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THE HERALD Wedneflday Augutt 1990 Page Local candidates state positions on incineration As Halton Region is currently considering the establishment of an Energy from Waste Plant in cineration in Hills local Liberal candidate Walt Elliot and Progressive Conservative can didate Dave Whitting agree in cineration should be part of the provinces waste management policy as long as it isnt located in town An EFW plant is only a viable op tion if it is proven to be totally safe said Mr Elliot In other words the plant could be put in the middle of Toronto just as easily as it could be put in Halton Hills Toronto is where a plant should be located because the plant can only operate economically if it is near the user of the energy industry Saying that incineration is a pro ven form of waste management technology in some parts of the world Mr Whiting said he sup ported an plant over a land fill site But it should be located in an industrial area as opposed to in the rural area he added A plant for the Greater Toronto Area would operate mostly on garbage from and Toronto therefore it should be located in one of these two municipalities said Mr Whiting Family Coalition Party can didate Giuseppe Gori like the local environmental group Incineration Counteracts the Environment ICE opposes incineration anywhere If enough garbage can be eliminated by the three reduction reuse and recycling the amount that is left over could be eliminated using existing microwave technology said Mr Gori New Democratic candidate Noel also opposes plants because in reducing certain kinds of waste they create pollution in the forms of toxic emissions and fly ash Fly ash is the residue created from an EFW plant The only time Mr Duignan might con sider an EFW plant as a viable op tion is if all the waste that could be eliminated through the 3 was eliminated Similarly the other three can didates agree the government elect should first emphasize the If everybody cooperated the public business government 80 per cent of the waste stream could be eliminated said Mr Elliot Mr estimated the figure to be between and per cent while Mr Gori predicted the amount to be per cent Although Mr Whiting didnt give a figure as to how much of the waste stream could be eliminated under perfect conditions he em phasized the first step would be to ban landfills along the Niagara Escarpment and ultimately throughout the province Next str ingent packaging legislation should be introduced Approx imately 20 per cent of the packag ing now being used could be eliminated immediately with ef fective legislation in place he predicted Its not exactly the free enterprise way but sometimes you have to hit people over the head with a two by four Mr Whiting would also funnel money generated from en vironmental policies such as the provinces existing tire tax into research to find improved recycl ing technology Mr Whiting would eliminate the Greater Toronto Area pro vincial initiative and the groups sub committee the Solid Waste In terim Steering Committee The committees man date is to develop short term and long term waste policies SWISC is only talking about the problem while garbage is still put into land fill sites explained Mr Whiting In discussing the 3 Rs Mr Elliot break down protection of the en vironment into three components water soil and air In terms of water and soil the urban popula tion as opposed to the rural popula tion must be more conscientious Too much of the urban population is carelessly using herbicides and pesticides on their gardens he said In turn these people are destroying the soil and ground water stressed Mr Elliot He emphasized the agricultural community is doing a pretty good job in this area As well the situation is in better shape now with the governments introduction of the Niagara Escarpment Commission to ensure that development does not con taminate the areas ground water Mr Duignan if elected would focus his environmental attack on the producers of waste That means introducing legisla tion forcing companies to reduce the amount of packaging they use The principle that polluters must pay to clean up their mess means that producers of garbage should pay the bill for dealing with the packaging and other waste they produce Currently taxpayers end up footing the bill through garbage pickup and bluebox recycling explained Mr Duignan Mr Gori also would first focus his attention on reducing the amount of garbage being produc ed Hed use education but more importantly the dollar to achieve their goal Thats what most peo ple understand he said He explained the sales tax would be eliminated from environmental ly friendly products while it would be higher than it is now for en vironmentally unfriendly pro ducts Where applicable products that had to be disposed would include in their purchase price the cost of disposal he said Green Party candidate speaks out on environment Patricia Kammerer of the On tario Green Party is running in the provincial election in protest A resident of Campbellville for five years Ms Kammerer decided to send a message to government that people are fed up with tax in creases a lack of environmental protection and profit falling into the pockets of developers at the ex pense of the public A member of the Green party for years Ms would rather have seen someone else take the lead and run as a can didate But the goldsmith and mother of fiveyearold said my hands are full but somebody has to do it she said No one was taking the position While opposition candidates have funding in excess of Ms Kammerer is funding herself The Green party stands for slow ing development whereas the other three parties promote increased development maintains Ms Kam Development decreases water quality affects traffic soil conditions raises taxes while the profits are channelled to the developers she said The money we pay in taxes ends up in the developers pocket Ms Kammerer said The existing government is providing profit for the few and the public cant afford it anymore Its bad planning The alternative would prevent industry from taking shortterm benefits while the residents are left with finding longterm solutions said Ms Kammerer Develop ment brings in temporary jobs and building new plazas only empties the old one she said With development comes new roads in creased services and more gar bage and water shortage pro blems Ms Kammerer continued And we end up with more area converted to concrete Questioning government policies the Green candidate said she is representing an alternative to parties Im running for protest to make alternative solutions available People have to think dif ferently now she said adding that values have to change if there is going to be any future for todays children Although she admits she is inex perienced in the political realm Ms Kammerer said if she did come close in the election would have to learn really quick I have the resources of local environmen tal groups she said A mistrust in 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