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Kingston Area Recycling Centre Tour Date Announced

Find out what happens to your Blue and Grey Box recyclables after they are collected: drop by for a tour of the Kingston Area Recycling Centre (KARC) at 196 Lappan’s Lane (map) from 10 a.m. to noon next Saturday Oct. 5, 2013. “Households that signed up to be recognized as Remarkable Recyclers may want to come… Keep Reading

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Queen’s Enters RecycleMania Competition, Develops Online Recycling Tool

Queen’s University is once again participate in Recyclemania, an international competition that promotes waste reduction on university campuses. The university’s Sustainability Office is helping to make recycling even easier this year by developing an online tool that helps students, staff and faculty dispose of a variety of materials more responsibly. “We’re always looking for ways… Keep Reading

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Queen’s University Diverts 45 Per Cent of Waste from Landfills

Queen’s successfully diverted 45 per cent of its waste from landfills in the past year, up three per cent from the year previous. The university released the results of its waste diversion efforts during National Waste Reduction Week, which celebrates initiatives across the country and calls on Canadians to “take action” and adopt more environmentally… Keep Reading

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Saturday is “Give Away Day”, Offer Reusable Items to Your Neighbours

Saturday, Oct. 20 is Kingston’s Giveaway Day – that’s the day you are invited to put out reusable items you no longer want for your neighbours who might like them. “Have books, furniture, gadgets, electronics, clothes, housewares and other stuff that you think someone else might like? Don’t throw them out. Give them away,” says… Keep Reading

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City of Kingston to Recognize “Remarkable Recyclers”

Program Recognizes Households That Divert 75 Per Cent From Landfill This spring, the City wants to recognize its remarkable recyclers for their good work diverting waste from landfill. “If your household members think it is about time that their hard work, dedication and recycling know-how got the thumbs-up from the City, then this voluntary program… Keep Reading

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University Organics Program Expands to Office Lunchrooms

Queen’s community members who bring their lunches to campus will be able to dispose of organic waste in an environmentally-friendly way, thanks to the campus organics program. “The Sustainability Office is expanding the organics program to include public spaces to prevent this waste from going to landfill and to improve the university’s waste diversion rate,”… Keep Reading

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McAdoo Landfill Site Reclamation Project Could Exceed $100 Million

Blue Gold Beverages, Inc. announced that it is in negotiations to acquire the rights to the largest polymer reclamation project in North America, through its continued partnership with California Chemical Fiber Material Company. The company is in the process of negotiating for the rights to the McAdoo landfill site near Kingston, where commercial grade polymer… Keep Reading

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Kingston Recognized as Having Top Waste Diversion Rates in Category

Kingstonians diverted 8 per cent more residential waste from landfill in 2010 than 2009 according to Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO). Kingston’s 55 per cent total diversion rate in 2010 puts the city at the top of its class in Ontario beating out municipalities like Peterborough, North Bay and Sudbury  (Kingston is in the Rural Regional… Keep Reading

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