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Where do I get
a new blue box? |
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If you are a new resident
and do not have a blue box you may get one from the Municipal Office
at no charge. If you would like a second blue box, you may purchase
one for $5. Over time your blue box may become fragile and break.
Bring your broken blue box to the municipal office and it will be
replaced free of charge. |
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Why do I have
to put my garbage and recycling out for 7:00 AM? |
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Our drivers start their day
early enough so that they can make it to the landfill in time to
empty their collection trucks. We want to make sure that we finish
our scheduled routes before the landfills close. We realize that
you can get into a routine regarding your collection time. However,
we can't guarantee that we will arrive at the same time each day.
Something as simple as a driver calling in sick can alter the schedule
of other drivers which could affect your community. |
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How will storms,
construction and other factors affect my collection? |
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Occasionally,
poor weather conditions (excessive fog, snowfall, icy roads, etc.),
construction,
or mechanical difficulties will delay regular curbside collection.
Where there are construction or mechanical delays, we will make at
least two attempts to get your material during the day (before 6:00pm).
If this is not possible, please keep the materials until the next
regularly scheduled collection. Under any of these circumstances,
please be patient, and if you have any concern call the Bluewater
Recycling Association at 1-800-265-9799. |
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What do I do with
Household Hazardous Waste materials? |
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Hazardous materials
can be dangerous to people as well as the environment. The Elma Landfill Site at 7080 Rd 166 is now available for year round disposal of household hazardous waste. It is important
to bring
your hazardous products to the Elma Landfill Site during normal landfill hours so
that they can be disposed of properly. Hazardous materials accepted are paint, used oit, anti-freeze, propane tanks and batteries.. |
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What do I do with
unwanted junk mail? |
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Unwanted junk mail can be
recycled or you can contact the Canadian Direct Marketing Association
(CDMA) and ask to be taken off of their mailing list. Write:
Attention M.P.S.
1 Concord Gate
Suite 604, Don Mills
M3C 3N6
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As a business,
why am I only allowed to put one cubic yard of cardboard out at
the curb? |
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If a driver has to load more
than one cubic yard of cardboard at several locations it can become
very time consuming and inefficient. The mixed fibre compartment
on the collection truck can only hold a certain capacity and has
to accomodate for all of the route. If you are producing more than
one cubic yard of cardboard you should contact a containerized service
company such as Mars Environmental (1-800-642-2467) to supply you
with a cardboard container. |
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Why did the driver
leave my ketchup bottles? |
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Squeezable ketchup bottles
and other squeezable containers for syrup, BBQ Sauce, plum sauce,
etc. are typically made from Polypropylene (#5 PP) or a mix of resins.
Because of the characteristics/properties of this type of plastic,
such as its resistance to chemicals, heat and fatigue, there are
no options available for recycling. Options are to purchase these
items in steel cans or glass jars that are recyclable and refill
the squeezable bottle. |
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Why does the driver
load all my sorted recyclables into the same compartment as the
garbage? |
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The truck that
is collecting your garbage and recyclables at the curb at the same
time is especially designed with three compartments. While it may
appear that your paper products and waste are thrown in the same
compartment (through same window), they are in fact two separate
compartments as outlined below. |
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Bottom roadside
compartment - holds all the paper fibre recyclables and plastic
bags that you place beside your bluebox (newspaper & inserts, magazines,
boxboard, corrugated cardboard, fine paper, telephone books and
plastic film bags). |
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Bottom curbside
compartment - holds the garbage. When the truck is full, it
will drop the garbage off at the landfill site and then take the
recyclables to the Bluewater Recycling Association Material Recovery
Facility in Huron Park. |
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Top compartment - holds recyclable bottles, jugs, cans & alluminum
foil that you place inside your bluebox. |
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