Still wondering about other ways to celebrate the holidays more sustainably?
Here are a few more tips from Quinte waste Solutions
Try to avoid extra food container waste this holiday season.
If you are using paper plates for clean up ease, opt for paper plates that are not coated and then put those plates in the green bin for residents in Quinte West or Belleville.
Packaging on gifts you’re buying can still be a problem as many manufacturers are still not creating packaging that is easy to recycle.
To make things more complicated, even if there is a little recycling symbol with a number in it, that doesn’t always indicate that the item is recyclable.
Quinte Waste Solutions asks you to look for the following numbers when recycling plastic packaging this Christmas: numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6.
Most candy wrappers are also non-recyclable. The foil wrapping on many chocolates and holiday treats belong in the garbage.
One solution to help avoid these treats is to focus on baked goods through the holiday season.
Another suggestion (especially if you’re a last minute shopper) is to consider waste free gifts, like planning a day trip to somewhere special.
And don’t forget to take your bottles back.
Collect all glass bottles from holiday drinks and bring them back to the Beer Store or LCBO.
This is the most efficient way to recycle glass and you get a refund!
Deposit return is meant to enhance the blue box program, allowing for glass to be recycled and reused at the source instead of moving through the Material Recovery Facility at Quinte Waste Solutions, where it has the potential to get broken. Glass is heavy and it takes up a lot of space because it can’t be condensed without breaking, taking up valuable space in your blue box and in the recycling truck.
By returning the bottles to the source, this space becomes available to recycle other products like aluminum or plastics.
Comments