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Home My WebLink AboutOPD-003-16 Clarington Operations e art n Report If this information is required in an alternate accessible format, please contact the Municipal Clerk at 905-623-3379 ext. 2102. Report To: General Purpose and Administration Committee Date of Meeting: February 16, 2016 Report Number: OPD-003-16 Resolution: File Number: By-law Number: ' Report Subject: Pitch In Week Recommendations: 1. That Report OPD-003-16 be received for information. Municipality of Clarington Report OPD-003-16 Report Overview PITCH-IN CANADA works with all Canadians interested in maintaining a clean, green and beautiful country. Pitch In Canada involves millions of volunteers in various programs from cleaning up and beautifying streams, wilderness, and urban areas to initiating recycling and composting programs. Pitch In Week activities in Clarington for 2016 are detailed in this report. 1 . Background 2016 marks the 49th annual Pitch In Canada Week. Pitch In Canada is a national non- profit organization founded in 1967 by several volunteers concerned about the proliferation of packaging and its effects on the land and marine environment. They recognized that personal action with assistance from but not dependent on governments and other stakeholders is needed to conserve, enhance and protect the environment and to reduce and reuse waste. From its modest beginnings, PITCH-IN CANADA is now leading a multi-faceted approach to "litter" and overall proper waste management practices. "PITCH-IN CANADA falls outside of the science, business and research criteria, but represents hard working Canadian volunteers and consumers who care about making environmental change in their area and improving communities nation-wide for future generations". In total more than 725,000 Canadians participate in the program each year in communities throughout Canada. PITCH—IN Home About Ambassadors Awards Register Contact CANADA IS .� PITCH IN PITCH-IN WEEK sw..weH APRIL 17-23,2016 FtM/%w{!/VJ 2015 Pitch In Week in Clarington resulted in 3.93 tonnes of waste was collected by the over 500 participants from several local schools, service clubs, area businesses and individual residents. Municipality of Clarington Report OPD-003-16 Page 3 2. 2016 Pitch In Week This year Pitch In Week will run April 17th to April 23. The following events are currently planned within Clarington. 2.1 Pitch In Week: The objectives of the Pitch-In campaign include: • Involving residents, young and old in local projects which clean-up, restore and/or preserve the environment, promoting environmental sustainability and involving residents in local partnerships which benefit and enhance their communities • Cleaning up, restoring and beautifying the environment by cleaning up litter and other garbage from urban and rural areas promoting respect for Canada's natural and urban environments • Encouraging civic pride and develop long-term working relationships for the future leaving lasting benefits. Individuals and groups wishing to participate in Pitch In Week are encouraged to register their activities by contacting the Operations Department. They will be asked when and where they plan to take action or staff can provide suggestions for locations that require clean up. Registered participants will receive a participation certificate once their event is completed. The Municipality will supply gloves, garbage and recycle bags for any event registered with staff. Staff will work closely with representatives to ensure that safety is a priority for all clean up events and locations Since 2012 the Operations Department has partnered with the Rotary Club of Bowmanville to facilitate Earth Day Clean Up activities. The Rotary Club of Bowmanville and Rotary Club of Courtice worked together to create "Earth Day Super Clean Up". Working with local schools the event fostered environmental responsibility and civic pride in area youth. The Rotary Club has declined to participate for 2016 and therefore the program with the schools has been suspended. Locations for clean up are determined from several sources. Staff report areas that contain large amounts of litter. Volunteer groups without a particular preference area are given these identified areas to clean up. Schools usually clean up areas in and around their home school. Lastly through advertising and inquiries other groups or individuals come forward and let us know which area requires cleaning and volunteer to do these identified areas. Municipality of Clarington Report OPD-003-16 Page 4 2.2 Compost Day Saturday, April 23rd Operations Depot 42 will be the site of the Durham Region's annual Free Compost r Giveaway Event from 8 am to noon. A local food bank will be on site and residents are encouraged to "trade" a non-perishable donation for free compost. �I7 In 2015, 650 vehicles attended the compost event. I This event will take place at the Operations Depot 42, 178 Darlington/Clarke Townline Road in Bowmanville. Those wishing to participate should bring containers about the size of a blue box — maximum 3 — and a shovel. Participants will be required to fill their own containers with the fresh compost. Durham Region " . ° staff will be on hand to facilitate the exchange of damaged blue boxes and green bins for a new one. 2.3 Battery Recycling Program Durham's household battery collection program is provided twice annually; once in the spring and once in the fall coinciding with Earth Week celebrations and the Batteries d autumn Fire Department's promotion to change smoke Recycle instead alarm and carbon monoxide detector batteries. Durham's next curbside batterycollection o ection program is scheduled for the week of April 18-22, 2016 on your }soo-�-oo�, regular Blue Box collection day. To date, Durham u�m�ml� en+ If this information is required in an residents have diverted 112 metric tonnes (112,000 accessible format,please contact kilograms) of spent household batteries from the waste the number above. stream. For more information, visit www.durham.ca/battery #DurhamBattery 2.4 Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) and Electrical and Electronic Equipment Waste (WEEE) Event On Saturday, September 24 from 8 am to noon, Clarington will again play host to Durham Region as they sponsor a joint MHSW and WEEE event at Operations Depot 42. Residents will be invited to drop off their hazardous 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. All unwanted electronic equipment is classified as electronic waste (e-waste). Many electronic products contain materials such as lead, mercury and other hazardous materials that pose environmental impacts when disposed of improperly. Municipality of Clarington Report OPD-003-16 Page 5 Clarington has been participating in the waste events for a number of years with good response from our residents. The chart below provides results from these events for the last six years. FU Cldr oil r.•,„rr„x,n•Hmv Annual Event Review Event Type 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Totals W EEE Collection Collected(MT) 16.83 10.61 9.95 4.09 2.23 3.17 46.88 Participants 351 179 204 111 130 210 1,185 Event Date OCt-30 Oct-29 OCt-27 Oct-05 OCt-04 Oct-03 Sep-24 - MHSW Collection Collected(MT) 5.83 6.56 10.94 2.68 4.88 6.74 37.63 Participants 139 180 312 67 130 210 1,038 Event Date Oct-02 OCt-01 OCt-27 Oct-26 Oct-04 Oct-03 Sep-24 - Compost Give-Aways #Trailer Loads 3 3 3 4 5 3 21 Participants 500 241 500 371 500 650 2,762 Event Date Apr-23 Apr-30 Apr-21 Apr-20 Apr-26 Apr-18 Apr-23 - 3. Comments Pitch In Week is a great way to promote to the residents of Clarington the importance of reducing, re-using, recycling and properly disposing of waste. From recycling and composting programs to cleaning and enhancing shorelines, streams, urban and wilderness areas protecting our environment is everyone's responsibility. 4. Concurrence Not Applicable 5. Conclusion Pitch-In Week is a chance for whole communities to work towards a common goal to help beautify and sustain our environment. Participation in Pitch-In Week events is open, and encouraged, for everyone. If we want to improve our neighbourhoods, community and natural environment we have to start by showing that we care and are willing to get our hands dirty to prove it. Municipality of Clarington Report OPD-003-16 Page 6 6. Strategic Plan Application This initiative in in conformity with our Strategic Plan. The annual Pitch In campaign allows resident to become engaged in our community as well as enhancing access to our unique natural environment. Submitted by: , Reviewed by: Frederic J. Horvath Franklin Wu, Director df Operations Chief Administrative Officer Staff Contact: Susan Hajnik, 905-263-2291 ext. 527 or shajnik@clarington.net There are no interested parties to be notified of Council's decision. FJH/sh