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THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, ApRil 9, 2009 20 Tanner April 09 09 The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca 09040 9 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Dial 311 or 905-825-6000 Toll Free 1-866-442-5866 TTY 905-827-9833 www.halton.ca Lunch Week April 20 25, 2009 Waste-free Pack a lunch that leaves no waste A waste-free lunch will make it easy to reduce our waste and reuse food packaging and containers. There would be a lot less garbage going to the landfill if every student, teacher and parent packed a waste-free lunch. Imagine the positive impact we can have on the environment by reducing our waste! Use these items to pack a waste-free lunch: Reusable lunch bag Reusable containers Reusable cutlery Cloth napkin Thermos Dont be wasteful. If there is something in your lunch or snack you dont like, dont throw it away. Bring it home and discuss other healthy alternatives with your family. If your school does not have a GreenCart, take food scraps and paper napkins home to put in your GreenCart. The following items go in the garbage; they are not part of a Waste-free lunch: Plastic lunchable containers and snack packs Single-serve yogurt, apple sauce and pudding containers Plastic baggies Drinking pouches X X X X Plastic cutlery X What do you do with? Disposable Batteries Burlington Aldershot Community Pool, 50 Fairwood Place Appleby Ice Centre, 1201 Appleby Line Brant Hills Community Centre, 2255 Brant Street Burlington City Hall, 426 Brant Street Home Depot, 3050 Davidson Court Tansley Woods Community Centre, 1996 Itabashi Way Halton Hills Acton Arena & Community Centre, 415 Queen Street, Acton Gellert Community Centre, 10241 Eighth Line, Georgetown Halton Hills Civic Centre, 1 Halton Hills Drive, Georgetown Mold-Masters SportsPlex, 221 Guelph Street, Georgetown Milton Halton Waste Management Site, Household Hazardous Waste Depot, 5400 Regional Road 25 Home Depot, 1013 Maple Avenue The Source by Circuit City, 55 Ontario Street South (lithium batteries only) Oakville Glen Abbey Community Centre, 1415 Third Line Halton Regional Centre, 1151 Bronte Road Home Depot, 2555 Bristol Circle Home Depot, Trafalgar Village, 99 Cross Avenue Home Depot, 3300 South Service Road West Iroquois Ridge Community Centre, 1051 Glenashton Drive Oakville Public Library Central Branch, 120 Navy Street Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road For a complete list of Take It Back! Halton partners and items, please visit www.halton.ca/takeitback or call Halton Region between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday by dialing 311or 905-825-6000 or 1-866-4HALTON (1-866-442-5866) or TTY 905-827-9833. Did you know? Disposable batteries contain acids which can be harmful to the environment. Do not put expired disposable batteries in the garbage, Blue Box, or GreenCart. Instead, bring your expired batteries to one of these locations that take back batteries to be recycled: SHOPPING LOCAL SAVES THE ENVIRONMENT We are all aware of CO 2 emissions and our environmental impact. local shops do not require long car and bus journeys. Help reduce our global footprint.