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"A Family Tradition for 125 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 29, 1991 - 41 Conserving energy this winter If you're looking for ways to conserve ene and save on your heating bills this winter, you may want to consider in- stalling a heat pump. A heat which is used to help heat and cool your home. During the heating season, it works by ex- tracting and moving heat from the outside (from air, ground, pump is a mechanical device rey, or water) to the inside of vour RECYCLING by Michelle Bull In my last column we looked at ways to § reduce and reuse "garbage." This month we will look at recycling. Some of this will be repeating what we already know, but it nev- er hurts to review! Many people in our township are served by the curbside collection of blue boxes. Others can take the same materials to the blue igloos that are located all over the township, at dumps, at municipal offices, and elsewhere. It is more work to have to cart your own recyclables to the igloos, but it is well worth doing. What can you put into your blue boxes or igloos? Newspaper, and the inserts that come in them, including flyers from grocery stores, etc. (By the way, if you get your mail at the post office you should know that anything you put into the garbage there is NOT recycled. Take it home and recycle it.) Glass containers that have contained food or drink. Remove lids, but not paper labels, and rinse. (Broken ass can also go in here, if it is wrapped so as not to injure anyone.) teel cans that have contained foodstuffs (no oil, paint, poisons, etc. and no aerosols). Aluminum pop or beer cans, and one and two litre plastic pop bottles. That's all. Used batteries can be put into the red containers on the backs of blue igloos. Theres also composting. You can compost your own yard and kitchen waste right in your own backyard, and reduce your garbage by about a third. Composters are available all over the place, and you can get small buckets for beside your sink from the bakery departments of most grocery stores, for a very small fee. But that's not all! If you are already recycling these things and want to do more, the Scugog Transfer Station, and the other dumps, take a variety of things. Scugog takes unwaxed corrugated card- board, including pizza boxes; motor oil; tires, with or without frames; scrap metal; wood and brush, as long as it's untreated and unlaminated (a few nails are fine); drywall, without plaster, but with wallpaper; car batteries and propane tanks. This service is for residents, and you can bring in a load under 220 Ibs. for free, once a day. There is a small flat fee for anything over 220 lbs. The dump is open Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Phone the other dumps for exactly what they take. Durham Region sponsors leaf composting every fall. Watch for information on this in the papers. It's free, and it's a good way to get rid of your leaves if you don't need them in your compost or for mulch in your garden. There's still more! The Port Perry IGA has a bin for recycling used grocery bags. (Of course, if the bags are still good, you should reuse them instead). You can also put milk bags, bread bags, pro- duce bags and other carry-out bags in here, as long as they are CLEAN and dry. You can NOT put in cling wrap, cheese bags, cel- lophane, etc. or you will contaminate the whole shipment. It is very important that the plastic be clean, and that there should be no paper, stickers, etc. on it. Plastic, only, please. And NO garbage. Many businesses and church groups are recycling fine paper now. (Fine paper includes letter writing paper, envelopes, etc.) They often allow members to bring in their fine paper and it all gets recy- cled together. If none of the groups you belong to are doing this, get them started. You should also buy recycled fine paper to help create a market for it, and get any groups you belong to, to do the same. It saves trees and it's nicer to use. If you really want to get fanatical about recycling, you need to compare notes with people who live in other regions. Belleville has a pilot project for recycling cereal box board. Some types of rigid plas- tic can be recycled in Metro Toronto blue boxes. Almost anything, including styrofoam trays and magazine paper can be recycled in blue boxes in Mississauga. Talk to someone you know in those areas and see if you can exchange garbage. Take their egg cartons to return to the local farmers (at the farmer's market or roadside) and give them your styrofoam or whatever. Once again, the possibilities here are endless. It just requires a little ingenuity and the willingness to do it. It means that you, the householder, will be separating out the "garbage" and making sure that recyclables are recycled, and reuseables are reused, and only the real garbage ends up in the landfill. Take a look at that garbage and see if you couldn't avoid buying it again. Our family recycles most of these things (we don't know anyone in Mississauga), and we put out only one grocery bag of garbage most weeks. We could almost certainly be doing more. We have to think about our next step. What will your next step be? Remember, every little bit counts! home. During the summer, the process is reversed to cool your home. A more recent addition to the Canadian home heating scene, heat pumps have been steadily gaining popularity with homeowners who are looking for alternative ways to save on heating costs and con- serve energy. Most types of heat pumps work in conjunc- tion with backup systems -- which supply supplementary heat during the coldest months. ' LOWERS HEATING COSTS When compared with more conventional means of heat- ing, a heat pump can pay for itself in the savings it gener- ates. For instance, a ground source heat pump can lower heating costs by more than 50 percent -- when compared to electric heating. A heat pump can also help you "keep your cool" during the summer by lowering your home cooling costs; it works in reverse of the heating cycle to air condition and dehumidify your house. Instead of collect- ing a cool source from outside the home, it picks up the hot and humid air from inside the house and transfers it outside - leaving your house cooler and more comfortable. When choosing a heat pump, keep in mind that there are many systems to choose from. Talk to people who have had them installed and ap- proach heating consultants for information. Your contractor should be able to provide you with information on the type which should best suit your household's needs. AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP Air source heat pumps use air to produce heat or cool- ness. This type of heat pump operates for most of the heat- ing season, while your backup system works for the remain- der. All air source heat pumps have an outdoor unit where the air is circulated outside the building, making for a very quiet system. GROUND/WATER SOURCE Ground source heat pumps work by absorbing heat from soil or ground water and transferring it to your home through vertical or horizontal pipes. A water source heat pump extracts heat from nearby sources of water (such as a pond or stream). Water is col- lected into a heat exchanger where heat is extracted. In addition to reducing heat- ing bills, both of these types of heat pumps can also reduce your water heating costs sub- stantially. When you're using the system to air condition your home, they can provide the added benefit of free hot water as well. Since ground and water source heat pumps are located below the surface of the ground, they are very quiet, and virtually weatherproof. They also require little main- tenance. PLAN CAREFULLY Before deciding on a particu- lar heat pump, contact an au- i thorized dealer and contractor to discuss what would be best for you. Costs vary, so it's im- portant to get the details be- fore you commit to the idea. Scouting contributions rec nized Doug Butt, (left) and Norm Budd, both members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 419, proudly display awards that were presented to them by the 1st Port Perry Scouting group on Oct. 15. These awards were In recognition of their contributions to the boys. "Special Moments" It is with happiness and pleasure that we announce the engagement of our children, Colleen Marie Scala of Port Perry and Paul Edward Wood of Whitby. 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