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l l v \ durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ September 27,2006 ♦ Page A3 Region's waste diversion reaches 50 per cent BY ERIN HATFIELD Staff Writer DURHAM -- Already, 50 per cent less waste is being hauled to Michigan from south Durham. In the first month of the Region's integrated waste management program, which includes blue box Comparison of Residential Waste Tonnages Municipality City of Oshawa duly 2005 July 2006 " % of change Town of Whitby Garbage 2,903 2,122 -27% Blue box 663 1,176 +77%: and green bin pickup, the Region has reached a 50-pcr cent diversion diversion rate, according to regional green bin program numbers. Green bin "I was pretty pleasantly surprised," surprised," said Cliff Curtis, commissioner commissioner of works at the Region of Durham. "I thought we would have to work a bit harder." Originally, it was projected Durham Durham would reach the milestone in 2007. But the numbers released in a report to the works committee on Sept. 20 show thé municipalities municipalities of Ajax, Pickering, Oshawa and Whitby have reached the figure. figure. ' The remaining municipalities are not quite there. "The Region as a whole is still a little bit short," Mr. Curtis said. Clarington, Uxbridge, Scugog and Brock haven't fared quite as well, Mr. Curtis said. That should change when the full, integrated waste-management system is implemented there. The remaining remaining communities currently have weekly green bin pickup, but they haven't yet switched to weekly blue box pickup and garbage pickup once every two weeks, as in south Durham. Bi-weekly garbage pickup has definitely had an impact on the high diversion rates in the south. Mr. Curtis said. Mr. Curtis said an unexpected side effect of the implementation of the green bin system was an increase in blue box usage. "We had expected the blue box to go up by 20 per cent," Mr. Curtis Curtis said. 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