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Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Date: May 7, 2012 Resolution#: - By-law#:
Report#: OPD-003-12 File#:
Subject: PITCH IN WEEK 2012
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report OPD-003-12 be received for information.
Submitted by: Reviewed by: _
Fr or ath, Franklin Wu,
Director of Operations Chief Administrative Officer
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CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 3A6 T 905-623-3379
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1.0 Pitch In Week Clarington
1.1 April 231h — 30, 2012 was Pitch-in Week Canada. This was an opportunity to
involve all of Clarington, young and old, in local projects which clean-up, restore
and/or preserve the environment by cleaning up litter and other garbage from
urban, rural and wilderness areas.
The following is a list of community groups who registered their participation in
Pitch In Week 2012 with Operations staff:
Durham Clear Lions Club Of Courtice
Waverly Public School Clarington Fire Fighters
Enniskillen Scouts Clarington Central Public School
Hampton Community Association 3rd Bowmanville Girl Guides
Clarke High School Newcastle Ventures
Tim Horton Newcastle Beavers
Hope Community Church Newcastle Cubs
St. John's Anglican Church Clarington Tigercats Football
Rotary Club of Bowmanville Knights of Columbus
Rotary Club of Courtice Newcastle Lions Club
SWNA Orono Masons
Port Darlington Community
Association
An additional twelve individual residents registered to participate to "Pitch In"
within their own neighbourhoods.
1.2 Rotary Clubs Super Clean Up
The Rotary Clubs of Bowmanville
and Courtice hosted a "Super Spring
Clean Up" on Friday, April 201h for
area schools. Approximately 300
students and volunteers participated
in this event. The schools involved:
• Clarington Central High rp
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• Durham Christian High
School
• Bowmanville High School
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St. Stevens Hi High School
• Courtice Secondary School
• Dr. G.J. MacGillvra Y Public
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School - - --• Four Winds Montessori School
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Students and volunteers departed from
area schools armed with bright yellow
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Pitch In Canada, and gloves, courtesy
of Ontario Power Generation, to
complete a "Clean Sweep" of the
streets, parks and green spaces of
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their neighbourhoods.
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Stevens Road - before Stevens Road -after
Students and volunteers covered a wide range of areas and worked diligently to
clean up Clarington. Residents strolling down Scugog Street who observed the
work crews smiled and commented on the great job being done, others honked
horns to show support.
Once their clean up areas were completed students were taken by bus to the
Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex where they were provided lunch donated
by local restaurants. Displays were set up to draw attention to local
environmental concerns. Local Rotary representatives thanked everyone for
their participation. Mayor Foster presented each of the participating schools with
a certificate of appreciation.
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their participation. Mayor Foster presented each of the participating schools with
a certificate of appreciation.
Upon completion of the clean up Operations staff arranges for the bags of trash
to be pick up and disposed of. As a result of the 2012 Pitch In campaign in
Clarington more than 15 metric ton of waste was disposed of.
Pitch In Week Disposals
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
12.33 2.88 4.25 5.23 15.53
2.0 Free Compost Give Away
2.1 On Saturday, April 20th Clarington hosted the Durham Region Annual Compost
Give Away event at Depot 42 on
Darlington/Clarke Townline Road. This event is
an opportunity for residents to exchange a non-
perishable donation to a local food bank for up to
three containers of fresh compost. 71 tonnes of
compost was available to residents. All compost
is a direct result of the green bin program in the
Durham Region.
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This event proved to be very }
popular with residents! The
Compost Event is run from 8
am to noon. A line up formed prior to staff arrival at Depot 42 at 7 am the
morning of the event. Gates were opened at 7:45 to allow residents to shovel
compost into their containers. Once through the gates staff directed residents
into two lanes of traffic in order to minimize wait times and make the most
efficient use of space.
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Clarington staff assisted residents with shoveling compost into their containers
and lifting containers into vehicles when
requested. Despite less than perfect
weather conditions some residents
waited more than Y2 an hour in line to ---- -
enter the event. `
Durham Region staff were on hand to e
exchange blue bins and green bins for =�=
residents. Composters were also 79 rC1NG ��,
available for purchase.
St. Vincent de Paul was present to collect !
for the food bank.
2.2 Upcoming Events
October 27, 2012 Clarington will host a combined event of Hazardous Household
Waste and E-Waste. Residents will be invited to drop off their HHW and E-
Waste free of charge. The waste collected at this event will be recycled or
disposed of in an environmentally safe and responsible way. Watch for more
information on this event in mid September.
Rotary Club has already expressed their interest in moving towards making the
Super Spring Clean Up an annual event, possibly expanding to include
elementary schools within Clarington. Staff looks forward to continuing this
partnership and working to keep Clarington Clean and Green for all of us, and
our future.
The recommendations contained in this report conform to the general intent of the
following priorities of the Strategic Plan:
Promoting economic development
Maintaining financial stability
Connecting Clarington
vo Promoting green initiatives
Investing in infrastructure
Showcasing our community
Not in conformity with Strategic Plan
Staff Contact: Susan Hajnik, Operations Technician