Oakville Blogger

As everyone is well aware the new recycling program is in full effect.  We have to sort our garbage into three different groupings.  The blue box(regular recyclable items), green cart(Kitchen food scraps) and regular garbage.  Please click on those highlighted words for more details.  With this new recycling program comes the additional expense of lining our new green cart and kitchen catcher(see the top left picture) with compostable bags.  These compostable bags are the topic of discussion for this post. 

This post will look at three companies which  manufacture and supply retail outlets with the proper 100% compostable bags for the green cart and kitchen catcher.  The three companies are GLAD, BIOSAK and bio*life.  We will explore price, size, color and quantity. 

GLAD

Kitchen Catcher                Green Cart                                  

Quantity: 20 bags                  Quantity: 10 bags

Size: 16.3in  x 16.6 in             Size: 23.8 in x 26.5in

Price: $5.99                             Price: $7.99

100% Compostable

Colour of bag: White and somewhat clear 

Purchased at Sobey’s

bio*life

Kitchen Catcher                Green Cart

Quantity: 20                           Quantity: 10

Size: 17in x 16in                      Size: 24in x 30in

Price: $4.49                             Price: $5.99

Colour: Clear and see through

100% Compostable

Purchased at Shoppers Drug Mart.

BIOSAK

Kitchen Catcher                Green Cart

Quantity: 20 bags                  Quantity: 10

Size: 16.75in x 17.5in             Size: 25in x 30in

Price: $4.99                             Price: $5.99

Colour: Brown for both kinds of bags

100% Compostable 

Purchased at Home Hardware

There you have it.  When Green Carts and Kitchen Catchers were originally sent to homes they were equipped with BIOSAK’s brown compostable bags. Any kind of bag will do, so probably going for the cheapest kind is best.  I prefer convenience and I usually do my grocery shopping at Fortino’s located downtown Oakville.  However, they had no compostable bags left in stock this morning.  I guess many people have been hurrying out and purchasing some. 

 If you have any comments or would like to share some information about this new Halton Region compost program please leave a comment. 

Bookmark To

Guest Post by Nancy

The waste management is about to change inHalton…which Oakville is a district of the Region of Halton…!! In a few weeks time all residences will be delivered a green bin - one to keep outside and one to have on your kitchen counter…well I will probably keep it under the counter. This green bin is to help you separate out your garbage…you are going to put all sorts of compostable items in the green bin. The weekly waste collection will change once the green bin program commences. First they will only be picking up those 6 bags of garbage every 2 weeks…they will be picking up the green bin and the blue boxes every week. Already I find with the blue box program that I am totally overloaded by the time the second week roles around…as currently the blue box (recycling program) only gets picked up every other week…so now with the blue box and the green bin pick-up going weekly and the regular trash pick-up bi-weekly - hopefully we will begin to see a reduction in the amount that actually goes in the regular trash and subsequently into the landfill site will last us longer…!!!

I have to admit that we have only in the last year or so really gotten into recycling…I think it was because of the kids learning so much about it in school…anyway we literally put out less and less in the garbage every week…I can only imagine how much more we can reduce those bags when we are dividing out the compostable items.

I was at a friends cottage last summer and they don’t yet have a recycling program up there…and every time I threw a plastic bottle or a tin can into the trash…I got pangs of guilt…as I know there are solutions now for those products to be recycled and every little bit we can do to save the planet is a good thing…!!! Just my recycled two cents…!!!

Bookmark To

In an attempt to compete with the Running Room, Nike has opened a new store downtown Oakville.  It is located right on Lakeshore Rd; two stores west of Starbucks.  The building it’s in has been beautifully renovated.  The front is covered in brick with a large orange Nike swoosh above the storefront window.  The store itself is not so big, but is fully stocked with all kinds of apparel.  It looks like its target market is runners as the window display shows different kinds of jogging clothes and accessories. 

Speaking of runners, haven’t you noticed an influx of runners in the community?   Almost daily you can see a gaggle of joggers lumbering through downtown Oakville.  Each one masterfully decked out in the latest running clothes.  There must be some running clubs.  My guess is the Running Room organizes and hosts these group runs.  I think it’s great that people come together,  meet one another, go for a run and stay in shape.  Maybe the new Nike store will set up group runs, where people come and meet at the store before runs.  I imagine it would produce a lot of continuous weekly foot traffic from loyal customers.  Anyway, please enjoy the new Nike store. 

Bookmark To

The weather in Oakville was very peculiar today.  It started off dreary and then sunny and very mild.  It was so mild, in fact, that one didn’t need a coat early in the afternoon.  In the evening it became cool and extremely windy.  It had become so windy that the weather network sent out a wind warning.  West winds were gusting to 90 km/h.  Those strong winds have since subsided.

I was down at Dingle park with my son and I can attest to the strong winds. Have you ever been to Dingle park?   It is located just east of the Oakville pier.  It is a small park right on lake Ontario.  It is a beautiful spot.  A great place to go for a walk or grab a coffee, sit on a bench and look out onto Lake Ontario.  I have posted some pictures of Dingle Park in this entry.   You can see in the pics that grass still needs a lot of  greening to do. 

Bookmark To