City of Toronto Media Relations has issued the following:
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News Release: July 22, 2013
Toronto's special garbage collection completed
The City of Toronto has completed the special garbage
collection for materials damaged by flooding following the intense rainfall on
July 8.
Solid Waste Management Services collected approximately
4,100 tonnes of flood-damaged material across the city.
Regularly scheduled garbage, Blue Bin (recycling), Green
Bin (organics) and leaf/yard waste collections will resume on Tuesday, July 23.
Residents should follow their collection calendar and are reminded about basic
set-out requirements:
• If you have more garbage than will fit in your bin, you
can leave extra garbage bags beside the Garbage Bin for collection with a
City-issued bag tag attached to each garbage bag. Garbage-bag tags can be
purchased in packages of five for $15.50 ($3.10 each) at local Canadian Tire
stores.
• The City will continue picking up oversized/bulky items
such as box springs and mattresses, furniture, lamps and luggage. These items
can be placed out next to your Garbage Bin for free collection. No tags or
special arrangements are needed. The City regularly collects these items in a
separate truck for reuse, recycling or disassembling at no cost and keeps them
out of the landfill.
• Carpeting should be tied in rolls measuring no longer
than 1.2 metres (four feet) and weighing less than 20 kilograms (44 pounds).
• Electronic waste will be collected separately on your
regularly scheduled garbage day. Set these items out for pickup half a metre
(about two feet) away from your Garbage Bin.
The City cannot collect household hazardous waste (such
as paint cans, fluorescent lighting tubes/bulbs). These items should be taken
to a Drop-off Depot or your local Community Environment Day for safe disposal.
Toxic Taxi also provides free pickup of 10 to 50 litres/kilograms of hazardous
materials. Call 311 to book an appointment.
Construction/renovation waste (such as drywall and wood)
should be taken to a Drop-off Depot or residents can arrange for removal by a
private waste disposal company.
Check Waste Wizard, the online search tool at http://app.toronto.ca/wes/winfo/search.do,
or call 311 if you are unsure of how to properly dispose of waste
materials.
Toronto is Canada's largest city and sixth largest
government, and home to a diverse population of about 2.8 million people.
Toronto's government is dedicated to delivering customer service excellence,
creating a transparent and accountable government, reducing the size and cost
of government and building a transportation city. For information on
non-emergency City services and programs, Toronto residents, businesses and
visitors can dial 311, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Media contact: Siobhan Ramsay, Senior Communications
Co-ordinator, Strategic Communications, 416-397-5001, sramsay@toronto.ca
From where my cousin is, which is in the Philippines, they still haven't found a solution as to how to do proper waste collection or waste management. Whenever there's flood, you'll see a lot of trash floating around and that is often the cause as to why there's blockage.
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