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At a press conference at Metro Hall earlier today, as CUPE protesters chanted outside (sometimes loud enough to drown out the speakers' microphone), city manager Joseph Pennachetti told a small crowd of reporters that nineteen new temporary waste drop-off locations—in addition to the seven currently open—will be announced tomorrow afternoon, with some going into effect by that evening and the others open for Friday morning. The locations, explained Geoff Rathbone, the manager of Solid Waste Management Services, were selected based on there being "access across the city," as well as how much space was available at each and how much of a "buffer" there is around it. (We're in the midst of tracking down a few of the locations now, as they're being set up as we speak.) Rathbone also noted that there have been some fifty-nine tickets issued for illegal dumping so far; there is, Pennachetti explained, a "zero tolerance policy" in place, and fines range from $380 on the low end to, with a court summons, up to $10,000 for an individual and $50,000 for a group.
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Can we drop off compost and recycling there?
If anything, the green bin is really the only one that people should be very concerned about. The rest of the "regular" garbage and recycling isn't smelly, dirty, critter-attracting stuff. We should be able to hold on to our garbage for a while as this gets sorted out.
With a backyard composter, many people can even take care of the smelly stuff themselves. (Yes, I know not everyone has a composter, or a backyard to put one in...)
I think Moss Park is one of the sites. There's all kinds of fencing going up right now.
So is Sunnyside Park, according to 680 News. I was expecting industrial sites, not public parks.
I was hoping they'd choose parking lots. That way, nasty (toxic) runoff won't get into soil. And parking lots could do something useful for once, nice change for them! :)
I'm also really hoping that efforts to minimize garbage are more widespread, and internalized affinity with the rich less widespread, than The Star comments section would have me believe.
haha! Nicely put!
You're on crack if you think it's the rich who are taking the brunt of this strike.
I think she means to refer to the CUPE members as "the rich." Those folks are pulling down some nice wages.
They're setting up fencing around the parking lot at Ted Reeve Arena. Hope it's not a dumping site - there's a park and houses right there.
Tennis courts would be easiest, they already have fences, they have a paved surface and they're located in every community.
I think the city used them in previous strikes.
Hopefully locations will be prioritized based on the ability to legally prevent CUPE from picketing the entrance (public ROW up to the door?).