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The recommendation was contained in a report from Joseph Rinaldo, the region‘s commissioner of finance and treasurer, received for information by the region‘s planning and public works committee Wednesday (May 26th). In recent weeks, Metro Toronto, York and Durham dropped their tipping fees from $152 per tonne, to $90 per tonne to attract more ICI waste to its landfill. Peel Region also followed suit, dropping its fee from $150 per tonne to $80 per tonne. In the same period, Hamiltonâ€"Wentworth dropped its fee from $180 per tonne to $72 per tonne. Halton Region currently charges $150 per tonne for waste disposed at its landfill site on Highway 25 and Britannia Road in Milton. Rinaldo said Halton‘s waste manâ€" agement program relies upon universal tipping fees â€" user fees â€" which reflect the full cost of conducting the required waste disposal and reduction program. Unlike the other municipalities, which have subsidized the municipal sector‘s waste management costs with tipping fee revenues generated by the ICI secâ€" tor. Because of the economic downturn and low tipping fees available to ICI customers in the U.S., municipalities which rely heavily on ICI waste are scrambling to recover some of that busiâ€" ness, Rinaldo said. Oakville Beaver Staff 7~ alton Region has no plans to | follow the lead of neighboring reglonal municipalities which have lowered their tipping fees to attract more institutionalâ€"commercialâ€"industriâ€" al (ICI) waste to their landfill sites. By SAL BOMMARITO The solution has been to reduce tipâ€" ping fees, he said. "It is precisely because of the subsiâ€" dized rate structures in the neighboring areas and the dramatic decline in their ICI tonnages, that the move to lower tipping fees has been prompted," Rinaldo said. Region won‘t lower tipping fees for commercial customers : Rinaldo said the region stands to lose more than it would gain by reducâ€" ing its tipping fees. He said ICI waste constitutes only "If ICI waste doesn‘t come here, that‘s fine and dandy. Halton‘s landfill capacity will last longer. I don‘t want to have to go through another landfill site search for at least 20 years," Leitch said. With the region‘s emphasis on waste reduction and recycling, reducing tipâ€" ping fees would be contrary to achievâ€" ing those goals, agreed Art Leitch, the region‘s commissioner of public works. In an effort to promote waste reducâ€" tion and recycling initiatives in the priâ€" vate sector, Leitch has recommended regional council endorse a reduced landfill tipping fee rate of $75 per tonne for the disposal of residues from approved Material Recycling Facilities (MRF) located in Halton. 10% of total waste volumes at the region‘s landfill site. This contrasts sharply with preâ€"1989 ICI volumes which exceeded 50% of the total regional waste stream, he said. "It is now over two years since the region has handled meaningful volumes of ICI waste and some serious considerâ€" ation would have to be given to the level of waste which Halton would be able to attract through any program and/or tipping fee amendments," he said. The recommendation was approved by the planning and public works comâ€" mittee Wednesday. Leitch said some MRF are already operating in Halton and several addiâ€" tional applications have been submitted to establish other MRFs. He said the new tipping fee is an incentive for more MRFs to be established in Halton. Although the region stands to lose $490,000 in 1993 because of the continâ€" uing decline in ICI tonnage, Rinaldo said the loss will be offset by contract savings in the region‘s household hazâ€" ardous waste program, and the move to biweekly collection of blue boxes. Rinaldo said a yearâ€"end surplus of approximately $1 million in the region‘s waste management budget is anticipatâ€" ed because of a favorable tender price for blueâ€"box collection. Rinaldo said the region‘s tipping fee structure will be dramatically altered if the region adopts a plan for oneâ€"tier waste management currently under conâ€" sideration. Under the system, all finanâ€" (excluding custom work and furniture) cial responsibility for waste manageâ€" _ municipalities to the region. ment would be transferred from the The process includes : 100 This weekend at Garvey‘s Ontario‘s largest selection of the World‘s Most Comfortable Golf Slacks. Featuring the 0 gmal patented triple trctch waistban that‘s guaranteed for the life of the garment. Experience the amazing comfort and the slim, trim feeling. Sizes 30â€"44, in plain and fancy patterns. A Great Buy for Father‘s Day (June 20th is a nineâ€"ron away!) 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