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THURSDAY APRIL 21, 2022 www.carstaroakville.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. 905-845-7579 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 905-847-2595 2202 - 5991 th Insurance A better insurance experience starts here. Rich Demille, CIP, Agent 2379 Trafalgar Rd, Oakville 905-257-0111 rich.demille@desjardins.com www.richarddemille.com 3480 Rebecca Street 2254 Yates Court Just ListedJust Listed With Earth Day upon us, it's only natural to contemplate what more can be done locally to help the environment. Residents in Oakville -- and across the region -- needn't look much further than the blue boxes and green carts in their homes to find ways they can make a cli- mate-friendly difference. While Halton Region staff re- ports good uptake in its recycling program, with 95 per cent of resi- dents regularly putting out their blue boxes, this number drops to 75 per cent participation for the green cart composting program. "Regular and proper partici- pation in these programs are crit- ical for reducing community waste and reducing our carbon footprint," said Rob Rivers, Hal- ton's director of waste manage- ment and road operations. "We want residents and busi- nesses to understand that regu- lar participation in these waste diversion programs and the deci- sions to place items in the Blue Box versus the garbage do add up. Our collective actions are making a difference." According to the region, ap- proximately 45 per cent of materi- als in the average Halton garbage 'OUR COLLECTIVE ACTIONS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE' See REGION, page 4 HALTON STRIVING TO INCREASE WASTE DIVERSION MELANIE HENNESSEY mhennessey@metroland.com Halton Region is looking to lower its household garbage bag limit as a way to divert more waste through its blue box and green bin programs. Graham Paine/Metroland HOSTING AN EVENT? POST IT. PROMOTE IT. INSIDEHALTON.COM /EVENTS