MRC Pontiac and the Municipality of Otter Lake have both launched public awareness campaigns to encourage residents to reduce the amount of waste the region is sending to landfill.
Nina Digioaccino, the MRC’s new environmental coordinator, explained that their “Less is More” campaign would involve a series of challenges over the coming months.
The Municipality of Otter Lake has also introduced its own public awareness campaign, to inform residents about what materials they accept in the various streams at their municipal transfer site.
Jennifer Quaile, a councillor and the municipality’s representative on the MRC’s waste management committee, said that they had been handing out educational brochures at the transfer site and distributing free household compost bins in an effort to divert organic waste from being sent to landfill.
