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Region gets greener as recyclable volumes rise RICHARD MAHONEY richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca Recycle Action with certificates attesting to the destruction of hard drives. Agricultural bale wraps
the past 12 months. In January and February of this year, the total tonnage of recyclable materials sorted at the Recycle Action was 243.97 tonnes, compared to 218.33 for the same period in 2012, or an increase of 11.74 per cent, recycling coordinator Robert Lefeb- vre reported to the committee. At the same time, the volume of WEEE handled by Recycle Action for the period of January and February 2013 was 18.759 tonnes, compared to 17.494 tonnes in 2012, an increase of 7.23 per cent. Confidential Recycle Action representatives related that WEEE is being shipped to Ecycle Solu- tions, which ensures that personal informa- tion on computers is destroyed when hard drives are processed. The firm also provides
ticular product. During the month of May, the centre will be open every Saturday. The purpose is to allow people to drop off any large recycla- ble items at the facility during the annual spring collection. Residents are reminded that the spring household hazardous waste drop-off day will be held Saturday, May 4 at 8:30 a.m. at the Hawkesbury municipal garage.
Recycle Action officials continue to seek ways to recycle hay bale wrapping. Robert Lessard and Mario Parisien related to the committee that the issue continues to be small stones that are found with the plastic coverings. Recycle Action will keep looking for viable recycling methods for this par-
HAWKESBURY | Area residents continue to help the region get greener as they leave out and drop off larger quantities of wastes to be recycled. The volume of recyclable materials left in blue boxes in Champlain, East Hawkes- bury and Hawkesbury has risen by about 12 per cent in the last year, according to information provided at a recent meeting of the joint recycling committee. Mean- while, the amount of waste electrical and electronics equipment dropped off at the Recycle Action centre in Hawkesbury has increased by about seven per cent over
3% tax hike in Hawkesbury RICHARD MAHONEY RICHARD.MAHONEY@EAP.ON.CA council has approved user fee increases. Water taxes are rising by 5 per cent, sew- age rates by 8.25 per cent and garbage tax- es by 4.25 per cent.
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HAWKESBURY | While Hawkesbury’s 2013 budget has not yet been finalized, ratepay- ers can expect to pay 3.3 per cent more in property taxes this year. That hike for all types of properties was one of the budget committee recommen- dations that were ratified by town council Monday. The 2013 operational budget is set to be presented Monday, May 6. Yet, already,
At the same time, the committee has sug- gested that annual business licence fees be increased by $25 and that an administrative fee of $250 be introduced for any new busi- ness. There is some good news from the fire department: The town’s share of dispatch service operating costs has shrunk from 49 per cent to 33 per cent.
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