Just a reminder to Milton residents that the Region of Halton free bag tags expire this coming September 7th. After that you will be required to purchase them at $2.00 each.
If you have any questions about the Halton Bag Tag program, please visit this website for more details OR you can call 3-1-1. The 3-1-1 service is a very valuable tool to use to find out about a number of town and region services, garbage pick up and also where you can report roadside dumping.
Speaking of illegal dumping, thank you to the many residents in wards 1, 6, 7 and 8 for calling and emailing me about these incidents. In order for these statistics to be included in any future region of Halton reports, they do need to be called in on the 3-1-1 line as well as letting me know.
Before the 3 bag limit was approved by Halton Region council members (unanimously) there were a number of incidents of illegal roadside dumping of household garbage. After the program was in place we have seen a spike in these occurences and I have been sending this information to both the Town and Halton Region staff for their actions.
What we have been seeing in the last several weeks is residents using town garbage containers to dump their household waste on the garbage pick up days. These containers are NOT for that purpose. When people dump their household garbage in the green containers, it attracts animals, rodents and it usually ends up being a big mess. Add in some wind, and local residents get their areas covered in trash.
If you see any overflowing containers of garbage, please let me know by email mike@mikecluett.ca and call 3-1-1 to report the locations as well. By working together, we can help solve this problem as we continue with the “growing pains” of a 3 bag limit.
I’ll see you at the doors