The province is letting Halifax ship its garbage mountain of trash bags to another Nova Scotia dump. The department of environment announced the temporary exemption in provincial recycling law on Friday. The change lasts for six months and only applies to the Halifax Regional Municipality’s dumping of plastic shopping bags and the plastic wrap around […]
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Nova Scotia’s recycling efforts plateaued 15 years ago
In a recent self-assessed report card, the Otter Lake Community Monitoring Committee released the results of a December waste audit that found 52 percent of residential waste and 71 percent of business waste was reusable, recyclable or compostable material. “It was a surprise to us that the numbers were that high,” says Ken Donnelly, a […]
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15 questions with District 12 candidate Scott Guthrie
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Scott Guthrie from Timberlea—Beechville—Clayton Park—Wedgewood sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? I understand that […]
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City council flips its municipal lid over new Otter Lake legislation
[Image-1] There was “shock and awe” at City Hall on Wednesday afternoon, as an emergency meeting of HRM Regional Council convened to condemn the provincial government’s swiftly-enacted controls over how Halifax runs the Otter Lake landfill. On May 4, Timberlea-Prospect MLA Iain Rankin submitted a private member’s bill to maintain the Otter Lake landfill’s current allowable […]