objectives in the Region were modest, Joint Municipal-Regional Waste Management Committee Comprised of members from Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville, the Committee promotes the 3Rs--reduce, reuse, recycle-- How We Did It Communications & Outreach of Halton, that the Regional Corporation enter into agreements with the Municipalities of the Region to establish a Municipal-Regional Waste Management Committee having as its goal the reduction, recycling and reuse of waste so that there will be very little waste least twice a year the Committee should attempt to reach the goal through measures including but not limited to: promotion of individual, private and public composting provision of glass and metal recycling facilities for residential, apartment and commercial establishment waste, including provision of reception areas for development of measures to encourage retail outlets to reduce to the maximum extent possible "disposable" items and packaging materials, including fast-food provision of reception areas for household hazardous wastes, and consideration and development of mandatory recycling programs which include rewards and penalties for Once each year the Regional Municipality shall report on the participation of area Municipalities and the extent of cooperation and progress on the work of this Committee in full-page advertisements in the newspapers having general circulation in each of the Region's constituent GARBAGE," and is to include this condition in full at the Award-winning communications Waste Management Calendar Award-winning workshops for schools, community groups and apartments reaching 32,986 people open houses Online customer service tools "Calendar Cover Art" contests for youth Cell phone, printer cartridge, eyeglasses, natural cork and electronics recycling resulting in legislation that has enabled increased support from industry for the proper recycling and disposal of material through the following programs: (www.halton.ca/takeitback) (www.dowhatyoucan.ca) www.ontariots.ca) Waste Electronics & Electrical Equipment (www.dowhatyoucan.ca) Blue Boxes and GreenCarts delivered to new subdivisions Backyard Composter sales Waste Diversion Programs Weekly Blue Box and GreenCart collection Every other week collection of garbage Battery recycling program in partnership with Local Municipalities Extended Producer Responsibility (Industry Funded Programs under the Waste Diversion Act) municipalities, Halton Region has Special Events Compost Give Away The Results Household hazardous waste: 1,016 through reuse, recycling and composting Amount of materials collected at the curb, single year since the site opened in 1992) A Report describing compliance with all the Conditions of Approval under the Environmental Assessment Act is available for review. To obtain a copy of this report, please call Halton Region by dialing 311 or 905-825-6000 or 1-866-4HALTON (1-866-4425866) or TTY 905-827-9833. 100610