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Curbside Collection

Kawartha Lakes introduces curbside collection for organic waste in select areas

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Throwing Out Garbage

Muskoka residents will have to dispose of waste in clear plastic bags starting in March

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Driver throwing out a garbage bag from their car into a receptacle. Environmental conservation

Muskoka water-access cottagers concerned about new waste removal system

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compost bucket

Get yourself a low-maintenance, erosion-resisting, methane-preventing compost pile at the lake

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Christmas tree out by curb

How to get rid of your Christmas tree

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Two red solo cups on a white table

Are cottagers contributing to plastics pollution?

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plastic bottles

Plastic-eating enzyme may help solve our waste problems

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shoreline

12 common things that wash up on Canadian shores

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Garbage Bins

District of Muskoka plans to remove unlicensed garbage sites

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human bear conflicts

Reducing human-bear conflicts one garbage bin at a time

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Materials-separated-for-recycling

5 tips for recycling at the cottage

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A small black bear standing on a rock surrounded by green trees.

Sudbury’s new bylaw aimed at curbing nuisance bear problem starts Friday

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Close-up of a person picking up trash on a beach.

Tips for organizing a garbage clean-up around your cottage

Outdoors

Overhead close-up of a compost pile.

22 ways to minimize your cottage trash this summer

Outdoors

Woman scraping food from a plate into a garbage bin.

6 ways to reduce garbage at the cottage

Black bear in a green field.

Can I safely compost garbage without attracting bears?

Outdoors

Individuals sitting around burning campfire in forest

What can be done if neighbours leave their cottage with garbage burning in their fire pit?

Outdoors