Your Voice, The Power to Change
Extended Producer Responsibility, or EPR, is the principle that producers of products are responsible for the environmental pacts of their products throughout the products life cycle.
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Class Act Dinner Theatre, 104 Consumers Drive, Whitby http://class-act.ca/ We have 90 tickets $60 each Wednesday June 10th, 2009, comedy Shady Business. Our team gets half of the fund-raising. This includes the play and a dinner of Salads, Roasted Chicken, famous Grade AAA Beef seasoned with their own seasoning with Yorkshire pudding & Whitby’s largest [...]
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Here is an opportunity for you to show that Durham residents want a real sustainable solution to waste management, not a heavily subsidized pollution factory that will make money for the private sector and burden us with additional taxes and health risks for the next 30 years.
The Site Liaison Committee is [...]
Brothers and Sisters,
We stand on the verge of yet another disaster for Durham region. As you know the Durham York Incinerator Project is closing in on one of the most crucial votes yet. So far the Region has been nearly oblivious to our pleas not to mention the outcry by of our fellow labour [...]
Hello,
Events around Durham Region’s plan to build a giant waste incinerator in
Clarington are happening at a frantic pace. We don’t want to “spam” our
supporters, but we feel that it’s important to keep everyone updated.
Last Friday May 15th, Clarington council voted to rescind its stand as
“unwilling host” to Durham’s waste incinerator plans conditional upon
Durham Council accepting [...]
Prevent Cancer Now wants you to know about this excellent fellowship opportunity offered by the National Network on Environments and Women’s Health:
Graduate Fellowship in Women’s Health and the Environment
Award Value: $20,000
Deadline: May 22, 2009
Funding period: September 9, 2009 to March 31, 2010
The National Network on Environments and Women’s Health (NNEWH) Graduate Fellowship in Women’s Health [...]
OCETA gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the
Ontario Trillium Foundation
for the
Durham Sustainability
Stewardship Program
Forum Sponsor:
Municipality of Clarington
Who should attend?
Stakeholder groups from across Durham Region and surrounding GTA communities are invited to attend, including:
Business Owners
Government Representatives
Institutions
Facility Managers
School Boards
Educators
Youth
Non-profit Organizations
Local Citizens
OCETA, the Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention (C2P2), and Durham Sustain Ability (DSA) are working together with local [...]
Waterkeeper.ca Weekly:
March 16th, 2009
www.waterkeeper.ca
St. Marys Cement proposes two “Alternative Fuels” sites in Ontario
St. Marys cement plant in Bowmanville
The Ministry of the Environment has notified the public about a request from St. Marys Cement for a temporary approval to burn “alternative fuels” at its Bowmanville and St. Marys locations. The company proposes to burn paper biosolids, [...]