Author Archives: Anca Pascalau

Save the Environment and Save the Turtles

Every battery you recycle at the City’s Household Hazardous Waste Depot until November 4, 2012 will earn 30 cents for the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre or ecoSpark.

Please visit www.makethedrop.ca to register how many batteries you dropped off, and which charity you would like the 30 cents per battery to go to. So easy!

But you only have until November 4

Round up your household batteries and take them to the City’s Household Hazardous Waste Depot, located at 400 Pido Road in Peterborough.

The Household Hazardous Waste Depot is open Wednesday to Saturday, 8:00a.m. to 4:00p.m.

This information is also on the City website at www.peterborough.ca.

For further information, please contact:
Virginia Swinson, B. Sc.
Waste Diversion Section Manager
City of Peterborough
500 George Street North
Peterborough ON K9H 3R9
705-742-7777 Ext. 1725

Active Forms of Transportation – Public Input Session November 1st

The City of Peterborough has several by-laws that regulate active forms of transportation such as cycling, skateboarding and in-line skating. These by-laws are due for administrative updates, and because the City has received requests from user groups for changes to them, the following by-laws are now under review:

 Chapter 729 of the Municipal Code (requirement for a bike license)

  • By-Law 09-164 – A By-Law to Prohibit Vehicles on Public Lands or Property in the City of Peterborough
  • By-Law 91-71 Traffic By-Law

 Staff have conducted research to learn what is being done in other municipalities. At this stage in the review, staff would like to hear from citizens what their concerns are related to the existing by-laws and what solutions they favour.

A public input session is scheduled for Thursday, November 1 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the Simcoe Street Transit Terminal, 190 Simcoe Street.

All information and the survey that will be at the public input session are also available on the City of Peterborough Website at www.peterborough.ca/transportation.

If you have any questions regarding the by-law review, or would like be added to the by-law review mailing list, contact Susan Sauvé at 705.742.7777 Ext. 1485 or .

 

Used Battery Collection Program

The Township of Douro-Dummer is pleased to announce a new program in partnership with the County of Peterborough. The Township Office will now be accepting used batteries for collection. If you have any used batteries, please bring them to the office and they will be disposed of properly.

Please remember to never throw batteries in the garbage or in your recycling box. Batteries must be disposed of properly!

Regional Local Food – Business Retention and Expansion – Results & Recommendations

The first of its kind; the Regional Local food BR&E project crossed several jurisdictions and included partnerships both entrenched and introductory. The project offered participants a unique opportunity to explore relationships between:

  • local government,
  • non-government organizations,
  • local food businesses, and
  • stakeholders in the local food movement

The recommendations developed by each community can help Local Food Producers, Processors and Retailers find new markets and identify opportunities to increase revenue.