Halton's 2010 Waste Management Guide and Collection Calendar arriving at your home soon!

The 2010 Waste Management Guide and Collection Calendar which has everything residents need to know about waste collection in Halton Region will be delivered to homes starting January 14. The Calendar is effective February 1 and includes a schedule for Blue Box, GreenCart, garbage, bulk and yard waste collection, information on the Halton Waste Management Site, dates for 2010 special events such as compost giveaway and important waste diversion programs like Take It Back! Halton.

“The 2010 Waste Management Guide and Collection Calendar is a quick reference tool for residents to locate important information about all of Halton’s Waste Management programs,” said Gary Carr, Halton’s Regional Chair. “I encourage everyone to review the calendar to learn more about all of the ways we can work together to reduce, reuse and recycle our waste to protect and preserve our environment and continue to extend the life of Halton’s landfill.”

The 2010 Waste Management Guide and Collection Calendar once again features four of Halton’s talented young artists who were selected as the Calendar Cover Art Contest winners. This year marked the second annual contest that ran in the fall of 2009 asking children from kindergarten to grade eight to create the 2010 calendar cover using the theme of the 3Rs “reduce, reuse, recycle – everyday.” One child from each of the four Local Municipalities was selected from over 1000 entries to have their creative design featured on the 2010 calendar cover. Winners include Samantha Lynn from Alexanders Public School in Burlington, Riane Masse from St. Joseph Catholic School in Acton, Sofia Marinucci from Holy Rosary Catholic School in Milton and Nayana Menon from Captain R. Wilson Public School in Oakville.

Residents can also find their 2010 Collection Calendar online by visiting the Region’s website at www.halton.ca. Maps of collection areas and corresponding collection calendars for each Local Municipality are now online which identify Blue Box, GreenCart, garbage, bulk and yard waste collection dates for 2010. Also online this year is a new searchable database called Put Waste in its Place where residents can go online at www.halton.ca/waste and type in the name of an item and the results will identify how to reuse, recycle or dispose of it properly.

For more information on the 2010 Waste Management Guide and Collection Calendar contact Halton Region by dialing 311 or 905-825-6000, toll free 1-866-442-5866, TTY 905-827-9833 or visit www.halton.ca.

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