Demolition work affecting garbage stats

regions, Region 7 is now in the middle of the pack.)

Green has said on a number of occasions over the years a growing economy can bring the waste disposal rate back up too.

“One of the realities of garbage is that when times are good, there’s more of it,” he said. “When times are bad, people are a bit more frugal.”

He also has said that a stronger economy is great to see, even if it means more waste. Unfortunately, he says, the latest figures are less a result of a growing economy and more due to the construction/demolition work that has been going on.

All in all, he says people in Region 7 – at home and at the office – generally continue to sort their waste properly.

“Our residents and our businesses are still doing a great job of recycling and composting, and it seems their efforts are being taken away by things beyond our control,” Green said.

Waste Check continues to work with and talk to the province on the matter, he said.

“If we can get the province to agree that construction-and-demolition waste really shouldn’t be included with our residential and commercial waste, then we’d be looking at a completely different situation,” he said.

Paul Ash will be the next superintendent for the Tri-County Regional School Board.

Ash, who will join the TCRSB March 31, comes to the board from the province, where he has spent the last 12 years. He joined the Department of Education in 2005 as a student services consultant with the African Canadian services division. He was promoted in 2008 to assistant director of the African Canadian services division and was promoted again in 2015 to his most recent role as the division’s director.

As director, he worked closely with other education units and school boards to ensure the African Nova Scotian perspective is integrated in all aspects of the educational system. He also participated as a leader for many working groups to ensure the delivery of quality programming and initiatives to support improvements to student outcomes for all students. His work experience prior to joining the education department included teaching and serving as vice-prin- cipal and principal in rural community schools.

“We are delighted to have attracted someone like Paul to the Tri-County Regional School Board,” says board chair Michael Drew. “With over 25 years of educational leadership experience at the school, board and provincial levels, he brings a strong focus on, and passion for, the delivery of high-quality education in rural Nova Scotia.”

In a media release, the board also expressed thanks to Dr. Jim Gunn, saying he had “served the TCRSB extremely well as the interim superintendent for the last several months.”