From: doug.bryce{at}sympatico.ca (Doug Bryce)

Did yours come with a couple of sample bags?   One small one designed
for the litte kitchen bin (that one is a good fit) and a big one for the
large bin?  They are special bio-degradable bags, I think.



On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:47:34 -0500, "John Beamish"
 wrote:

>They arrived on Tuesday.  Not sure what you mean by the "bag for the
>wheeled bin".
>
>There will definitely be an aroma but I expect that our workaround will
>be:  green/compostable smelly garbage will go (as it does right now) into
>plastic shopping bag(s) before going to the garage.  Monday night, the
>plastic shopping bag(s) will be tipped into the green bin for curbside
>placement Tuesday morning and the smelly platic shopping bag(s) will go
>into the plastic garbage bag.  So all sorts of "green" stuff will go to
>composting (that's new) and 1 or 2 plastic grocery bags will go to the
>landfill (no change) and everything else will be recycled as was done in
>the past.
>
>On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:30:10 -0500, Doug Bryce 
>wrote:
>
>> You got the big green wheeled bin and the little one for the kitchen?
>> Notice how the bag for the wheeled bin doesn't 'fill' the bin...only
>> comes up part way?  And wait until summer....what a wonderful aroma
>> 
>>
>> Doug
>>
>> On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:06:55 -0500, "John Beamish"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> Two minds with the same thought.  I emailed our councillor (knowing
>>> she'd
>>> pass the question along to the recycle people in Mississauga) and
>>> learned
>>> what you did:  Compact fluorescents must be disposed of separately (HHW
>>> -
>>> household hazardous waste).
>>>
>>> And, for the time being, you have to take them to the recycle site.
>>> Mississauga isn't big enough for the "Toxic Taxi"
(great name).
>>>
>>> Also, we finally got green recycling.  The bins were dropped off last
>>> week.
>>>
>>
>

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