Category Archives: Natural Assets

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

Kawarthas – Naturally Connected

You are invited to the “Reveal” of the Kawarthas, Naturally Connected Phase I Outcome on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chamber of the County Building, lower level of 470 Water Street, Peterborough. Phase I of the project focused on creating a mapping scenario of natural heritage system features and ecological linkages to build a natural heritage system for our region.

The Kawarthas, Naturally Connected Planning Team and the Steering Committee welcome you to take an hour and a half to attend our morning “Reveal” to present our findings, the preferred scenario, and reveal the final mapping which wraps up Phase I of the project.

For those interested in discussing how the mapping may be used, you are welcome to return in the afternoon for the launch of the Implementation Phase. Implementation opportunities, which will be the second phase of the project, may include use as a tool for stewardship activities, land restoration, conservation land purchases and use, land use planning, and research projects.

The project area is based on watershed boundaries that include the City and County of Peterborough, and the City of Kawartha Lakes.

The web site is located at http://www.kawarthasnaturally.ca/