{"id":181651,"date":"2024-11-19T12:18:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T17:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/muskoka-councillors-hear-dismal-results-on-waste-diversion\/"},"modified":"2024-11-26T14:00:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T19:00:25","slug":"muskoka-councillors-hear-dismal-results-on-waste-diversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/muskoka-councillors-hear-dismal-results-on-waste-diversion\/","title":{"rendered":"Muskoka councillors hear dismal results on waste diversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Muskoka residents are failing the test when it comes to waste diversion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this week\u2019s District of Muskoka Engineering and Public Works Committee meeting, councillors heard the results of the 2024 curbside waste audit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDisappointing. That\u2019s all I can say,\u201d said Coun. Brenda Rhodes, who attended one of the audits in person. \u201cIt was mind-blowing. We opened one garbage bag and inside we found that someone had collected all of their organics and put them into an organic bag, and then put that organics bag into the garbage bag.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to district staff, more than half of the items put out as garbage technically are not garbage at all. Staff say 43% of waste put out for the landfill should actually be included in the organics collection, 7% is recycling, and 3% is classified as \u201cother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levels of misplaced waste are highest in Muskoka Lakes Township (55 %) and lowest in Huntsville (45%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the flip side of the coin, nearly 30% of materials set out in blue boxes should have been set out as garbage or organics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muskoka Lakes had a 20% contamination rate for their recycling, ranking them highest for recycling compliance in the district. Residents of Gravenhurst had the highest contamination rate at 46%. Contamination rate for garbage and recycling refers to how much material is in the stream that doesn\u2019t belong. The goal is to get the contamination rate as close to 0% as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff also pointed out that of those eligible for green bin collection, only some 40% take part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhodes said Muskoka\u2019s poor diversion rate is one of the reasons she\u2019s in favour of measures like clear garbage bags, which will become mandatory next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is absolutely imperative that we take these measures because we\u2019re not getting it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muskoka residents are failing the test when it comes to waste diversion.&nbsp; During this week\u2019s District of Muskoka Engineering and Public Works Committee meeting, councillors heard the results of the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1856,"featured_media":181652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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