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SWITCHBOARD: A Day At Peterborough’s Green Waste Facility

Evan Robins, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterJuly 30, 2026July 30, 202601 mins

On Tuesday, July 21st, Trent Radio LJI Reporter Evan Robins was invited to tour the City of Peterborough’s compost facility at the municipal waste disposal and diversion center on Bensfort Rd. Organics facility manager Barry Campbell was kind enough to show us around the city’s organics processing facilities, and in this special episode of SWITCHBOARD,…

Peterborough’s Clean Streets program aims to trash illegal dumping

Evan Robins, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterJune 11, 202601 mins

Clean Streets Peterborough aims to make Peterborough’s waste collection rules more permissive and less opaque in an effort to curtail dumping in parks and other public property in the city. The pilot project was approved in June of 2025, and came back before council on May 25, 2026 at general committee to consider additional changes…