Locating the Organics Processing and Materials Management Facilities I view these new facilities as an opportunity to showcase how the County is progressing toward a zero waste municipality. I agree with Warden Gerry Marshall when he says there will be no odour problems. Other compost facilities ope...
Looking back: A woman holds her dog as they are scanned for radiation in March 2011 at a scanning centre for residents living close to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. By Linda Pentz Gunter The Ecologist Five years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster began to unfold, the searing psychologi...
Springwater News Materials Management Facility (MMF) and Organics Processing Facility (OPF) The County of Simcoe announced its preferred location for a new MMF and OPF facility at 2976 Horseshoe Valley Road east of CR27. The facility would become a major transfer of waste and recyclables from the ind...
From Georgian College website David Suzuki in President’s Thought Leadership Speaker Series This series brings Canadian heroes, popular personalities and innovative industry partners to Georgian campuses to share their experiences and advice with students, alumni, donors and friends of the college. ...
From Concerned Citizens in Adjala-Tosorontio Join us for a Fun Day fundraiser Sunday March 19 10am-3 pm at Somerville Nurseries (indoors) at 5884 Country Road 13 (south of Everett) ADMISSION $10 Adult, $5 children, $20 family of 4. More information: Fun Day poster nogravelpit.com ccat-inc.com AWARE S...
By Kate Harries AWARE News Network Simcoe County councillors today approved an aggregate development in Adjala-Tosorontio after receiving assurances from Mayor Mary Small Brett that she and her council are “comfortable” with the application by Nelson Aggregate, owned by Richard and Joyce Donnelly. Th...
County committee approves preferred location for organics processing facility in Springwater Township By Andrew Philips Barrie Examiner MIDHURST – After some contentious back-and-forth, county council voted Tuesday to keep moving forward on a proposed organics-processing and material-management...
Treehugger.com AWARE News Network March 7 2016 The world mourns the loss of Berta Cáceres, an Indigenous woman who peacefully yet persistently resisted the destruction of waterways in Honduras for mining projects. Berta Cáceres, a hugely influential environmental activist, Indigenous leader, and winn...
One wildly successful Scarborough condo building may be a model for the city in keeping more of our garbage out of the dump By: David Rider City Toronto Star Toronto’s path to diverting all waste from a rapidly filling landfill might start at a Scarborough condominium. The 1,000 or so residents of Ma...
from Pamela Fulford, Friends of Strawberry Island We just got word that the Strawberry Island OPA 18 report will be coming to the Simcoe County Committee of the Whole meeting on March 22 at the Administration Centre in Midhurst. We are very excited that we also got the unofficial word that the develo...
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