Wellington County recognizes Waste Reduction Week

Statistics show county residents and businesses are diverting 33% of their waste from landfills.

Last year alone, over 11,000 tonnes of waste was diverted from county landfill sites. While that figure is good, there is still a lot of waste that unnecessarily makes it way into landfills.

With that idea in mind - and coinciding with Waste Reduction Week from Oct. 17 to 23 - the county’s solid waste services division wants to remind local residents and businesses of several waste diversion programs.

Those include:

- the regular recycling program for containers and paper products;

- selling backyard composters ($30), each of which can divert an average of 100kg per year;

- seven electronic recycling events annually;

- three reuse centres throughout the county;

- seven household hazardous waste days for items such as motor oil, antifreeze, etc.;

- accepting appliances and scrap metal at all county waste facilities;

- textile drop-off bins located at all waste facilities;

- wood and brush collection at four waste facilities (with annual Christmas tree pick-up); and

- accepting old tires at all waste facilities.

See this week’s Inside Wellington centre spread for  a waste management feature.

For more information call 519-837-2601 or visit www.wellington.ca.