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PAGE 6, WIIiTY FREE PRESS, WEDNEsDAY, APRIL 3, 1991 ýublished every Wednesday By 677209 Ontario Imc. Phone: Maurice Pifther w1 668-6111 Editor, (~ FT~Toronto Line I V 1.U U '427-1834 Alexandra Martin il IDoug Anderson Production Manager __ry jOIC Publisher 0OC F THE COU T TWN 13 1 Brock Sre ot,2dCmPse The on/y Whf'tby new aper néed tl owned and operated by l' o 26 htbOt 2l MssPsa _________________fo_____ Jesidents,1 boa wil son e rmovd fom Whtby harbour..B a dIbar 'oftem su. attempts ormvthba, it holdnt e to urpisngthat another problem may P B t y oemnsr o e ls oapraètslto weme on the boat. pler (the pler Isi under federal jurlsdlctlon). One »can hardly expect a clean, total solution to the W. gre wt 1h 'bPcucilrDnnsFx that the ýTii. provînim has yet to. talc. msponslblllty for the fryboat prob:lem from govemments that, due to either latest plan is yet another example cf lassitude on the PGBs, to mi 4te them to a more safe site, even though Inadeqe legsation or nnhlachavedragged part of the provincial and federal govemments VJhOf the Whitby Hydro storage facility is the preferred their feet on the issue. clealing wththe Prince Edward Island ferry boat. alteratIve. The eoa should be comploe - both the ferry boat The federal govemment has approvedt storage of the there- is no guarantee that the PCBs wiIl b. stored, ln n d h Pa hulo ttesaetmt rilna i trasformrs, cntalnng POs, onthe Whtyhror teenviron pack,.atWhltby harbour for the "short'terni,", end to a sonry stay In Port Whitby.. .... ... .... ... Countrysid-e-becoming garbagedm By Stepheii G.,Ledîy Travel the unpaved sideroada anywhere li ura Rginand you are likely te. find a pile of broken rnasonry, old ahingles, drywall, rotted carpeting, rusted appliances, mattresses, tires and other unwanted materiel. You wiil find piles of tins stuf in the ditches hedrowsi fields and fis1 e o.They are hard te miss. And tBre are mor and more of thern each week. Mlegal dumping is faut becoming a major Friday or Saturday night activity iDurham. There have been the odd piles of rubbish along our sideroadu over the yeer but in the peut few montha, there bas been a tremendous increase. Where ia the much-reported increase in our awareness of protocting the, environment? Surely 1by now, everyone is aware of the problema of diopsel of the vaut ainount 0of waste w. ail produce. Could it b. thet those of us who regularly Batten taken tO task by citizens' group To the. Editoe.. I last week's issue of the Fr.. Press, Roua* Batten la quoteçi as being irritated that thi. Crombie Commission report, 'Waters'hed ..basicaily assumes munici- peiishave done noting i tis rear (protecting tii. water- f ront). Nothiýng could b. furtiier frorn the tuhwth respect te, iÇtby,"t says Batten. Now, Mr. Batten, let's look for a moment at the facto.hI 1987, tii. Town of Whitby commis- sioned a study for developinent of Whitby's waterfront, a truly commendable idea. This document was called the Harbour Master Plan. It called for a continuous walkway around the lakefront and buildings of low density and few stores on the actual shoreline. But as soo as Coocan planned three 15-stèrey condominiums wich demedpublic eccess te the waefot troi a public walkway, tins Tw council couldn't wait to pesa it. I April 1990, membera 0of Coecan, SOS Whitby (a citizena' group comrnltted to low density and maxmumpul-Ic -accesa te the waterfrot), and Town-pann dfrector BobShort, algave subrnissionste, the Crombie SS recornmended that couneil wait te. rezone the property li question unil after e Crombie Commission report was published. But insteadý,li mud-June, when rnany concerned citizens were out of town on summer holidays, council rushed it through. 'Watershed' was published two months later. And so, Mr. Batten, if the province and the Crombie Commission are now tellingyou and other council rnembratbati you were teo precipiteus li your actions, it'a only a repeat of what we, the members of<SOS, teld you in June of 1990. W. couldnt afford te fight tins developrnent at the 0MB. Perhaps the province wiil now do it for us. Xaren L Coe SOS, Wldtby Newcomers say thanks To the. editor: On behalf of the Newcomers Club, I arn writlng te thank Trudie Zavadovica for the article se wrote about our club, for the. Imaçine section of the Whitby Commission expresSing 'our r Pes viarous viewponta about the Prom the. article, we received Coscan waterfront developrnent. nie phone callafrýorn persons Crombie grMled Bob Short as te interested li our club. That num-- tii. sttus of the Harbour Master ber of calîs is three trnes what Plan wich SOS lied frequently we usually receive li a month. quoted. Finaily, Short sheepishly The executive of the club was answered that it had been. quite pleased with the article, "received7 ly council. Received? and w. wish te express our Yes, and then it was popl appreciation. siri L mt ignored as soo as a great (hrre Sith) money-rnaking offer presented (uuiy -itaelte-council. recycle our pop cens feel that we have done our bit for. the environment, and that dumping a truckload of atuff ter a apring cleanup or renovation isn't reaiy that big ada? Unelvbl travellers of Ederaawi find a lonely stretch of rond completely blocked by someone'a gm*b eTbat'a right, a mound of junkthree or four feet igh acrosa the road. Now, the blochage la not reaily intentional. If there was a mic. deep' ditch nearby, that probably would have been preferable. Or'a atrearn, or -an accessible field. It doesnt matter - as -long as it belonga te someone else. There doSn't seern te b. a sideroad that has escpdthese PePeWho are tkigthe grae ,out -0o' their' own bkyard and dumping it li someone elea. These <midnight dump and runnera' won't wait for the apecial curbaide pickups when their mrncipality will take tins kcind of tresh., Non. would, even consider makcing the effort of te]dng the gerbage, they created te a landfiil site for 'proper diaposal. This dcesn't explain why there seema te have been a sudden increase tins yeer. There have elwaya been a few reaidenta who just don't car. who ends up with their- garbege, as long as theirs isn't in their yard. Thie answer is piéobably the simple on. as usual - money. The. Region solid waste disposaI facilties now charge $150 a tenne, effective March 1, 1991. However, these facilities wiil stili take up to220 Ibo.. of waste for fe.Each day anyone in Durham cùn g to these dumps and unload 220 %b: of théeir waste. That is, 1,320 Ibo. a week, 5,280 Ibs. a month, or an incredible 63,360 Ibos. of refuse a year for fr-ee. Surely that, along with our regular and special pick-ups, ia enough for anyone. What if someone is involved in a major irenovation and they cen't weit to take 220 lbs. a day over a few days or can't b. bothered driving to the dump a number of trnes. lI that c-ase, the $150 a toninescharge is surely a minimal =nseeiia major, renoyation. ineaIthe safe and proper disposai of ail this material doesn't corne free. The .Région héau to ernploy various standards in buildinig and meintaining landfil sites in order te miiniize their impact on the water we drink, the air we breathe and the land on which we grow our food. Ail of tis effort bau a cost, and even with these recent ncreases, large-volume usera are stili only payxng a part of the cost. Who pays the difference? The people of Durham. Through our municipal and provincial taxes, w. cover the cost of the disposai of our waste. It seems bad enough when we are paying for a service that is used primarily by com- mercial enterprises who should be paying their own way. But it is worse than that. We pay twice when someone decides they.cant be bothered taking their old carpets, broken glass and used car parts te the dump. We pay for the Works, department te pick up this taoffthe ade of a road and take it te a dump that we pay for. 0f course, not all tis midnight trash'is picked up by the municipality. It - sometimes "sty for years, -an eyesore and hazard te ail forma of life. Often, these 'nmidnight dump and runners' back their trucks onte a hay- or cornfield and unload their contents. 'Dien the property owner la stuck having -te deal with the mess. There is no question that tis illegal dumping bas increased dramaticadly over last 'er.These illegal dumpera not dnly coa each resident of Durham money, they are- often - disposingý of toic materials 11k. paint., solvents, oit, etc. in stream that -provide our drinking water. Thlat in. a terrible .- crime egeinst the envirqhment ýand againut the peqpe\who live in this Region. Drvèalong eny .sideroad tins. spring and youl find a pile of junk or apatch of dead earth left by on. of these people. They are difficult, te catch. ,They sneek eround late at night cruingte lonely sideroade of Durhm waiting for their chance tte throw theïr garbage inte sorneone else backyrd. If youse on. of thern dumping, or about te dump, get their license number and cali the Durham Regional Police., These people are committitng a crime. A crime againut the people who live thereou nvironnentadal0 us, who live in. Durham. Ultimïatelyi they are comritting a crime against ..their own children and their children's children., Opiin expreaaed are those of the autor .................. ....... ......... .......... 1 1 1 1