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Pago 2, Whltby Free Pmss, Wednesciay, May 29, 1996 Soul conditioner aprve'd fr1ocl1s £87 LVaime OWU.I5U Whitby farmers may soon be s a ' - more than fertilizeron Town council's planning and development committee has given its backing to a soil enricli- ment program which utilizes "paper eludge" produoed by a local paper recyching factory. Penidfng council alv Mon- day, the Ontal'Mnst Of Environment and Energy will be advised, that- Whitby has no objection to a joint initiative of Atic Packaging and Courtioe Auto Wreckers. Despite councillor Don Mit- chell's demand that the minîstry take responsibility for any pro- blems that may stem from using paper sludge as a soil con- ditioner, committee members had no qualins last week about Ietting local farmers participate mn the program. ,Har Ambrose of Courtioe Auto Workers appeared before committee to seek its permission to expand the two-year-old pro- gram into Whitby. 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Ambrose, who has Ieen invol- ved in waste management, achemnes for several years, teld committee that lie approached Atlantic about fiding an alter- nate use for the byproducts that emerge from the company's paper rSydling procms. te give his proposal a try, the company was foroed te, dispose of its non-reusable paper fibre resi- dues in landfill ii mr said.IlstsAboe As lie explained, the paper sludge prograrn involves the uti- lization of residues that result from the remanufacture of paper products from newspapers, cor- rugated cardboard and fine paper collected from Blue Box recylingpograms. prary of kaolin clay and lime used as filler material when maldng paper anid organic fibre that has been damaged in the remanufac- turing process and cannot be reused. . t's not a nutrient, but it nnproves the structure of the soil and allows it te be tilled," said Ambrose. nt makes dlay soil more porous and it ve sandy soul more I The Smarf Chokcelm Anil &,Renu Malhotra* For Quality Service & Unibeatable Savings Cali us at (905) 415-3800 (24 hr. pager) Even tlio, b his p artner is based in Wlutby, Ambrose said the Town was not approaclied until now because there had been no demand for paper sludge. However, word of the pro- era t*uces las spread and locl armrsare now requesting it, lie said. Councillor Gerry Emm cau- tioned that paper sludge should not be-confused with sewage sludge wliich is also used by farmners as a fertilizer. <Because that has metals in it, some farmers don't want it on their fleldas,n said Emm. Ambrose stressed that the level of metals in paper sludgeis virtually non-eistant and there is no odour, unlike sewage sludge. But Mitcliell, was- not reas- sured by Ambrose's words or a planning department report in support of tlie p am aithink werebem e up te be a sucker 4y the M E(minis- try) " said Mitchell . «*ithout disptnayhin anyone's saying, if theMOE ' satisfied that it's safe and won't harrn anybody, then they sliould be making the decision and tek- ing the heat," lie said. .Mitchell argued that neither staff nor council lias sufficient knowledge te, pans judgement on the program. 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Councillor and committee chair Marcel Brunelle replied that the same conditions would apply te putting fertilizer on a imeowner's lawn. «'But tliey don't come and ask for aur permission," Mitchell countered. Brunelle conceded Mitchell's point that. «we are not competent te judge if this is safe te be spread on fields. "But wedo 'know it ishappen- ing'.elsewliere and tlie MOE monitors it. The issue is wlietlier we allow it liere and let each farmer decide. on an individual basis." Brunelle, a me'mber of Durham Regfion council's works commit- tee, said lielias received com- plaints from is iecolleagues on this matter. «'One of the biggest criticisme I get is tliat we've got a company in Whitby tliat's paying taxes and it's (program) not being used in Whitbfienoted. Despite bis reservations', Mit- chell joined witli the rest of the committee in supporting tlie surplus teachers probab ly back for netyear- The Jîrliam public scliool board lias declared 79 elemen- taryand 12 secondary teachers redundant toits needs for the coming school year. The teaclers, earlier declared ,regionally, surplus" on the basis Of 'seni*ority, have not been placed in a school and are slated te have tlieir contracta terminated Aug. 31. There was notice about thre months ago that cuts would be made. But operations superintendent Doug Wilson says his depart- ment la "anticipating" that no one will lose tieïr job. SThey're "relatively certain" that half the teaclie will be reinstated by September because of retirements, resignations maternity leaves, disabilityanâ leaves.- of absence and the majority "will have jobs witli the Durhiam board by Christmas time." Al of thie secondary teachers are expected te have Jobs before the end of June. In fact, if thie baard's projec- tions corne true. it will have ta Give your child the tremendous advantage lire five additional secondary teacliers. 1 However, said Wilson,, «Secondary numbers are more volatile. You neyer know exactly wliatV' go-mg te happen wt aIder kida." Teachers who arret- reinstated b>y Sept. will work, in supplyv and lon-term occasianal positions anunder the collective agree- ment, will retaih their cantract status as long as tliey work for the board, says Wilson. i ,«We have enougli staff off everyday that tliey wvill work for us everyday,»lie notes adding "we have approximate y29309 eîementary teacliers (andï) given liow many are off at anj one time, ha&vng 30 additiona sup- P 1 teachersis not a problem.» Teacliers witli, the most seniority will be the firat te, return te regular classroom jobs. 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