Photo: Michael Graham Richard Bring Out Your... Organic Waste Yesterday I got my green bin from the city of Ottawa. They've been handing them out to residents since September 2009 (except for those in a pilot program), and everybody should have one by December except for people living in high-rise buildings and residences with common pad collection (that will come later). The collection of organic waste is set to begin in January 2010, and since about 45% of the waste collected by the city i
Hip, Hip, Hooray for Composting. Photo by Caroline Treadway, elephant’s ex-photographer.
Hey, Toronto: guess what those RFID scannable and barcoded garbage bins you just got this year are for? Note the standardized appearance of the bin in the photo below. And garbage seizure? We’ve our own set of ridiculous rulings in place now authorizing the same: Flashback: Toronto: New bin regime spawns new rules, confusion for avid recyclers | Trash search doesn’t violate privacy rights, says top court | London Police Encourage Citizens To Inform on Neighbour’s Garbage | UK Slips Ne
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A campaign executive for Gavin Newsom's governor's race said I was scraping the bottom of the barrel when I posted a photo of the mayor's green recycling bin in connection with a column about the city's new mandatory composting regulation. Point and shaky pun taken. But, despite my own best lowly efforts, the New York Times reports today that Newspapers Have Not (yet) Hit Bottom of the yowling plunge the profession's been in for several years. I don't know if that's good news -- tha
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Not only is this an excellent design, it is a wonderfully crafted recycling device. Keeping up with the design outlooks of Braun, they have recently launched the concept called Envi urban dustbin. This is something that will help you do your bit by “promoting composting from biodegradable waste.” What you do is, for instance, while tossing an apple into the dustbin, bio-reactive substances based on photo catalysis start rehashing the trash as compost. And you don’t even have to...
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