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Photo Richard Mahoney

All sorts of items can be found deposited

beside Hawkesbury streets. The former

owner of this television set obviouslywas

unaware that Recycle Action offers a

service tosafelydisposeof suchelectronic

waste. Visit www.groupeconvexpr.ca for

details.

Now what?

WEEE pick-up

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Richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca

H AWKESBURY

Now that a group of volunteers is no

longer doing the heavy lifting, area

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municipalities must deal with the absence

of a WEEE (waste electronic and electrical

equipment)pick-upserviceandanincrease

in wastes being dumped in landfill sites.

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The volume of WEEE diverted from

landfill sites has increasedconsiderably this

year, primarily because of the efforts of

volunteers led by Hawkesbury activist

Bonnie Jean-Louis. About 31 tonnes of

electrical and electronic waste had been

collected from April to June, with a total of

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20 tonnes being collected in April alone, the

Hawkesbury area recycling committee was

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told at a recent meeting.

The April number was particularly high

becauseagroupledbyJean-Louishadpicked

up large quantities of WEEE prior to the

annual spring clean-up collection, area

recycling coordinator Robert Lefebvre

reportedatarecentmeetingofthecommittee

which oversees recycling in Hawkesbury,

Champlain and East Hawkesbury.

However, Jean-Louis has since advised

the municipalities that she and her group

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will no longer pick up WEEE.

Safe disposal of such waste is provided

Reg. 2 799 $

by the non-profit group Recycle-Action,

1000 $ de rabais

which operates a drop-off centre at 1301

1 799 $

1 199 $

Spence Ave., where people can bring their

electronic and electrical devices.

Facedwitha largedrop-off in thevolume

of WEEE to be diverted from landfills, the

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recycling committee has decided that each

municipality ought todecide howtohandle

the situation.

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A large range of devices can be disposed

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ofundertheWEEEprogram.Thelistincludes

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computers, screens, monitors, TV sets, cell

phones, radios, printers and keyboards.

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