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A Bin of a Different Colour

Do you think you know what items go into the blue bin, what items go into the green bin, and which things go into the garbage? You don’t. Even if you’ve studied the charts in the collection calendar, attended several meetings of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, read all the municipal news all the [...]

Picking Up After Yourself?

Photo by –richelle– from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Trash is a surprisingly sexy subject. From the aesthetics of refuse bins to the contents of our recycling boxes, Torontonians take their garbage policy seriously. Yesterday’s standing-room only meeting of the Public Works Committee was primarily devoted to the subject of trash, specifically to some new proposals [...]

Citizen Clean

Alert the Commissioner—the Good Night Bandit has struck again! Some downtown residents awoke to a less unsightly landscape this morning, thanks to this anonymous do-gooder, who collected much of the detritus left behind after the disappearance of the trash-ridden snowbanks. As if to underscore the benevolent message left by this stealthy stranger, a used condom [...]