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•T he IFP• H alton H ills, Thursd ay, M arch 7, 2013 23 Halton Regional Meeting Schedule Meetings can be viewed at www.halton.ca/meetings March 19 9:30 a.m. Health & Social Services Cttee March 20 9:30 a.m. Planning & Public Works Cttee 1:30 p.m. Admin & Finance Cttee Gary Carr Regional Chair 07 03 13 The Regional Municipality of Halton Please contact us, as soon as possible, if you have any accessibility needs at Halton Region events or meetings. Blue Box Pick-up Events To help you manage the new acceptable Blue Box items, Halton Region's standard Blue Box is becoming larger. These larger Blue Boxes will be available free of charge at Blue Box Pick-up Events. GreenCarts will also be available free of charge. You will still be able to use your current Blue Box. Blue Box Pick-up Event conditions • Halton residents only, proof of residency required • Limit one Blue Box per vehicle, while quantities last • Visit www.halton.ca/waste for information about potential cancellations due to the weather 2013 Dates Locations Saturday, March 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Corpus Christi Catholic Secondary School 5150 Upper Middle Road, Burlington enter at east driveway Mohawk Racetrack (Parking Lot) 9430 Guelph Line, Campbellville Saturday, March 16, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Acton District High School 21 Cedar Road, Acton Halton Regional Centre 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville enter at North Service Road (not Bronte Road) Saturday, March 23, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 291 North Service Road, Burlington west of King Road, east of Waterdown Road Sheridan College 1430 Trafalgar Road, Oakville enter at Sheridan Way/White Oaks Boulevard Saturday, March 30, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Robert C. Austin Operations Centre 11620 Trafalgar Road, Georgetown Milton GO Station 780 Main Street East, Milton enter at Main Street (not from plaza) Starting March 11, 2013, larger Blue Boxes will also be available at: • Halton Waste Management Site (Scalehouse), 5400 Regional Road 25, Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. • Halton Regional Centre, 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Robert C. Austin Operations Centre, 11620 Trafalgar Road, Georgetown, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Help event lines move quickly: • Stay in your vehicle • Have empty space ready in your trunk or backseat • For safety reasons, please don't walk to or through site enter at Main Street Look What's inNEW Blue Stay Connected! HaltonRecycles HaltonRecycles.ca @HaltonRecycles Place yard waste labels on your reusable container. To order a yard waste label at no charge, visit www.halton.ca/wastetools, or access Halton by dialing 311. Containers must be no heavier than 23 kg (50 lbs) and may have a capacity up to 125 L. Halton Hills (Collection Areas 3, 4 and 5 only) Yard Waste Collection • No plastic bags. • Tie and bundle brush. • Use paper yard waste bags or reusable, rigid containers (no lid). www halton ca/wasteto Yard Waste Leaves Brush Weeds Trimmings Tel: 905-825-6000, Toll Free: 1-866-4HALTON (1-866-442-5866), www.halton.ca/waste From March 18 to December 13, 2013, yard waste is collected once every other week on the same day as your garbage. Yard waste in cardboard boxes, Blue Boxes, GreenCarts, plastic bags, compostable bags or biodegradable bags will not be collected. Brush must be tied in bundles no larger than 1.2 m x 0.6 m (4 ft x 2 ft) wide, with branches a maximum of 7.5 cm (3 in) in diameter. Grass clippings are not accepted in yard waste collection. Please "grasscycle" by leaving grass clippings on your lawn. Grass clippings will decompose quickly, releasing valuable nutrients back into your soil. Grass clippings are not accepted in the garbage, Blue Box or GreenCart. • Leaves and weeds • Sticks, twigs and tree trimmings • Decorative cornstalks • Pumpkins • Fallen fruit from trees • Yard and garden trimmings Acceptable Yard Waste Materials • Grass clippings • Tree stumps • Sod, soil, clay and rocks • Plastic shopping or garbage bags • • Flower/plant markers and tags Unacceptable Yard Waste Materials 4 ft 2 ft HaltonRecycles waste schedule. Visit www.halton.ca/wastecalendar to create email, phone or Twitter waste collection reminders, or to add your waste collection dates to your personal iCal, Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook calendar. March Break fun for Halton families The HaltonParents team of public health nurses have been promoting upcoming local activities for March Break, reminding parents and caregivers to get out and be active with your kids. It's great for health and for building stronger connections, no matter the age of your child or teen. Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville have family swimming and skating times, and one of the biggest draws is the maple syrup festivals at Mountsberg and Crawford Lake Conservation Areas, and Bronte Creek Provincial Park. For more ideas, visit the HaltonParents blog at www.haltonparents.wordpress.com and search "winter".