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Mandatory recycling may be way of the future A recommendation to impose mandatory recycling in Halton by 1990 has sparked fears of setting up garbage police by some Regional councillors In a vote Heltons planning and public works committee pass ed a motion Wednesday effectively implementing mandatory recyd in Halton by Jan l The motion must be approved by Regional council today Wednes day to become official Under the proposal recyclable glass jars and bottles metal cans and clear plastic pop bottles will not be accepted at Haltons waste disposal facilities That effectively forces residents to participate in the recycling program says Haltons public works commis sioner Robert Moore Were heading for a setting up of a garbage police said Burl IngtonCoun Barry People are still confused about the blue box recycling program be said I put my blue box out the other day with newspapers and tin cans and they took the newspapers and left a box full of tin cans Burlingtons Rob Forbes wanted to wait for toe results of the volun tary recycling blue box program before mandatory recycling is im plemented Its better to give notice of possible mandatory recycling and be a little less ag he said But Miltons Bill Johnson said its imperative that the recyd ing program goes on In fact were behind the times be said We are solidly behind recycling and the only way to do that is to make it mandatory added Oakvilles Liz Behrens Although waste disposal falls under the Jurisdiction of Halton Region area municipalities have the responsibility of collecting it And it is the municipalities which will have to police thefaylaw Under the proposal waste col lectors would keep an eye out for blue boxes outside residents homes If they dont see one often enough they would not collect the garbage from that borne However the ultimate method of enforcement would be up to area mumctpaUUes There are two other in Ontario which have mandatory recycling In Midland If residents do not recy cle as indicated by the absence of a blue box the towns bylaw enforcement officer will encourage residents to participate in the recycling program If they don t they are fined up to In South West Oxford if residents dont recyde garbage collectors leave one bag behind with an orange label attached in dicating violation of the bylaws In one municipality Coun Johnson said the police just took garbage In the garbage bap back to cries of garbage potto The blue box recycling prof has only recently own law by the town of so no figures are available yet to measure Us But residents have beenTecycnng bet ween seven and eight per cent under the Divide and Conquer put in place Th bine box program has been operating in other three for some time OakviBe la recycl ing just under per cent of Us waste stream Burl ington Is recycling per cent op Pager OPEN 7 DAYS A EASTERN AVt Its the Drive to Acton LTD 8632030 Check out our free Service Guarantee Lifetime Service Guarantee FREE DISTRIBUTION 1 32 PAGES Council takes aim at war games plan What goes up Twoyearold Rhonda Kennedy centre found out skating can have its ups and downs when she and her sisters Heather and Shannon made the rounds on the Glen Williams outdoor skating rink recently The rink was officially opened just over a week ago at the Glen Williams ball park Herald photo by By BRIAN MACLEOD Herald Staff A pair of Georgetown residents attempting to organize an adven turewar games operation on the Eighth Line have run into some stiff resistance from Halton Hills councillors The town voted Monday to ask the Niagara Escarpment Commis sion not to allow the owners to operate the games on a 20acre piece of land on the east side of the Eighth Line north of Georgetown The decision came after a near by resident Patricia Stuart sub mitted a 22name petition asking that the war games operation be halted This is not what we who live in the country seeking peace quiet and solitude want or expect said Mrs Stuart We believe that war games is not the type of activity for which the community would want to be known Ray Coleman and Blair Robin purchased the operation in 1987 No games were run in because they were told they needed permis sion to run such a venture from the Niagara Escarpment Commission Because the NEC has jurisdiction the town cannot stop the games only ask the NEC not to allow them In war games or adventure games teams attempt to capture the opposing teams flag Players have guns which shoot pellets con taining food coloring to knock an opposing player out of the game Halton Region and the Credit Valley Conservation Authority had no objections to the games being played on the property Halton Hills town staff said tin games represent a minor recreational nature since they were to be played by 36 people or less at a maximum of times a year con ing an eight hour period during the day This game is far less hazardous than other sports such as hockey football baseball golf or the like said Mr Coleman Asked by Coun Norm Elliott if be understood why some people found the game offensive Mr Coleman replied I think theres a misunderstanding about the game Its almost an adult version of hide and seek I find it hard to understand why people are upset Its a game Theres no warmongers in our group Stuart had a number of complaints about the game when it was run by different owners for several years A clubhouse building was erected and till plac ed in the fields without a permit from the NEC she said The history of these games is one of blatant disregard for legal regulations she said Cars frequently park on CVCA property and create deep ruts in the mud she said And players often gather outside the playing area afterward resulting in garbage and beer bot ties strewn about the field sale Mrs Stuart The 22 people who signed the petition are all affected by the noise from the guns described by Mr Coleman as a muffled pop sound She also complained abouf a possible fire hazard from a fire pit at the site used for barbecues For us and for all the people who signed the petition this Is a disruption of our weekends and a very significant one she said I find It a totally Incompatible use said Coun Joe Hewitt Contd on Page