Dump Amnesty

Robert Wilkinson | Feb 17, 2021

I would like you to keep the amnesty program. Council members have been whining about the garbage situation forever and ever. I am tired of them blaming the good folks in this township just to extract more money from them. Our township has the highest property taxes and the good folks here make the least amount of income. Making us feel guilty about the garbage we produce stops now. We pay this townships highest property tax rate and we still have no curbside garbage pick up.

Council every year beats the drum of we need to recycle even more when everyone knows most of what we we recycle ends up in landfill somewhere. Not only is recycling ineffective but it's counter productive as well. Municipal waste only represents 2% of all the waste produced in Canada. Most of South and Central Frontenac's including Kingston's recycling ends up in someone else's landfill. I gleaned this information from an article in the Frontenac News dated February 11th 2021 titled Climate Change Series and it goes on to explain about The Dirty Little Secret About Recycling. The amnesty program actually show some goodwill by the township and killing the program would destroy that. Also the costs are less each year than if everyone used the program every year. Having different folks using the program in offsetting years is a plus for the township. Before you cancel the amnesty program may I suggest that you look for savings within the Central Frontenac's council and administration as you could find a bounty big enough to save the amnesty program.

Robert Wilkinson