TimminsGetClean.comTogether We Can Keep Timmins Litter FreeWhere To RecycleWe all should know by now that disposing of your hazardous waste along with your regular garbage is not good for our landfill or our environment. Our local Home Depoton Riverside Drive has one of the best recycling programs within their store. TimminsGetClean encourages you to use this free program to drop pf your CFL Bulbs, Eligible paints include latex, alkyd, enamel, metal and rust, stain, urethane, polyurethane, varnish and sealers for wood and concrete. Home Depot will also take your old single-use, non-rechargeable batteries. These include AA, AAA, DC, 9-Volt, Button Cell, Alkaline Manganese, Zinc Carbon and Lithium.Scrap RecyclingPremier Recycling Ltd. scrap yard in Timmins is open to receive both ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals from a variety of suppliers. Whether you are an individual, or working within another company, Premier is looking to buy scrap metal from all scrap vendors.No charge to drop old tires at the dump, Timmins joins new programThe new program is called the Ontario Tire Stewardship.. The program is aimed at reducing stockpiles of tires and reducing illegal dumping of tires in areas other than landfill sites. The Ontario government is working to encourage the recycling of used tires into new products and uses.For the city of Timmins, the new program also means cash in the local treasury for every tire dropped off at the city's landfill site. Under the program, the city now qualifies for the Used Tire Collection Allowance. It means the province will pay the city 88-cents for every passenger car/light truck tire and $3.05 for every medium truck or off-road vehicle tire. “This means we will be able to take tires at no cost to our businesses and our residents,” Timmins Mayor Tom Laughren told council Monday night. “It is a very good news story,” Laughren continued. “The government does need a pat on the back for it because this is something they downloaded to us. Obviously they have recognized that and realize that it's a huge issue in Ontario.”Timmins waste management supervisor Marcel Cardinal agrees. He says he is glad to see that there is a solution to a significant problem in the northern wilderness areas where people have sought to avoid disposal fees for tires by simply throwing them away.“I think it's a great initiative that works together with the municipality and province to get these tires out of areas such as the bush and stacked up people's back yards,” Cardinal told The Timmins Times.“There's good potential for this program and we're hoping to benefit from it; one, by not having people have to pay for those tires anymore and two, by properly managing them so they're properly disposed.”Cellphone & Rechargeable Battery Program
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Together We Can Keep Timmins Litter Free
Where To Recycle
We all should know by now that disposing of your hazardous waste along with your
regular garbage is not good for our landfill or our environment. Our local Home Depot
on Riverside Drive has one of the best recycling programs within their store.
TimminsGetClean encourages you to use this free program to drop pf your CFL Bulbs,
Eligible paints include latex, alkyd, enamel, metal and rust, stain, urethane,
polyurethane, varnish and sealers for wood and concrete. Home Depot will also take
your old single-use, non-rechargeable batteries. These include AA, AAA, DC, 9-Volt, Button Cell,
Alkaline Manganese, Zinc Carbon and Lithium.
Scrap Recycling
Premier Recycling Ltd. scrap yard in Timmins is open to receive
both ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals from a variety of
suppliers. Whether you are an individual, or working within
another company, Premier is looking to buy scrap metal from all
scrap vendors.
No charge to drop old tires at the dump, Timmins joins new program
The new program is called the Ontario Tire Stewardship.. The program is aimed at
reducing stockpiles of tires and reducing illegal dumping of tires in areas other than landfill
sites. The Ontario government is working to encourage the recycling of used tires into new
products and uses.
For the city of Timmins, the new program also means cash in the local treasury for every
tire dropped off at the city's landfill site. Under the program, the city now qualifies for the
Used Tire Collection Allowance. It means the province will pay the city 88-cents for every
passenger car/light truck tire and $3.05 for every medium truck or off-road vehicle tire.
“This means we will be able to take tires at no cost to our businesses and our residents,”
Timmins Mayor Tom Laughren told council Monday night. “It is a very good news story,”
Laughren continued. “The government does need a pat on the back for it because this is
something they downloaded to us. Obviously they have recognized that and realize that
it's a huge issue in Ontario.”
Timmins waste management supervisor Marcel Cardinal agrees. He says he is glad to see
that there is a solution to a significant problem in the northern wilderness areas where people
have sought to avoid disposal fees for tires by simply throwing them away.
“I think it's a great initiative that works together with the municipality and province to get these tires
out of areas such as the bush and stacked up people's back yards,” Cardinal told The Timmins
Times.
“There's good potential for this program and we're hoping to benefit from it; one, by not having
people have to pay for those tires anymore and two, by properly managing them so they're
properly disposed.”
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Rechargeable Battery
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