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City enhances recycling in multi-residential buildings
The City of Cornwall has taken steps to improve recycling in apartments and condominiums throughout the commu- nity. A new multi-residential recycling pro- gram has been established with the as- sistance of a $21,000 grant through Waste Diversion Ontario’s Continuous Improve- ment Fund (CIF). The City retained the firm of Integrated Environmental Waste Services to assist
maintain a successful recycling program. “The goal of this project is to make it eas- ier for residents and building owners to re- cycle by equipping themwith the necessary tools and information,” said Nicole Robert- son, solid waste supervisor. “This represents a major step in our overall goal of diverting more waste from the City Landfill.” The recyclables from multi-residential buildings will be picked up weekly as part of the City’s regular collection schedule.
with carrying out the project, which in- volved meeting with the various property owners and super- intendents of multi- residential proper- ties and distributing new recycling carts and boxes where needed.
As of April, the City has been col- lecting recyclables on a weekly basis, in a single contain- er. New blue boxes were issued to all households to assist with the transition to
“This program will give more residents a chance to participate in our recycling program.”
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Members of the First Baptist Church’es male quartet meet to complete the plans for Saturday’s program of “Music for Madagascar’s Kids”. Pictured behind Steven Rand, seated, are, from left, Ted Castle, Brian Lumley and David Meldrum. The concert be- gins at the church at 7 p.m.
weekly collection. A number of new items are now being accepted for recycling, in- cluding polycoat containers, milk and juice cartons, gable top, Tetra Pak and frozen juice containers. The enhancements to the recycling pro- gram are part of the 1 Green Cornwall ini- tiative to highlight the City of Cornwall’s environmental programs and encourage civic participation in the 3 Rs – Reduce, Re- use and Recycle. A program of Waste Diversion Ontario, the Continuous Improvement Fund (CIF) provides grants and loans to Ontario mu- nicipalities to execute projects that im- prove the effectiveness and efficiency of municipal blue box recycling. For additional information on recycling, visit the Environment section of the City of Cornwall website, www.cornwall.ca.
“This program will give more residents a chance to participate in our recycling program,” said Mayor Bob Kilger. “We’re engaging a new sector of our community to help us build a greener Cornwall, and the entire community benefits because it helps to extend the life of the City landfill.” Over 350 recycling carts are being dis- tributed to multi-residential properties to be used in common garbage disposal ar- eas. In addition to that, over 450 recycling boxes were delivered to townhouse com- plexes and smaller multi-residential build- ings where common garbage disposal ar- eas were not practical or available. As part of the project, a Superintendent Recycling Handbook was created and dis- tributed to give property officials the nec- essary information on how to set up and
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Canada’s Governor-General David Johnston, left, recently presented the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal to Sultan Jessa, a long-serving Cornwall journalist and com- munity activist, who is now retired and living in Montreal. This is the third medal for Jessa, who spent more than three decades with various newspapers.
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Kites soar during the Parade of Nations for the Developmentally Challenged’s third annual kite festival Sept. 16 held to showcase skills of kite-flyers ranging frombegin- ner to expert and to celebrate the wonder of flight in a community and family setting. Kite festival’s judges Greg Gulley and Mahtabuddin Noori awarded trophies to the winners of specific categories. The categories and winners are: Best team in flight - Robinson’s team; best homemade kite age up to seven - Samuel Vanegas and age eight to 12 - Haneefa Noori; highest kite in flight age 13 to 16 - Osama Chaudry and for 18 to 59 - Sahibzada Allaudin of Montreal. The award for best stunts in flight went Mr. Burnett, best incorporation of national symbols - David Denny; youngest kite flyer - Hailie Lalonde, 3, and oldest kite flyer was Gérard Piette. The award for biggest kite in flight went to Ray Savard and the award for the most complex kite went to Alexandre Dagenais.
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