Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – From triple-a to automotive batteries, tins of paint to four-litre jugs of oil, nothing was too big or too small for the annual Orange Drop event on June 4.“(We) had a great turnout,” said Steve Tebworth of Drain-All, the Ottawa-area company
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Latchford landfill lifespan extended
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD — The Town of Latchford has managed to get the lifespan of its landfill extended by a number of years.An arrangement has been made between the town and the company for the clean fill which is being excavated at the site. The
City reinforcing and enforcing recycling
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Too much litter is raising the city’s recycling costs.In response, Temiskaming Shores will be doing some more public education on what materials are recyclable.It’s also implementing fines for residents who trash the recycling rules.“We’re hoping that it’s just the change
Five free landfill days for Cobalt ratepayers
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — Cobalt ratepayers will be provided with a five-day amnesty period next week to take garbage to the Haileybury landfill.The town’s public works crew will not be picking up waste from people’s yards as it has done in past years.Ratepayers must take
City residents rolling with new waste pick-ups
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Three weeks into a new garbage pick-up and recycling system, Temiskaming Shores’ director of public works couldn’t be happier.“It’s gone great,” said Doug Walsh late last week.The city’s enhanced recycling program launched after Labour Day.Household garbage and an expanded
Cobalt curbside pick-up costs questioned
COBALT — The potential cost of the new curbside waste management program in Cobalt was brought up at Cobalt council at its regular meeting Tuesday, August 19.In response to a concern expressed that the program will be more costly, Mayor Tina Sartoretto stated the true cost of the
Single stream recycling
Cobalt’s new waste management program explainedDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — An enhanced curbside recycling program is coming to Cobalt, beginning on October 2.The bins that will be used for the new program are arriving in Cobalt this week in readiness for the new garbage and curbside recycling