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Welcome to the 4th annual calendar provided by the Township of Rideau Lakes to keep you informed of events, hours of operation, collection schedules, meetings and much more. If we missed something, please let us know. For more information please call the Public Works Department at 1-800-928-2250 x230 GARBAGE & RECYCLING COLLECTION ALL BAGS MUST BE OUT BY 7:00 am Garbage: Household bagged garbage only – Households have weekly garbage collection and are permitted to place 2 bags of garbage out per week. All household garbage must be in a clear bag (no colour) with a current Rideau Lakes’ bag tag attached, weighing no more than 40 lbs. During hot weather freeze decaying material to deter worms from growing, as bags will not be collected if worms are visible. All large items not collected at curbside must be disposed of at the Portland Landfill Site. Garbage bags containing recycling material will not be collected. Please recycle. Black bags will not be picked up. All bags set out for collection must be tied and your bag tag must be clearly visible to the driver. To easily stick your bag tag, turn your tag over (white side up) and find the tabs for easy peeling. Affix tag to top of bag (not side of bag, not around handles). Ensure tag is easily visible to the driver. Bags may be placed inside a garbage container. Recycling: Households have weekly recycling collection and are permitted to place up to 10 bags of recycling out per week. Properly sorted recycling must be placed in clear blue bags. Refer to the sorting guide at the back of this calendar. All recycling must be clean. Dirty recycling is considered contaminated and will not be collected. You may flatten, bundle and tightly tie your cardboard and paper (no bag required). Do not place cardboard loosely in another cardboard box. All papers/fibers must be tied tight. Recycling material with food remnants is considered garbage. Please recycle all you can and ensure that it is clean. Businesses must dispose of their waste and recycling at the Portland Landfill Site. See Landfill Site tipping fees below. Bag Tag Purchase Locations: You can purchase bag tags for $2.00 each (no tax) in sheets of 5 at the following locations:
We extend a big thank you to all the businesses that sell our bag tags. If you own a business and are interested in partnering with the Township to sell bag tags, please contact the office for more information. SUNDAY WASTE & RECYCLING DEPORT SERVICE The Township provides a Sunday depot service for all residents to dispose of their garbage & recycling at several locations. This service runs from the Sunday of Victoria Day weekend to the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend. You can dispose of your bagged household waste & recycling from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm at the following locations: (a truck is parked here to accept your bags) Franklin Drive Boat Launch, Glover Road Boat Launch, Lower Beverley Lake Park Boat Launch, Newboro Harbour, North Crosby Garage, Portland Harbour and South Elmsley Garage. Forresters Landing Boat Launch is only serviced from 3:30 pm to 3:45 pm. Please note that from September 9th to October 7th the hours of service decrease to 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm due to the lower usage and daylight hours. After Labour Day drop your properly tagged/sorted garbage & recycling at one of these areas and it will be collected after 6:00 pm. (trucks will only be parked at Newboro & Portland Harbours but will stop by all other locations after 6:00 pm to collect what is left on Sundays only) PORTLAND LANDFILL SITE Hours of Operation 2012: Wednesday & Saturday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm – Located north of the Village of Portland at 4427H Old Kingston Rd. Tipping Fees: All waste entering the Landfill Site is charged at a rate of $210/tonne. A minimum charge of $10 per visit applies to dispose of ALL waste. Small amounts of construction material are accepted (e.g. drywall, lumber, shingles, insulation, windows/doors & flooring). Buidling demolition material is not accepted. The Township reserves the right to limit the quantity of material brought into the Landfill Site at any one time. All bagged waste MUST BE IN CLEAR BAGS, black bags are not accepted. The Landfill Site accepts cash, debit, Mastercard & Visa. Personal cheques are not accepted. Bag tags are not valid at the Landfill Site. Free at the Landfill Site: Items accepted free of charge at the Landfill Site include – all recycling, electronics (please see the Landfill Page), scrap steel (please see the Landfill Page), tires (clean and off the rim), leaves/grass clippings (MUST empty pails and/or plastic bags), compost and Christmas trees. SPECIAL PROGRAMS Brush Coupon Program: Again in 2012, the Township is offering one coupon to each household for one FREE half ton truck load of brush. To obtain your coupon, please contact the Office at 1-800-928-2250 x230 or email michelle@twprideaulakes.on.ca to have one mailed or pick one up at the Township Office. Tree stumps 60 cm and under will be accepted with the coupon. Household Hazardous Waste Days (FREE): Hazardous material such as batteries, paint, solvent, oil, fluorescent light bulbs (please see back pages for a list of acceptable items) must be disposed of at Hazardous Waste Days. The Portland Landfill Site will be accepting Household Hazardous Waste free of charge on special event days from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (must bring proof of residency). See calendar for dates. (Businesses not accepted.) Adopt-A-Road: The Township presently has a program for volunteers who pitch-in to clean up roadsides by adopting a road and having a sign installed with their name on it. To date we have 10 adopted roads. If you are interested in joining this program please contact Michelle at michelle@twprideaulakes.on.ca . Free “Pitch-In” bags are available to our adopt-a-road members for roadside litter. Thank you to our Adopt-a-Road members for your continued support. Propane Exchange with Elgin Equipment Rentals: The Township of Rideau Lakes, together with Elgin Equipment Rentals, offers you a place to dispose of your old 20 lb propane tanks. Take your tanks to Elgin Equipment Rentals, located at #367 County Rd 8 in Elgin & dispose of them for free (the Landfill Site does not accept them and HHWD only accept 1 lb tanks). Clothing Disposal: What do you do with your gently used clothing that you no longer want? Contact a local charity that has a clothing donation program such as: Community Clothing Co-operative in Portland (contact Paul Simpson at 613-359-5196 for hours of operation), Big Brothers/Big Sisters (Jewels Gently Used Clothing) - Smiths Falls, The Salvation Army, The Canadian Diabetes Association Clothesline, Value Village – Kingston or the GoodWill Store – Brockville. There are many charities in communities that accept gently used clothing to recycle them, keeping them out of the landfill sites. What do you do with clothing that is garbage? Bag it up in clear bags and dispose of it at the Portland Landfill Site. There is a tipping fee of $210/tonne with a minimum charge of $10 per visit to dispose of clothes. Bags tags are not valid at the Landfill Site. If you want to recycle your old tattered clothing, tear them up and use them as rags or check with a local garage to see if they need rags. Let’s do all we can to re-duce, re-use and recycle. Milk Bags for Haiti & Ethiopia: The Township is working with the South Crosby Public School to recycle Milk Bags for Haiti. Drop off your clean and folded milk bags during regular business hours at the Township Office. Milk bags are used to make sleeping mats and medical bags. Milk bags last longer and make thicker mats. It takes about 250 milk bags to make a child sized mat and approx. 500 to make an adult sized mat. Please help keep milk bags out of the landfill by participating in this program. Eye Glass Depots: The Township of Rideau Lakes is partnering with the Elgin and Westport Lions Clubs to recycle your old eyeglasses to provide free eyewear to people in developing countries. You can drop off used eyeglasses to any one of the following locations for the Lions Clubs: The Township Office – Chantry, Rideau Lakes Building Centre – Elgin, Country Roads Community Health Centre – Portland, Newboro Medical Centre, Dr. Radford’s Office – Westport, Murphy’s Barber Shop – Westport, Smiths Falls Optometrists’ Office or give them to any Lions Member. For more information please visit www.clerc.ca or contact your local Lions Club. DATES TO REMEMBER Earth Hour: Residents are encouraged to take part in Earth Hour 2012 on Saturday, March 24th from 8:30pm – 9:30pm. Earth Hour is a symbolic event in which people from around the world are encouraged to turn off their lights for one hour to show their support for action on climate change. For more information please visit wwf.ca/earthhour/. Pitch-In Canada Week: April 23-30, 2012: Do you want to “Pitch-In” & help clean up roadsides, parks, school yards, shorelines? Pick up your free yellow bags at the Municipal Office, Post Offices, libraries & local businesses. Once you have your yellow bags and have picked up litter from your neighbourhood, place the bags at curbside on your regular garbage day for pickup. No bag tags required. Residents are encouraged to get a group of people together to clean up their road or community. Certificates are available for weirdest object, largest item collected, etc. Please contact Amy at 1-800-928-2250 x285 or email aschur@twprideaulakes.on.ca . If you have a picture of your community “Pitch-In” event you’d like to share send it by email and we’ll add it to our photo gallery and facebook. Thank you to our dedicated volunteers who “Pitch-In” each year. National Public Works Week & Open House: NPWW May 20-26, 2012 is a celebration of the tens of thousands of men and women in North America who provide and maintain the infrastructure and services collectively known as public works. NPWW offers a chance to recognize the many individuals who work hard to make our community a great place to live. Join us Saturday, May 26th for an open house at the South Elmsley Garage from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Trash to Treasures Day: (item give-aways) It’s a free day for all residents. Place your gently used, unwanted items in your front yard on Saturday August 11th for others to drive by and make your trash their treasures for free. Any items that are not taken remain the responsibility of the owner to remove from their yard by Monday August 13th. Waste Reduction Week: Waste Reduction Week October 15-20, 2012, aims to inform and engage Canadians about the environmental and social effects of wasteful practices. It strives to educate, encourage and empower Canadians to reduce, reuse and recycle waste. We encourage all residents to adopt more environmentally conscious choices at home, work, school, while travelling and at play. Using reusable coffee filters instead of disposable ones, rechargeable batteries, cloth towels instead of paper, a programmable thermostat and composting are some simple changes that make a difference. For more information please visit www.wrwcanada.com. INTERNET – Email Updates: We have created an email list for residents to receive periodic Public Works updates and/or changes via email. If you wish to be on this list, send an email to michelle@twprideaulakes.on.ca with the subject - PLEASE ADD ME. This email information is not replacing mailings, newspaper notices or posters. It is simply another way to keep our residents informed. This email list is confidential and will not be shared or sold to anyone.
The Township of Rideau Lakes is on Facebook & Twitter. To get daily/weekly reminders, facts or tips about waste & recycling, join us or like us. Visit www.twprideaulakes.on.ca for agendas and minutes, Councillor’s contact information, services, permits & forms, tax payment information, employment opportunities, tenders/RFP’s, notices/news, upcoming events, photo gallery, grading report, waste & recycling details and frequently asked questions. Visit www.toogoodtowaste.ca for information on waste and recycling collection, schedules, Landfill Site details, recycling sorting guide and tips on how to be green. FOR SALE - Composters: The Township is selling backyard composters to residents at a discounted price of $20 (taxes included). Also available for sale in 2012 are kitchen composters for $5.00. Backyard/kitchen composters can be purchased at the Township Office at 1439 County Rd #8 in Chantry. Compost is the end product of the decomposition of organic matter. Organic matter includes: garden waste, kitchen scraps, manure, leaves, grass clippings, pet hair, etc. Please see back pages of this calendar for list of acceptable items or google “compost” for more information. Can Crushers: Can crushers are now available for $10.00 at the Township Office. One uncrushed can takes up the space of 3 crushed. Save space in your blue bag & on our collection trucks by crushing containers whenever possible. Clothing & Items: Looking for a special birthday present, Christmas present or simply a souvenir of the Township of Rideau Lakes? We have available for sale a selection of clothing such as t-shirts, long sleeve shirts, vests, sweaters, golf shirts (limited sizes & colours), baseball hats & toques, as well as coffee mugs, travel mugs, water bottles, fabric shopping bags and spoons. The Township Office accepts cash, cheque and debit. Unfortunately we do not accept credit cards. GENERAL - Amateur Photo Contest: The Township of Rideau Lakes is holding a photo contest for the 2013 calendar. The contest will run from January 1st, 2012 to August 31st, 2012. You can submit your entry by cd to the Township Office or by emailing your photo in jpeg format to Amy at aschur@twprideaulakes.on.ca . All photographers must complete an entry form to accompany a photo(s). Photos will not be returned. A maximum of 4 photos will be accepted from each photographer. For more information please visit the Photo Contest Page on our website or call the office at 1-800-928-2250 x285. Contest open to residents of Rideau Lakes only & photos must be taken within the Township. Survey Results: In 2010 the Township invited residents to participate in a waste/recycling survey and 244 surveys were received. Random draws were held and prizes were awarded. We thank everyone for taking the time to complete the survey and for their ideas and comments. View Waste & Recycling Survey Results - Fall 2010 (PDF file). Dog Licence: All dogs within the Township are required to be licenced under By-Law 2004-170. Licence forms can be found in the Community & Leisure Services brochure, on our website or simply stop by the Township Office and purchase a license. Dog licences are required for all dogs over 6 months of age and are $15.50 each. Municipal dog tags have proven to be the most successful means of identification. Purchasing a dog tag can save you re-claim fees. Animal Control: To report a lost/found dog, dogs running at large or dogs that are a public nuisance (persistent barking/howling), please call Frontenac Municipal Law Enforcement Inc, our animal control office at 613-541-3213. Rabies Clinic: Watch for ads in your local paper for the September Rabies Clinics in Rideau Lakes. Street Lights: To report a streetlight that is not working please contact Michelle in the Public Works Department at 1-800-928-2250 x230 or by email michelle@twprideaulakes.on.ca Burn Permits: If you are having an outdoor controlled burn, you are required to get a burn permit first. Burn permits are valid for one calendar year. Stop by the Township Office to pick up your FREE burn permit or call 1-800-928-2250 for a list of businesses near you that issue them. From April 1st to October 31st no daytime burning is allowed. YOU MAY ONLY BURN after 6:00pm and the burn must be out by 8:00am. From November 1st until March 31st you may burn during the day if you have a permit and follow the Open-Air Burn By-Law rules. You must check the fire condition hotline at 1-800-928-2250 x 600, as climatic changes mean a burn ban could go in place at any time. Introduction · Recycling Guide · Electronic & Hazardous Waste · Collection Map + Schedule · PDF version |
Township of Rideau Lakes, 1439 County Road 8, Delta, ON, K0E 1G0 email: info@twprideaulakes.on.ca For general inquiries, administration, planning, public works, parks & rec, and fire department: Tel: 613-928-2251 or 1-800-928-2250 - Fax: 613-928-3097 For the tax office: Tel: 613-928-2896 or 1-866-677-4577 |
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