Author of the article: Letter to the editor
Publishing date: Apr 08, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 3 minute read
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PAUL VAN NEST
The Rotary Club of Kingston formed its Environment Committee in the 1980s under the watchful eye of Rotarian Larry Ritchie, who worked with the Ministry of the Environment at the time. Our club assisted in the delivery of the city’s first blue boxes and helped with the establishment of the hazardous waste drop-off site at the Kingston Area Recycling Centre. To reduce the waste of city-treated water on our gardens and grass, we helped with the city’s rain barrel project, promoting and delivering rain barrels to area homes to be installed at the bottom of downspouts.