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Enhancing curb appeal


PUBLIC HOUSING: Project seeks help from community in donating plants and shrubs
By KATE DUBINSKI, The London Free Press


http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/05/20/14025651.html


A public housing high-rise in London's SOHO neighbourhood is trying to improve its curb appeal and is asking for the public's help.


The London and Middlesex Housing Corp., which runs the building at 241 Simcoe St., just west of Wellington Rd. and south of Horton St., has partnered with Communities in Bloom to beautify the landscape.


"Public housing has never been known for its curb appeal and we want to change that, but it takes money," said Ugo Filice, CEO and general manager of the housing corporation.


"It's important to have places that look nice, but we're not a private company that can direct partial resources to landscaping. We're more focused on bricks and mortar."


Because the housing corporation has a limited budget for items like plants and shrubs, it would like gardeners who are cleaning up their gardens and dividing their perennials this spring to consider donating greenery to Simcoe St.


"The SOHO community wants a site that's pleasing to the eye, and our tenants want that, too," Filice said. "If this works, we can target other sites as well. We just don't have tons of money to throw at it."


The corporation has hired a Fanshawe College landscape design student to design, prepare, plant and tend to the beds with the tenants.


Try Recycling is donating mulch and compost to the project.


The soil around the building hasn't been tilled and hasn't been planted, so there's a lot of work to be done.


"We want to have a place that neighbours can say is not just public housing, it's nice public housing. We do a good job on the inside, but we haven't had the resources for the outside and we want to change the curb appeal," Filice said.


Filice said the corporation launched the appeal for donations just before the May long weekend, knowing gardeners will be in their back and front yards working away.
"We want people to keep us in mind," he said.

Business Achievement Awards Small Business of the Year!

Congratulations to the entire TRY Team on being named the 2010 London Chamber of Commerce Business Achievement Awards Small Business of the Year!

On March 24, 2010 at the annual Business Achievement Awards Gala at the London Convention Centre, TRY Recycling Inc. was named winner in the Small Business of the Year category. Jim Graham, CEO and Owner of TRY Recycling Inc. accepted this prestigious award in front of over 1,000 members of the London business community.

Accompanied by members of the TRY Team, Mr. Graham thanked the Team, our loyal customers, and the London business community for their recognition and for supporting an organization that is dedicated to the environmental well being of the local community and beyond!

A special congratulations goes out to the other finalists in the Small Business of the Year category: Black Fly Beverage Company, Echidna Solutions and London X-Ray Associates. All of these worthy companies are excellent examples of leading and innovative organizations doing work here in London and across Canada!

To read a letter from Jim Graham, CEO and Owner of TRY Recycling…Click Here

ONTARIO ENVIRONMENT MINISTER
SAYS TRY RECYCLING

FACILITY MODEL FOR INDUSTRY


Aerial picture of the Dingman Community Environmental Centre.

From left to right: Chris Bentley (MPP London West), John Gerretsen (Minister of the Environment, Ontario), Jim Graham (President of TRY Recycling Inc.).

From left to right: Jim Graham (President of TRY Recycling Inc.), Chris Bentley (MPP London West), Khalil Ramal (MPP London-Fanshawe), John Gerretsen (Minister of the Environment, Ontario) and Anne-Marie DeCicco-Best (Mayor of London).

The Ontario’s Minister of Environment John Gerretsen, and the TRY Recycling president Jim Graham, reviewing the new Location.

From left to right: Sarah Knezic (Scale Operator/Administration), Jim Graham (TRY Recycling President), Cody Robinson (Loader Operator/ Greeter) and Tom Skellett (Chief Operating Officer).

September 17/2008

New London recycling yard touted as wave of future

By HANK DANISZEWSKI

Wed, September 17, 2008 Try Recycling was hailed yesterday as an industry leader in Ontario at the official opening of its new facility in south London. Ontario Environment Minister John Gerretsen said the 16.2-hectare facility would serve as a model for industrial, commercial and household recycling. With a six-metre pile of wood pallets as a backdrop, Gerretsen said the Try Recycling yard is an example of a new attitude to recycling.

"Until recently, it didn't pay to do anything other than landfill material. We have got to turn that around." Try Recycling president Jim Graham said 94 per cent of the material received will be recycled into usable products. The company opened its first recycling yard on Clarke Road in 1991. The new yard in south London took five years of planning, including tours of recycling operations across North America. The recycling of construction and industrial waste is a huge step toward waste diversion, Graham said.

Recycling the shingles from one roofing job is equivalent to the waste diversion from 256 household blue boxes, he said. "This will raise the bar for recycling in Ontario." Rob Cook, president of the Ontario Waste Management Association, said the new facility will divert waste now shipped to Michigan. The $2-million facility is located on Dingman Drive near the junction of highways 401 and 402.

The yard has separate lanes and dumping areas for residential and industrial- commercial customers and features landscaped ponds and gardens and extensive tree planting.

Community Impact: The Graham Family and TRY Recycling Inc.

The Graham Family & TRY Recycling Inc. were nominated by representatives of the Boys & Girls Club, Goodwill Industries, Ontario Great Lakes, and Youth Opportunities Unlimited for their profound impact on our community, our people and our environment.  They have embraced the nonprofit sector, explored and developed new opportunities to work together and demonstrated leadership at the agency and community level - all with tremendous impact.  In each of their joint initiatives, new opportunities were provided for individuals and families who are often excluded from participation in the areas of recreation, employment and personal growth.

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TRY Recycling Nominated for the London Chamber of Commerce Business Achievement Awards again in the Business of the Year category!

For details on the Chamber Awards (click here). TRY Recycling was the 2004  Winner of the London Chamber of Commerce Environmental Award.

April 8,2009  

Here's where to recycle those leaf piles - and it's free

By SHERYL ROOTH

THE LONDONER 

Now that spring has finally arrived, our list of yard chores has grown enough to be covered and bound.

Mother Nature sure has a twisted sense of humour. The rain and snow fell so early in the fall our leaves remained on the ground. Typically we put out 65 bags of leaves and mulch the rest, but last fall all I managed was to have five bags raked up and left on my front lawn, never to see the back of a city truck.

 

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 Testimonials           

Letter from Jay Stanford, City of London

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Letter from Leona Dombrowsky, MOE

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CachetReid Homes proudly promotes Environmental Stewardship in partnership with TRY Recycling.

Potential buyers continue to find out just who “Tidied Up” at CachetReid Home sites and the numbers are climbing.  The prominently placed signage is being updated to reflect the new name and logo but the commitment to the environment remains strong. The stats outlining the success of the construction waste recycling program are not only posted at each development site, but the information is available in the company’s brochures.  New home buyers are looking for builders who can demonstrate how they are making good environmental choices in energy efficiency and the total home construction process.  TRY is pleased to be part of this consumer education campaign.  

 

                
 

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