Tidy Car name gives you what title promises BUSINESS OUTLOOK Wednesday April Pant Tbla track It li one uicnm latest It called a front- loader and la Died to gar Leferink expands disposal business ByDONNVKELL Herald Special is an established Disposal and Transfer company operating in Hal ton Hills since 1053 During the last ten years it has undergone major progress Is actually two separate companies Leferink Disposals and Leferink Transfer The companies work in conjunction with the Town of Hills compacting garbage and transporting It to landfill sites In both Canada ana the Leferink Disposals service rural areas where garbage Is not collected by the town The company has four owners founder Albert Leferink sons John and Bert and Albert brother in law John Gill issen John Joined the company in having moved two years earlier from Holland where he at tended university for engineering When offered a position In the company as General Manager Mr reply was only if we could build something out of the company Build they did Ten years later there are two offices the disposal site on and the compacting site on Armstrong there are a fleet of trucks replacing the company single truck and there are contracts with almost every company In the Georgetown- Hills area We service the bulk of the com panics In Georgetown we don have a monopoly but we service most of the companies If the competition gets a customer it doesn really matter because they still come to our transfer station said General Manager John Gilllssen The competition has the option of travelling to Burlington to compact their trash but the prices in Burl lngton are the same as said Mr Gilllssen The Town of Hills Is ap proving a contract for Leferink to Sick up old corrugated cardboard CC banned from landfill sites as of September of this year A verbal agreement was made wllh town council but we haven t agreed to anything formally said John Leferink John sees the collection as positive for the community It will save the town money in tipping fees and It takes care of the environment problem too said Mr Tipping fees generally reach a metric tonne In Halton the fees are a uniform amount said John Leferink a system Involves collec ting the refuse from rural residences shops and institutions compacting the garbage and then hauling it to the landfill site in Thorold Ontario or to New York state We have a lot to do with the regional municipality said John Leferink John and John Gilllssen became involved with recycling of the boxes because they perceive the industry trend toward recycling is on its way out said Mr Leferink In the waste industry recycling will be our job at least in the area collection said John Leferink purchased a large bailer that squeezes cardboard into massive blocks The cardboard Is sold to a recycling company and the paper resource is saved Leferink recognizes that col lee ting cardboard will not be a money making venture but com spirit Involved hem in the scheme For a year it will basically be a public service said John Leferink Once we re in it we can back out There too much involved said Mr Gilllssen s next major venture is a building on Armstrong The blueprints have been designed but the company is waiting to apply for a building permit We nope that it will be in opera in June or July of this year but maybe I am being too optimistic It good to be optimistic in this business said John Gilllssen Terra Cotta resident David work for the company holds a copy of Nocopl the which din tributes the that wit not duplicate Mr paper in Canada Company spies kept in check By DONNA K ELL Herald Special A Terra Cotta man swears black and white that he has an answer to office info security problems David Whnrry of Myncet Canada distributes the product a reddish brown paper that prevents transference of in formation When is copied on a FAX machine or a photocopier the result is a copy that is from almost black to totally black said Mr Wharry Mr explained what the paper is It Just the regular paper process with the addition of patented dyes and chemicals he said is the bo mo weight as regular paper but is more costly reaching up to eight cents a sheet for the lowest grade of sheet Nocopl has five types of paper ranging in color from reddish brown to deep burgun dy Or as Mr Wharry puts it the color goes from red to red Research and development laboratories In the Montreal branch of Myncet arc presently work in creating a paper that Is lighter in color get It to the point where It white said Mr Wharry e uses of paper are many and varied Concert tickets coupons prescriptions FAX machines confidential memos and computer software manuals arc some of the papers wider uses Government offices and largo On larlo corporations regularly make use of to prevent Information leaks Its your basic CIA type paper said Mr Banks also make use of the red paper but don t publicize its use he said the kind of theft that took pli Apple said Mr Wharry referring to a major Information theft that took place at the US based Apple Computer firm itself la the company that the pylng technology there to be risk that Nocopl would become obsolete outdated David Wharry assures that this is not the case As long as photocopy machines operate on the same principle the paper will continue to be useful he said If a information gatherer really wants something be will get It said Mr Wharry He can sit down and type the whole thing out or take pictures of it There are photocopiers the size of 35 mm cameras That a not even high tech espionage You can go out and buy Nocopl prevents the less sophisticated the average office type of information theft By DONNA KELL Herald Special Tidy Car in Georgetown is just what the name promises You get a Tidy Cor But you get so much more said Chris owner of the Guelph Street franchise It protection of your car more than anything else but it physical appearance too said Mr Bydevaate Tidy Car is run by Georgetown Chris his daughter and manager Audrey Lee presently on pregnancy leave and three full time two part tlmestaff members It depends how things are Yesterday we were working in here withfiveofus said Mr People come Into Tidy Car for many reasons but in the spring time it for interior cleaning and tlon Right now spring dean up is the big thing said Mr Bydevaate At Tidy Car you con get faded paint restored and buffed get lag boards striping and molding replaced or get windows tinted and sunroof Installed On new cars you can get rust proofing done On old cars an oil based substance prevents further rust For older cars that have a lot of rust you t want to rustproof You oil them Instead The oil neutralizes the rust and slows down the process Rust is like cancer It needs to be cut out once It starts completely or it will spread said Mr Many people take their cars this seriously Chris Bydevaate has customers coming in annually for lefall The bread and butter of the business is the people who come In once or twice a year said Mr Bydevaate Some people me in more fre quently exec lives who don have the time to do their cars themselves will come in on a regular basis Having work performed on your car can be expensive Is per cor more for trucks oil ing is and paint sealant is 159 but Mr points out that the savings In future repairs make up he cost A new paint Job can be boughtforlessthanaoo hesald When customers come in they might frown when they hear the price When they pick up the car there no question about price said Mr Bydevaate Chris Bydevaate has lived In Georgetown since In 1978 he purchased the Tidy Car franchise Before that he operated a janitorial I service it was a natural into cor service In we had the oil crisis Prices for supplies were so high that I lost my Janitorial business Then I Tidy Car came along Since always t enjoyed working on and cleaning cars It was great said Mr Bydevaate Chris Bydevaate still finds the business rewarding We hove cars owner of the year when many people become con coming In here that were done 10 Tidy Car a car with their car condition years ago They re still looking w good electric buffer i gleaming finlih Spring Is the time of said Mr Bydevaate Proud To Be a Part of Halton Hills for 33 Years OUR PEOPLE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE Today we employ over 400 people who produce and sell over 40 million annually in high technology products used around the world These specialized products are manufactured by no other Canadian Company vanan vanan