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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 02, 2015
Page
8
Environment Week in Canada spans June 5 to align with World Environment Day. Alberta has celebrated since 1972 with Clean Air Day on the midweek Wednesday. The observance encourages Albertans to host and attend events that educate entertain and prompt action to lessen environmental impact.
The idea originated with former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker who urged a yearly focus on environmental issues. MP Tom Goode later pushed a bill for a Canadian National Pollution Awareness Week, gaining broad support. Royal Assent followed in March 1971 as Canadian National Environment Week was named.
The article promotes composting kitchen scraps and yard waste to cut garbage by about one third. It notes options to collect organic waste for composting and suggests building or buying a backyard composter if a local bin program is unavailable.
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