By Staff
BURLINGTON, ON March 20, 2013 Those new, bigger blue boxes the Region is handing out are quite a hit – the demand was big enough to have 3,500 + in Burlington line up along Upper Middle Road to get their large blue box.
The Region thinks it has learned a few lessons from the demand last time they did a distribution in Burlington and have upgraded the procedure for the next local distribution.
On the North Service Road – just to the west of the Mercedes-Benz dealership west of King Road. 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Next Saturday, March 23rd at the Closed landfill on the North Service Road just to the west of the Mercedes-Benz dealership you can drive up and get your box between the hours of 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
This time the Region is going a little high-tech and will be “tweeting” on @HaltonRecycles where you can get real-time updates.
If “tweeting” isn’t something you do that often you can reach the Region at 311 and they will give you an update verbally.
Couple of rules you have to follow. You drive in; open your trunk or the back door of your car and let the staff at the site put the bin in your car. No getting out of the car and you can’t walk up and pick up the bin.
The Regional staff wants to keep things moving – just follow the instructions.
Our Regional Councillors will do almost anything for a photo-op; this time they are showing you the new 22 gallon blue boxes.
While the newer blue bins are popular you don’t have to use the new size – the older 16 gallon units are still being emptied.
Here is what you can put in the new Blue Boxes AFTER April 1st.
Getting the boxes now readies you for the new list of items you can now put out for recycling. That list, in its entirety is available here.
The first distribution in Burlington had vehicles lined up along Upper Middle road from Corpus Christi High School all the way over to Appleby Line. Shouldn’t be as bad this time out
Residents heading out to Blue Box Pick-up Events can call 311 or check www.halton.ca or @HaltonRecycles on Twitter for real-time updates regarding wait times at each event location.
