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Article: A less trashy Nova Scotia. (Recycling).
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- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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In Nova Scotia, taking out the trash may now be easier because there's less to take out--in fact, 50% less. The eastern province has become the first in Canada to reduce solid waste disposal by 50% over 1989 levels, a nationwide goal set that year by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment.
The reduction is the result of a comprehensive solid waste management strategy developed by the Nova Scotia Department of the Environment following the 1995 passage of the Nova Scotia Environment Act. The act stipulated a number of regulations and bans that would form the basis of the strategy. Bob Kenney, a solid waste resource analyst for the department, says ...