Cue the Hallelujah Chorus!

All my fellow Torontonians, please note: Our fair city now recycles plastic bags and Styrofoam! While this doesn’t exactly mean you can forget about tote bags and coffee thermoses, it does mean that when you screw up, you’ll be hurting Mother Earth a little less… kind of like slapping her across the face rather than punching her in the gut.

Rejoice!

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4 Responses to Cue the Hallelujah Chorus!

Meghan says:

January 10, 2009 at 11:33 pm

Hallelujah… Hallelujah…Hallelujah… Halleluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuujah… Hallelujah…

That was my chorus.

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kimberly says:

January 11, 2009 at 3:16 pm

fuck yeah! i was wondering when that would start. i bought some organic zucchini the other day and it came on a styrofoam tray for some reason… i guess i can take it out of my garbage can and put it in the recycling bin now, eh?
thanks for the heads up. i thought it was going to start a few months from now.

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Toby says:

January 12, 2009 at 4:06 am

Will you be stopping by Ottawa to pick up ours?

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Esther says:

January 27, 2009 at 4:27 am

Hoping this Hallelujah could reach Quebec city !!!(or at least Montreal…sigh)
By the way, I like your blog very much !

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