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Do you have a question, concern, comment about a local environmental issue you want to share?

BurlingtonGreen receives many inquiries from the citizens of Burlington about a wide variety of eco-related topics.

With our limited resources, we can't promise we will be able to fully address each and every inquiry but we will do our best to help you or direct you to the relevant contacts and resources to address your question. For example, we may direct you to the appropriate municipal, regional or provincial representative and their responses may be posted for everyone's benefit.

You can submit your question or comment further below OR throughout the website you will discover a number of news items regarding a variety of environmental topics. Below each news article we provide an opportunity for YOU to share your input. We hope that you will.

We invite you to participate so that together, we can help to create a cleaner, greener Burlington and more environmentally sustainable future.

If you have a specific question for one of our team members, you can do so here.

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0 #11 Donna Zafino 2013-06-15 17:24
Hello. The Sound of Music was terrific. Only I have an issue I would like to address. The Festival promoted the goal to make the festival as green as possible, which was great.

There were bins everywhere to use. The site said refillable bottles were permitted and there were refilling stations on site for us. Great idea. But I ran into a problem somewhere.

The gated sitting areas wouldn't allow me to bring mine in. I had to dump it out and then leave it in a bin at their gate. I wasn't even allowed to bring it in empty.

They called a supervisor to make sure when I told them that refillable were being promoted by the festival but they were told no. SO I left as I was not about to leave my bottle in some, not so clean, bin only to go missing when I left.

Of course I understand that this most likely is a regulation under the Liquor Act.
I stopped at the green station later and mentioned it. They were surprised as well.
We chatted for a bit and we all agreed that these spots should supply refilling stations like the rest of the park. Why have us bring refillable bottles to only have to buy plastic disposable bottles of water and create waste?

In closing I would like to suggest that in subsequent years they either permit us to bring our refillable bottles into any area and provide water stations to fill them. After all not everyone drinks liquor, pop, coolers, etc.

Thank you for your time and consideration of this matter.
Donna Zaffino
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0 #10 BurlingtonGreen 2012-03-22 13:44
Hi Lisa,

Thank you for your inquiry. Yes BurlingtonGreen 's focus area is Burlington. There are however a few groups in Hamilton you may want to contact: http://environmenthamilton.org/view/page/about as well as http://earthdayhamilton.ca/2011/. Cheers!
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0 #9 lisa 2012-03-21 17:11
Hi there, I was wondering if there was a group dedicated to Hamilton, or does this group just cover burlington? I am hosting an event on earth day this year and have room for more vendors. Was looking to see if you would like to promote your group.
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0 #8 Kurt Koster 2010-11-12 03:19
Motor cycles fall under the jurisdiction of Halton Police.
I suggest you contact them and explore solutions.
I hope this helps.
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0 #7 CAROLINE LIPTAY 2010-11-11 13:40
Hello. Living in rural Burlington, we are increasingly plagued by several kinds of extremely loud motorcycles. It is my understanding this noise comes from a type of pipe installed on the bikes. Are these legal? is there anything we can do to prevent these people from roaring around in packs and individually? What are the Burlington bylaws? Who can I call in the city? THANK YOU for your time.
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0 #6 BurlingtonGreen 2010-11-11 04:03
Thank you very much for your inquiry and congratulations on taking action to recycle your company's ink cartridges. There are a local depots where you can drop off your cartridges. To locate the one nearest you, we suggest you visit the Halton Region Take it Back website. Here is a direct link for your convenience: Link Text (www.halton.ca/cms/One.aspx?portalId=8310&pageId=12366)
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0 #5 Citizen inquiry 2010-11-11 03:56
I am hoping BurlingtonGreen can help me. I am in charge of our office supply purchasing and supplies and we have started an ink cartridge recycling program. We are having difficulty trying to figure out where we can deposit our used cartridges. Can you help?
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0 #4 Rick Lipsitt 2010-11-08 20:07
City staff comment: Under the recently Council-approve d Urban Forest Management Plan, Recommendation 21 is for the city to study and evaluate the effectiveness of private tree by laws in other communities, the appropriateness of a by-law for Burlington, and potential resource implications. Work on this initiative is expected to commence about a year prior to its scheduled completion in 2016.
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0 #3 citizen inquiry 2010-11-08 20:05
Does the city have plans to introduce a private tree by-law?
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0 #2 Rick Lipsitt 2010-11-08 20:00
Trees in woodlots of over one hectare fall under Halton Region’s Tree By-law 121-05. This by-law is a tool to prevent the clear-cutting of woodlands and regulates the destruction of trees by requiring good forestry practices during tree harvesting activities. http://www.halton.ca/common/pages/UserFile.aspx?fileId=18412

Through the city’s development process guidelines, private trees are considered for preservation and preservation plans are requested.

Boundary trees are protected under the Forestry Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F. 26

City trees are protected under tree by-law 19-1975.
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