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Montreal is taking steps towards becoming a greener city, but we still have a long way to go. According to Montr\u00e9al\u2019s First Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development\/Premier plan strat\u00e9gique de d\u00e9veloppement durable de la collectivit\u00e9 montr\u00e9alaise<\/a>, compostable matter comprises 40% of residential waste in our region. Recently, Westmount and C\u00f4te St. Luc announced plans to expand their existing kitchen waste pick-up<\/a>, however for now even these extend to only part of the respective municipalities. Montreal is planning to launch yard waste pick up, but is not yet initiating kitchen waste pick-up<\/a>. Meanwhile, collected compostable matter is being shipped from the region of York<\/a>, in Ontario, past Montreal to a processing site in B\u00e9cancour, Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n

On a more encouraging note, Cote-des-Neiges\u2013Notre-Dame de Grace was honoured at the Montr\u00e9al environmental excellence and sustainable development gala<\/a> for being the first borough to introduce a green roof on a municipal building. The roof was inaugurated last June<\/a>. This Tuesday, April 22, the borough is holding a public forum<\/a> on the development of its future green plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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