Green Life Blog - The Gazette, October 21, 2009
Monique Beaudin, The Gazette, « Bike paths, compost collection, public transit - what the parties are promising in Montreal's municipal election campaign »

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No matter who is elected on Nov. 1, Montrealers can expect major changes in the next four years - fewer cars on the roads, cuts to garbage collections, a new municipal composting system and new swimming areas on the St. Lawrence River.

Recent polls indicate the environment and public transit are key issues for voters in this municipal campaign, and the three leading parties are promising to change waste management practices, increase funding for transit, improve air and water quality and protect green spaces.

Sometime in the next five years, we will all be separating our garbage into organic waste, recyclables and trash, and we'll have once-a-week collection of each. It's about time, said Luc Rabouin of the Urban Ecology Centre, a Montreal non-governmental organization promoting sustainable development.

"Montreal is so behind other cities when it comes to organic waste," Rabouin said. "This is a priority."

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