Monday, May 16, 2011

Nouvelle-Écosse

Nova Scotia claims one of the highest return rates for beverage containers in North America and was an early introducer of residential organics collection.

Halifax Harbour.
Halifax
At a Common Roots Urban Farm, a community garden outside the Queen Elizabeth Health Centre.
(More on the garden here: http://www.openfile.ca/halifax/story/urban-farm-takes-root-former-qeii-high-site )
Atlantic Superstore in Halifax.
At Acadia University, Wolfville.
Street receptacle, Wolfville.
Older version street receptacle in Wolfville.

Street receptacle in New Minas. Presumably there were posters indicating what goes where at some point.


Street receptacle in Annapolis Royal.
Beverage recycling at Lequille Country Store (See post about this form of bin below)
Bins outside Clark Rutherford Memorial school in Cornwallis.
Bins at Upper Clements Provincial Park (a throwback to the days of refundable versus rubbish; in Nova Scotia, however, deposits are still paid on all beverage containers (10 cents for smaller containers or 20 cents for larger ones) with half the deposit refundable when bottles are redeemed. More info here:
http://www.bottlebill.org/legislation/canada/novascotia.htm
http://www.rrfb.com/beverage-container-recycling.asp
Street receptacles in Digby.

Near the kitchen receiving area at the Digby Pines.
 
In a residence building at Université Sainte Anne, Church Point.
In an academic building at Université Sainte Anne, Church Point.
In the K.C. Irving Environmental Science building at Acadia University (a modern building designed to the style of older buildings on campus).

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.





Notice how most things come in fours? A standard four stream paper-plastic-garbage-compost.


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