June 29 Business Recycling Collection Postponed Until Tomorrow

Any business recycling collection has been postponed until Thursday due to mechanical issues from Emterra Environmental.

Photo by David Tuan Bui.

According to the City of Peterborough, the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area and Hunter Street in East City have already been collected earlier on Wednesday morning. 

If recycling was not already collected in the morning, it can either be left out until Thursday or be brought back in and set out again before 7 a.m. the following day.

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Petes And Emterra Partner To Host Clean Community Cup Encouraging Minor Hockey Teams To Be Environmentally Conscious

The Peterborough Petes have partnered with Emterra to host the 2022-23 Clean Community Cup to encourage local minor hockey teams to make a positive impact on the environmental well being of their community.

File photo.

Teams in the City of Peterborough and surrounding areas are encouraged to come together and find creative ways to help improve the communities in which they live, work, and play. Teams can support this initiative by doing things like picking up garbage, recycling, and promoting good environmental habits in their communities. 

The team that shows the strongest initiative, creativity, and positive environmental impact on their community will be chosen as the winner.

The prize includes $500 cash to be used by the winners on team apparel and operations, and a team photo featured on advertising at the PMC. The winning team will be chosen by the Petes and presented with a cheque at a Petes home game on March 14, 2023 at the PMC.

Interested teams can register for the Clean Community Cup here.

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Peterborough Petes and Emterra Environmental Collecting Equipment For Try Hockey Equipment Drive

The Peterborough Petes and Emterra Environmental are helping make hockey for everyone with the Try Hockey equipment drive which collects donated hockey gear to make it more accessible announced on Tuesday.

Photo Courtesy of the Peterborough Petes.

The donated equipment is being used for future free hockey initiatives that seek to reduce financial and social barriers to joining the game of hockey. 

The drive will happen on Dec. 17 and 18 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. where donations are accepted from families at the southeast side of the Peterborough Memorial Centre parking lot.

All COVID-19 protocols will be in place upon equipment collection including mask wearing and physical distancing. 

“The Petes are excited to work alongside Emterra Environmental on this initiative and future Try Hockey programming in order to make the sport we love more accessible to the Peterborough community,” said Shelbi Kilcollins, Petes Director of Marketing and Growth. 

Requested equipment includes skates, elbow pads, shin pads, shoulder pads, helmets, pants, sticks, bags and goalie equipment. There is not a need for undergarments, jerseys, socks, jocks/jills, or neck guards.

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Emterra Environmental Is New Contractor For Recycling Collection & Processing For City Of Peterborough

Starting today (Friday, November 1st), Emterra Environmental is the new contractor for recycling collection and processing for the City of Peterborough.

“While the recycling program remains the same, you’re going to see an emphasis on proper sorting of recyclable materials in our public education campaign and enforcement,” says Dave Douglas, Waste Diversion Section Manager. “The market for recyclable materials has become much stricter on the quality of materials. To be able to divert these items from landfill, we need to make sure that materials are sorted properly for processing and marketing.”

“If your blue boxes are not sorted properly, your recycling will not be collected,” adds Douglas. “Bring it back in, re-sort, and put it out again on your collection day the following week. Alternatively, you can drop off sorted recyclables at the Recycling Facility, 390 Pido Rd.”

The City’s handy online tool “What Goes Where?” at peterborough.ca/recycling is a helpful guide to sorting. For more details, contact the Waste Management Division at 705.742.7777, ext. 1657.

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