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Nothing But a Blue Box!

Our recycling truck drivers make over 1000 stops each weekday. That's a lot of blue boxes to collect recyclables from! One of the problems our drivers run into is recyclables being put out to the roadside in containers other than a blue box. The blue box is specially designed to clip onto the side of the truck, leaving the drivers' hands free to do the necessary sorting.

Laundry hampers, cardboard boxes and plastic bags are commonly used by Quinte residents as blue box alternatives. Laundry hampers simply do not do the job of a blue box. The driver is forced to sort with one hand only - slowing down the route significantly , and cardboard boxes will fall apart if the bottom gets wet. If you must use a bag for your recycling use a clear plastic bag and only place one product per bag such as only water bottles in one bag, only aluminum cans in one bag and so on.

So do yourself and the driver a favour - get a proper blue box no higher then 18".

 

Proper blue boxes no higher than 18" can be purchased at the following locations :

 

Quinte West Home Hardware - 1983 Old Hwy 2 - Belleville

Rossmore Stop - 5529 Hwy 62 - Belleville (across the Bay Bridge)

Village Green - 535 Ashley St. - Foxboro

Waller Home hardware - 475 Bridge St. E- Belleville

Belleville Home Building Centre - 445 Dundas St. E - Belleville

Centre Hastings Municipal Office - 11379 Hwy 62 -Ivanhoe

Madoc Twsp Office - 15651 Hwy 62 N - Madoc

Marmora & Lake Municipal Office - 12 Bursthall St. - Marmora

Picton Municipal Office(Shire Hall) - 332 Main St. - Picton

Frankford Municipal Office - 22 North Trent St. - Frankford

Stirling-Rawdon Municipal Office - 234 North St. - Stirling

Tweed Municipal Office - 255 Metcalfe St. -Tweed

Tyendinaga Municipal Office - 859 Melrose Rd. - Tyendinaga

Quinte Waste Solutions Office - 270 West St. Trenton

 

 

 

 

It's Recycle Away Season!

Recycle At Your Local Gas Station and Car Wash!

Now you can recycle your empty windshield washer and anti-freeze jugs including your empty pop and water bottles at your local gas station and car wash. (Oil containers are not accepted). Keep your eye out for this recycling option at these local gas bars and carwashes:

• Canadian Tire (Trenton)
• Esso (Hwy. 33 Trenton)
• Sunoco (Glen Miller Rd., Trenton)
• Ultramar (Trenton)

 

Blue Box Exchange Day

We will be in the Quinte Mall parking lot (south-east corner) by the Shell station. One day only. (May 2, 2010  9am to 3pm )

Visit us there and you can :

• get a free replacement blue box (if you bring us your broken one)
• buy a blue box for just $6.00
• buy a kitchen composting pail $10.00
• pickup free waste reduction brochures
• have your waste reduction questions answered by our friendly staff

Broken Blue Box Exchange Day 2009

 

Another huge success

 

Andy Forgie and the whystle Dawgs performed for Change for the environment

 

Norseman Plastics was there selling the Systern rain barrel

http://www.norsemanplastics.com/