Have you received your flyer yet?
How we dispose of and handle hazardous waste materials in our homes, garages and yards can make a difference to protect the sources of drinking water.
Products that you use every day like cleaners, paints, stains, solvents, pesticides, fertilizers, and even products like nail polish remover have the potential to pollute the groundwater and surface water sources that supply our drinking water, if they are not handled and disposed of properly.
These products should not be dumped down the drain, spilled in the yard or dumped in the landfill. The harmful materials in paints, solvents, gasoline and cleaners for example, cannot be filtered out by septic and sewage systems, storm drains or the ground.
These products could contaminate the sources of your drinking water whether you are on a Municipal system or a private well.
Flyer - Household Hazardous Waste
"Retire Your Tires" is the second of a four phase project of the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority funded under the Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship Program.
The project entitled “Protecting Source Water – Take Pride in Your Property” is aimed at promoting "Best Management Practices" to property owners as a way to further protect the sources of drinking water in the Lakehead Source Protection Area.
The removal and disposal of old tires from properties throughout the watershed will reduce the risk of contamination to both ground and surface water sources of drinking water. Old tires can break down, with potential contaminants seeping into the ground or running off the surface to reach a water source. See flyer and media release links below for more information.
Flyer - "Retire Your Tires"
Media Release - "Retire Your Tires"
Collection Locations in the Lakehead Region
There are over 30 collection locations registered with Ontario Tire Stewardship for the Thunder Bay area. The list below was updated as of October 19, 2009 and provides information of the types of tires that each of the collectors will accept.
List of Collection Locations
For more information on the OntarioTire Stewardship program, visit www.ontariots.ca.
The first phase of the project dealt with the removal of scrap metal from the landscape. Over 450,000 pounds of scrap metal was collected as a result of the flyers sent our over the period from the end of June 2009 through October 2009.
Media Release - "Scrap is Where It's At"
Flyer - "Scrap is Where It's At"
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