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Environment

Superior by Nature

Located on the shores of the world's largest freshwater lake, Thunder Bay lies within a spectacular natural environment. Clean air, clear lakes, beautiful forest ecosystems, and wildlife all make Thunder Bay a wonderful place to live, work, and enjoy the outdoors. In order to ensure our environmental resources can be enjoyed both today and for generations to come, the City of Thunder Bay seeks sustainable solutions to create a clean, green, beautiful and proud city. The Transportation and Works Department oversees most operations within the Corporation that relate to the environment.

 

Clean, Green, Beautiful, and Proud

Creating a cleaner, greener, more beautiful and proud Thunder Bay is one of the City's four strategic priorities, which the Clean, Green & Beautiful Committee works toward. MORE

 

EarthWise®* Thunder Bay Community Environmental Action Plan

The EarthWise® Community Environmental Action Plan is a living document created with input from all sectors of our community. The plan is focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building a healthy sustainable community. View the 2010 EarthWise® Annual Report or visit us at the Go Green Expo, fall 2012 (dates to be determined) at the CLE Fairgrounds. The EarthWise® Coordinator is always looking for new ideas, and welcomes public comments, concerns, or questions related to the environment. MORE

 

Our Green Guide

Recyclable? Re-usable? Don't know how to dispose of an unwanted item? The updated Green Guide is full of tips on the best ways to dispose of all forms of waste. This guide gives you the information you need to reduce the amount of waste being added to our landfill and to safely dispose of hazardous materials and electronic-waste.

Our Green Guide Adobe PDF, 42 pages, 1670 KB

Join us in helping to make Thunder Bay a healthy, sustainable, clean, green, beautiful and proud city! Share what you do to make a difference, ask a question, or share a concern through our environmental feedback form.

For more information on the Environment within the Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay, contact:

City of Thunder Bay
Environment Division

Address: Victoriaville Civic Centre
111 Syndicate Avenue S
PO Box 800 
Thunder Bay ON P7C 5K4 
Tel:

(807) 684-2195

Fax: (807) 625-3588

Manager:

Kerri Marshall
Tel: (807) 684-2195
E-mail: kmarshall@thunderbay.ca

 

*EARTHWISE® is a registered trademark used under license from Cambridge and North Dumfries Energy Solutions Inc.