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the HERALD- Wednesday August Community News Ontario waste diversion plan isquestioned By BEN DUMMETT The Herald Despite the success of blue box program and those throughout the province it may not have been the best method to spearhead waste diversion in On There is a growing realization that we started at the wrong end of waste diversion in the promo tion of the blue box program says Art Region Public Works Commissioner He points out the Region s blue box program diverts approx jmately five per cent of the total waste stream at a yearly net of approximately million to ad minister Given all the money and energy that has gone into the blue box program in relation to the relatively small amount of waste diverted from the waste stream it may have been wiser to imple ment waste reduction and reuse programs over the blue box pro gram in the beginning explained Mr The commissioner s lion carries more weight knowing environmentalists say in order of importance the are reduce then reuse and finally recycle Mr Leitch however is quick to point out the blue box program has been very beneficial towards diverting potential garbage from the waste stream Notwithstanding the concerns of the blue box program there have been good things with it primarily in educating the general populace that we the province have a waste disposal problem said Mr The program hjs allowed peo ple to participate m the solution every lime they use their blue box he explained There is an to 90 per cent participation rate when a blue box program is started which has been in valuable to solving the garbage problem So much so Mr said the overwhelming support for the program outweighs its faults Mr said if the program could be started over again he would have collected organic and garden waste instead of newspaper cans and glass It organic and garden waste that is dangerous in landfill not glass newspaper and cans he said Organic material vegetable scraps and garden waste rot in a landfill turning in to leachate a poisonous liquid formed when rainwater per relates through a landfill Glass just sits there in the landfill explained Mr Organic and garden waste is diverted from the waste stream through composters which con vert the material into fertilizer The program in Halton is in its infancy stages agreed Mr but he said he wants it to be fully implemented throughout the Region by November The program is necessary so that the organic and garden waste t end up in new landfill in Milton scheduled to open by November Looking into the future the Region will also need to imple ment effective waste reduction programs said Mr Leitch According to the sioner there are three different types of programs from which to choose and it will ultimately be up to the general public through heir political representatives to Ballinatad News Annual corn roast By BETTY It is time to plan to keep Satur day September free Time just flies between one September and the next and then it is time again for the Annual Corn Roast Dance Scrumptious fresh com and will be served A DJ will supply the tunes star ting at 9 m The first ever Shortill family reunion was held in Ballmafad on Saturday August 17th As well as locally relatives came as far from Florida Texas British Col umbia Manitoba Thunder Bay Ottawa Kitchener Burlington Toronto and Har nston All in all there was about people attendance Hubert Shortill as the oldest member there spoke eloquently of the family history for the afternoon program were Mary Jane of Winnipeg and Heath of Texas Farm ly members learned how their ancestors arrived in Canada from Ireland in the 1830 then later eventually settling in the Ball inaf ad area Heart beating fast ai last week s Jim Dandies game when the HiUsburg Panthers were steadfast in their lead against the ladies It looked sure a sure loss for the home team With a few well placed hits the Dandies surged ahead What really made the win was Marion Lumbers pit clung She left batters just stan ding there unable to connect with the balls coming at such hurtling speeds With Marion closing up the defensive lines just a few hits were needed to take the win The Jim Dandies play twice this week with a game in Acton on Wednes day and then returning to Ballmafad on Thursday CONCORDE ROADWORK ROAD BIKES A mm Mam St S Georgetown Entrance oil tear parting lot target food stores OPEN 24 7 DAYS A WEEK 51 GUELPH ST GEORGETOWN Art Leitch decide which if any will- be ac table The Region can either in troduce education programs pro motmg waste reduction pass municipal legislation limiting the amount of garbage people can put out for pick up each week or charge people for every bag of garbage they want collected The public t likely to balk at public education programs being implemented but there is a good chance they could voice to either of the other two op tions he predicted Asked if either of these two methods will be implemented Mr Leitch said he t have the answer it will be a political deci Halton Hills Engineer Ted Drewlow t agree legisla tion or a user pay fee system is the way to go to promote waste reduction The user pay system of legisla is just another way of pro moting deception People will just find other ways to get rid of their garbage other than putting it on their curbside for pickup He suggested if people are only per nutted to put out a maximum number of garbage bags for col lection then they would end up putting their extra bags on so meone s else s curbside Public education is the most ef way to promote waste reduction because it teaches peo ple about the environment in stead of how to get nd of garbage at the expense of someone else he explained SPHERE CLOWN BAND A CHILDRENS MUSICAL CONCERT AT Georgetown Fair Sunday September 8th Shows at and 3 00 Concert free with admission to fair As featured on MUSIC audio cassettes Dont miss fabulous preseason COATSALE A superb selection more than of this seasons newest coats and jackets from todays leaders Choose lush wools 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