Do your part to keep Ottawa clean, green and litter-free
Posted Jul 29, 2010 By Eli El-Chantiry
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Tweet ThisEMC News - With warm weather and sunshine, many of us are heading outside to enjoy our beautiful city. The most important thing we can all do to keep it beautiful is put litter and recyclables where they belong.
Your city has 2,900 waste receptacles stationed all around our streets, parks and tourist sites. Many of these also have a place to deposit your recyclable materials too.
Look for the 'LitterBug' logo throughout the city. This logo is a reminder to fight against litter.
In addition to keeping our city looking great there is also a huge benefit to our tourism industry. Each year we welcome over 7.3 million visitors who spend over $1.18 billion!
Of course, we all have a part to play by putting litter and recyclables where they belong but we can do more to fight the "LitterBug" in Ottawa!
- Put extinguished cigarette butts in appropriate waste containers.
Did you know that if every smoker in Ottawa throws just one butt on the ground every day that equals over 58 million butts on our streets, in our parks and in rivers every year? Each cigarette butt takes 15 years to decompose!
- Volunteer to be part of the city's community cleanup initiatives including Adopt-a-Park/Adopt-a-Roadway programs and Cleaning the Capital. In 2009, more than 87,000 volunteers collected over 151,000 kg of litter. Fall Cleaning the Capital is set for Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Registration starts on Aug. 15. For more information on the city's community cleanup initiatives visit ottawa.ca/clean or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401).
- Report excessive litter by calling 3-1-1
Let's make sure we have the cleanest, most beautiful city for many years to come. Together, we can help keep Ottawa clean, green and litter-free.
As always, please contact me at any time:
Eli El-Chantiry
Proudly Serving West Carleton-March, Ward 5
5670 Carp Road, Kinburn, On K0A 2H0
www.Ward5Eli.com
Phone: 613-580-2475
Fax: 613-580-2515
Email: eli.el-chantiry@ottawa.ca
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