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8 bd 3 xy, December 1, 2022 | 8 Continued from page 1 # doors during this time —a § situation they believe © would benefit from an up- # grade to automated waste = collection. nid certainly be ipful seniors and 8 piyatcaly disadvantaged sidents," sais Mai 66- -year- old ‘0 store “Garbage was never an issue until we had kids. With small kids, the amount of garbage goes up and keeping it for two weeks is a problem.” wheeled cart program for hh collection of pay and scraps ... ing the constant stress of wondering if any will be raic iding our open garage | bins.” n Hills residents receive recycling an ganic waste pickup very week, and garbage pickup every alternate week. Resi- dents are provided with an organic bin and smaller re in. Unlike other regions that have upgraded to a solid waste, in Halton, all curb-side waste has been collected manually by the ion's waste collection contractor since 1995, shared Andrew Farr, com- missioner of public works. the some residents current system aa just fine as a thor. ough separation of organic and recycling waste eaves them with little garbage, for young mother Avarnya Goel, things look different. “Garbage was never an - Avarnya Goel issue until we had kids," demic, Halton saw a signif- icant increase in waste generated in 2020, shared the region's website. It add- that continuation of these elevated levels could shorten the life of the Hal ton Wasi ement Site CaM) = een expected to stay open until We are currently accepting donations for our 25* Annual | Kefefe| Drive in support of the Georgetown Bread Basket theifp.ca HALTON SEES STEEP RISE IN WASTE DURING PANDEMIC bought bins as compared to the organic and recycling ones supplied by the re- gi on. The bins cost around $25. After having two bins broken since January, Ba- ria said pal arian to manually the heavy sarbage ba bee to the curb instead. Farr said region staff program, working toward an upco! collection contract in 2025 or 2026. More details on the con- sideration of a curbside wheeled cart collection program are available in- the region's Solid Waste egy. Reeti M. Rohi Marc Pearce is among many local residents who feel a waste collection upgrade is in order. 2044-2048. "In Halton, approxi- mately 45 per cent of mate- rials in the average bag of garbage could have been composted or recycled," shares the region's web- site. Georgetown resident Pratik Babaria, who pre- fers storing garbage bags in bins, said the waste col- lection crew often roughly his personally STORY BEHIND THE STORY: With talks around the need and bene- Sits of a wheeled cart gar- bage program among Halton Region's future plans for waste collection. Your trusted building & hardware supply partner 264 Main St. North Acton, Ontario L7J 1W9 Ph: 519-853-1970 Fax: 519-853-2542 (i building centres www.leathertownlumber.ca