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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009 3THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009 2 Its up to you whether you line your GreenCart or not. If you choose to line your GreenCart, here are the acceptable liners: Newspaper/flyers Paper towels Cardboard Paper bags Paper food waste bags Certified compostable bags with the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) logo: Bags that display the BPI logo are designed to compost quickly and safely when composted in a commercial composting facility. For a list of GreenCart acceptable liners and where they can be purchased, visit www.halton.ca/waste. GreenCart materials in the following bags will not be collected: Plastic shopping bags Plastic garbage bags Green plastic recycling bags Oxo-biodegradable bags By excluding these plastic bags, we supply the composting facility with a clean material, resulting in a higher quality final compost product. GreenCart Acceptable Liners ? Reduce & Reuse Bring Your Own Bag On average, Ontarians use seven million plastic bags each day thats about four bags per person every week. Imagine the impact if everyone uses reusable bags and avoids plastic bags altogether! Reduce your wasteuse reusable shopping bags or bins when visiting the grocery store or mall. Take It Back! Halton Take plastic bags back to the store Take plastic shopping bags back to local retailers to be recycled. Take It Back! Halton partners easily recycle plastic shopping bags into more bags or into plastic lumber because the bags dont have to be sorted and are not contaminated from other materials. Take It Back! Halton partners do not accept oxo-biodegradable bags . Visit www.halton.ca/takeitback for a list of stores that take back plastic shopping bags. Blue Box No plastic bags Plastic bags are not accepted in the Blue Box. Plastic bags get caught in the sorting facilitys machinery and conveyor belts slowing down the recycling process, or they stick to glass and dirt leading to contamination. Only put acceptable recycling materials at the curb in a Blue Box. Visit www.halton.ca/waste for a list of locations where you can get additional Blue Boxes. 3Rs of Plastic Bags Tanner Full: 204.96 ag Limit (Not Full): 184 ag The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca 15010 91151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Dial 311 or 905-825-6000 Toll Free 1-866-442-5866 TTY 905-827-9833 www.halton.ca CountryReflections 39 Mill St. E., Acton 519-853-1996 SALE ENDING Christmas Misc ............ 50% off Lamp Berger ........... 15-50% off Jewelery ....................... 40% off Bradford Exchange. 30-40% off Open 7 days a week............. Something for everyone We are making room for NEW ARRIVALS CRACKLING COLD: Temperatures dropped well below freezing this week and trees along the Dublin Line reflected the early morning light with frosty branches outlining the rural road. Whats this sustainability thing all about... Continued from page 1 Heads Catholic Board At the December regular meeting of the Halton Catholic District School Board, Alice Anne LeMay, a 28 year veteran Oakville trustee was appointed for another term as the Chair of the Board, effective December 2, until the first Board Meet- ing in December, 2009. Bob Van de Vrande, 8 year veteran Burlington trustee, was appointed as vice chair of the Board for the same term. The current Board of Trustees of the Halton Catholic District School Board is comprised of, Halton Hills: Rosanna Palmieri. Burlington: Arlene Iantomasi, Joanne Matters, and Bob Van de Vrande. Milton: Rev. David Wilhelm. Oakville: Anthony Danko, Pauline Houlahan, Alice Anne LeMay, Ed Vianna. Student Trustees on the Board for the 2008-2009 term are; North Halton: Philip Cockburn from Christ the King Second- ary, Burlington: Neil Bourque of Notre Dame Secondary, Oakville: Chloe Restivo of Holy Trinity Secondary. Theres a lot research to be done to see what others have done and what the Towns ap- proach will be. Its an exciting time weve done a lot in the past year, he said adding there are two schools of thought when it comes to sustainability with some saying its a never ending journey that you always work to- wards and others saying there is an end goal. We havent decided all of those things will be explored in the work plan which council will approve at its January 19 meet- ing. During discussion of the sus- tainability plan at the committee level last Monday, Regional and Town ward Two Councillor Jane Fogal said they have moved a long way beyond the Green Plan, which is a solid basis for guid- ing the Town and community on developing and implementing green strategies and actions. What we are saying here is that to sustain our community we need to look beyond just the bottom line of economics or the environment, we also need to look at the culture and what is the place like to live in, Fogal said, add- ing she is very supportive of the notion of the triple bottom line when they evaluate everything that they do. Establish office In August, the Town estab- lished an office of sustainability to help with the seamless integra- tion of sustainability principles, policies and practice into the Towns everyday decision mak- ing processes. Acting as a central coordinating body, the office will be the main point of contact for corporate and community sustainability consult with the public, Council, depart- ment heads, the staff sustainability team, the environmental advisory committee and Town sustainabil- ity committee. The workplan of the office of sustainability has three pri- orities including preparing a corporate sustainability strategy, implementing the Green Plan and implementing the Towns sustainability portfolio. Full im- plementation of the Green Plan and the workplan of the office of sustainability will require more money than the $150,000 already approved. Some of the money needed for consulting fees to de- velop a corporate sustainability strategy and Green development standards could come from $75,000 set aside in last years budget, but unspent.