{"id":2266,"date":"2021-05-18T17:53:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T17:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/helping-people-and-the-planet-one-container-at-a-time\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:28:28","slug":"helping-people-and-the-planet-one-container-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/2021\/05\/helping-people-and-the-planet-one-container-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping People and the Planet one Container at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this summer, The Salvation Army Ontario Division\u2019s Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) will be doing their part for the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the 23 EDS trucks and trailers across the province are to be outfitted with environmentally friendly and biodegradable serving dishes and cutlery to reduce the amount of waste being produced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to playing a big part within Territorial Headquarters standards by making the world better by using ecofriendly and biodegradable products that will not fill our landfills,\u201d said Dan Millar, Divisional Director of Community Partnerships and Emergency Disaster Services for The Salvation Army Ontario Division.<\/p>\n<p>Each year across Ontario, EDS hands out more than 100,000 clamshell containers, lids, cups and cutlery to disaster survivors and emergency first responders.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere will be no styrofoam going into any truck in Ontario. 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