Shameful waste
As usual, when making my regular trip to my building’s recycling/garbage area, I found lots of garbage in the recycling bins, recyclable materials in the garbage bins and the wrong recyclable material in the wrong bin. As usual, I took it upon myself to put things into the proper bins (I always expect my recycling trips to take an extra ten minutes or so).
I was absolutely shocked, however, to find a great deal of stuff thrown into the rubbish bin by a teacher at a West End montessori school.
Here’s what I found:
• Several papers identifying students and the particular montessori school were thrown in the rubbish bin even though recycling bins are on-site and were not full (having said that, identifying papers should have been shredded and then recycled).
• Cardboard boxes in the trash (when there is a cardboard bin right there).
• Dozens of magazines were thrown in the rubbish, while they could have been recycled or even donated to any of a number of hospitals, etc.
• Dozens and dozens of articles of clothing were thrown into the rubbish bin even though there’s a clothing donation bin a block and a half away;
• A computer and several pieces of styrofoam were being thrown into the bin when I intercepted and said I’d take them to the Return-It depot.
It is very ironic that the day after the largest worldwide protest calling for action on climate change, a teacher dedicated to raising our next generation of stewards of our land would be so thoughtless in how she disposed of her goods.
Shameful!
–Canadian Guy
Um...
This summer, the most noticeable thing about the teachers' strike was - nobody noticed. Now, the summer's gone and all the flowers are dying -and they showed up in front of schools like a bunch of chipmunks looking to be fed.
–Arnie Carnegie
Down with power washers!
Good morning,
This particular copy of the WE, I picked up in a WE box between Davie and Beech a few weeks after due date of August 6, and read this "What are you washing" rant by Ron.
I just wanted to let him know that someone agrees with him and knows exactly what he is talking about. When people start with this power washer, the noise can last all day long depending on the size of the surface. It is truly horrendous.
Has anyone out there using the power washer ever hear of a wide stiff bristle push broom? Add to that "dust bane" or soap and water and whatever it is you are cleaning will done well and will be done faster and ... "silently".
- A "Westender"
Kudos!
Thank you Kelsey Klassen for the excellent interview with JJ Lee! And thank you JJ for being inspirational!
–Patrick O’Leary
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