B12 - The Canadian Champion, Friday, August 8, 2008 More Blue and Green for a Better Planet Halton Waste Management Site The Halton Waste Management Site (HWMS) is Halton's "one stop" solution for the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), yard waste composting, safe disposai of household hazardous waste and of course, garbage disposai. Please secure ail open Ioads with a tarp or rope. Ail customers are to report ta the Scalehouse upon arrivai. Fees For general waste and use of the Container Station, the user fees are: up ta 50 kg $5/Ioad 51 kg -150 kg $1 0/Ioad over 150 kg 10.8 cents/kg starting from 0 kg] For a fuli Iist of HWMS user fees, visit www.halton.calwaste or cali Haiton Region at 905-825-6000 or 1-866-442-5866. Blue Boxes & Backyard Composters Blue Boxes and Backyard Composters are available at the Scalehouse. " Blue Boxes: new residents two free of charge, current residents one free of charge, $5 per additional box M " Backyard Composters: $15 each (2 maximum) i Salvation Army Drop-off Drap-off unwanted reusable items for no fee and help the community. t " Acceptable Items: clothing, miens, paired shoes, kitchenware, toys and undamaged furniture. " Mot Accepted: cabinets, desks, typewriters, barbeques, tires, auto parts, mattresses, cribs and car seats. Household Hazardous Waste Depot Residential hazardous waste can damage the environment if disposed of improperly; it must not be put in the garbage or poured dlown the drain. Each year the Household Hazardous Waste Depot recycles or properly disposes over 750,000 litres of residentiai hazardous waste. Accepted free of charge: " Aerosol cans (full) " Automobile batteries " Fluorescent bulbs and tubes (8 maximum) " Fuels " Garden chemicals " Household batteries " Househoid cleaners " Motor oul and filters " Paint " Pesticides " Pool chemicais " Pharmaceuticals (over-the-counter and prescription) " Propane tanks " Solvents " Varsol (clean or used) There is a 20 litre maximum per visit. No commercial hazardous waste can be accepted. Empty paint cans (dry with lids removed) and other empty containers (with no iiquîd or powder residue) can be disposed of with regular garbage. Paint Reuse Shed- Looking for paint to repaint your house? Pick up usabie paint and stain at the Reuse Shed for free--we can't guarantee which colours wiii be availabie. The Paint Rieuse Shed is convenienty iocated beside the Househoid Hazardous Waste Depot. Open from spring to fail. Container Station in addition to garbage disposai, the foliowing materiais are coiiected and diverted from iandfiil: " aru waste " Scrap Metal " Appliances T ires (up to 5 per year per househoid) * 88000 " Drywall " Electronics (computer hard drives, stereos, VCRs, etc.> Additional items may be diverted at the container station free of charge: " Blue Box materials (free of charge for residential ioads only; ail commercial loads are subject to charge) " CelI phones " Eyeglasses " Printer cartridges " Wine and champagne bottle corks (natural corks oniy) Halton Waste Management Site '101 5400 Regional Rad 25 STEELÇSAv Milton -' Open Manday - Saturday 0 8:00 a.m. ta 4:30 p.m. Closed every Sunday and the R following holidays: X BIANARD HWMSN Le a40 nal Rd 25 New Vear's Day Good Friday Victoria Day LS~ N 1t~ 7 C anada D ay ETR 407 Civic Holiday Labour Day OUNOAS ST (j RD 5) Thanksgiving Christmas Day Producing Green Energy The Landfill Gas Collection and Utilization Project is a partnership between Haltan Regian and Oakville Hydro ta collect Iandifill gas ta praduce electricity. The praject provides enaugh 'green« energy ta power approximately 1,500 homes. Remaving landfill gas from the landfll bath reduces adaurs and cuts dawn the emissian af ozone-depleting methane inta the atmasphere, impraving the enviranment. 111SofeRa] ekilO tri 6 1 e 0 -2-00aTl re : . 6 -4256 - Ta: 90 -2 -830 s.atnc