This Week | Thursday, March 17, 2022 | 12 Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover Thank You for Doing Your Part! Katherine Ross, Waste Management Technician for the Region of Durham talks everything Waste. Send your waste related questions or comments to waste@durham.ca If you require this information in an accessible format, please call 1-800-667-5671 • durham.ca/waste Waste App informs residents about waste collection service updates With recent waste collection challenges in some Durham neighbourhoods, the Region of Durham encourages all residents to stay informed about collection updates using the Durham Region Waste App. While interruptions to curbside waste collection services have historically been minimal - in the current state of prevailing winter weather, and worker shortages related to the highly transmissible COVID-19 Omicron variant - waste collection has been impacted, causing service delays for some residents. As a result, blue box recycling, green bin organics and garbage that is not completed on a regularly scheduled collection day are typically collected the following day. Collection services are extending into the evening hours, and sometimes, into Saturdays. Residents are asked to keep their materials set out at the curb until they are collected. Residents who download the Waste App to their electronic device can stay up to date as to whether disruptions will impact service in their community therefore minimizing frustration with the receipt of timely waste service alerts through the app. The app is available through Google Play or the App Store; or by searching their address using Durham's online calendar tool at durham.ca/waste. Service alerts provide real time updates when delays are occurring. How you can help your collectors: • Place blue boxes, green bin, and garbage on cleared parts of your driveway. Do not put them on top of snowbanks or icy patches. • Ensure waste materials are not covered in snow. • During heavy snowfalls, waste materials must be set back from the curb approximately three metres. This helps prevent waste materials from being knocked over or buried during snow clearing operations. • Ensure all garbage is bagged and securely tied. • Ensure all green bin organic waste is bagged in 100 per cent compostable bags or paper liners. • Any loose garbage or loose organics will not be collected. • Please put used single-use face masks and gloves in the garbage. • Place COVID-19 rapid at-home test kit materials (including plastic tray) in the garbage bag. Place paper (e.g., instructions, box) in the papers Blue Box. • All waste materials must be at the curb before 7 a.m. on your collection day. • Blue boxes, green bin and garbage cannot weigh more than 20 kilograms (44 pounds) each. Funny guy Ron James brings his latest tour, Back Where I Belong, to Oshawa's Regent Theatre on March 27. The award-winning stand-up comedian starred in 'The Ron James Show' for five seasons and has been featured in nine acclaimed comedy specials. Reserved seating tickets are $62.50 and available from the box office by calling 905-721-3399 ext. 2 Tuesdays through Fridays. The event is recommended for those 14 years and older. Shantero Productions photo BACK WHERE HE BELONGS EXPLORE THE WORLD IN 2022 905-623-1511 info@lakeshoretours.ca www.lakeshoretours.ca Ont. Reg. #50024799 OBERAMMERGAU A 12-Day Bus Tour to the world famous Passion Play June 8 - 20, 2022 $6,595.00 per person based on a double room INCREDIBLE ICELAND An 8-Day Bus Tour through the Land of Fire & Ice June 12 - 20, 2022 $5,795.00 per person based on a double room RHINE RIVER CRUISE A 12-Day Tour along the Rhine & Switzerland Lake District July 7 - 19, 2022 Starting from $7,295.00 per person based on a double room DISCOVER PERU An 11-Day Tour from Lima to Machu Picchu & Lake Titicaca September 19 - 30, 2022 $4,999.00 per person based on a double room SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PARKS A 9-Day Bus Tour to Arizona, Utah & Nevada October 19 - 27, 2022 $5,295.00 per person based on a double room If you're looking to stay closer to home we've got a large selection of single day and multi-day tours within Ontario & Canada!