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year after a joint Haltonâ€" A Peel composting strategy e fell flat, Halton regional councillors, surprised Peel will move ahead with a composting pilot proâ€" ject, won‘t themselves take a stand, opting to sit on the fence and observe. Halton Region won‘t move on compost issue By ANGELA BLACKBURN Special to the Beaver At Wednesday‘s regional comâ€" posting subcommittee meeting, a staff report on composting asked Oakville residents raise $13,000 for Rwanda However, there are still millions of refugees and displaced persons in Rwanda and its bordering countries. Funds are still needed to support Canadian doctors, administrators, truck drivers and other delegates who are in Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi and Zaire. According to the Red Cross a $200 donation will provide shelter (tent) for a family of five ; a $100 donation will provide Cholera treatment for 15 patients; a $60 donation will provide food for a family of five for five weeks and a blanket for each person; a $10 donation will provide food and medical care for one person for four weeks; and a $5 donation will provide cooking utenâ€" sils for a family of five. The total included $500 from The Herb Garden storeâ€"owner Elaine Nielsen who contributed 10% of oneâ€" week‘s sales to the fund. Because of the urgent nature of this appeal, the Oakville Red Cross is asking donors to bring or mail their donations to the office at 167 Navy St., Oakville, L6J 276, or to call §45â€"5241 to use VISA, MasterCard or American Express. Cheques should be made payable to Canadian Red Cross â€" Rwanda Crisis. All money donated to the Red Cross Rwanda fund will go towards helping the country‘s refugees. Oakville residents have responded generously to plight of Rwandan refugees, but more help is needed. According to Mary Ellen Frederick, executive director of the Oakville Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society, Oakville residents have conâ€" tributed $13,000 to the Rwanda Crisis fund. Oakville, Ont. \ (between 3rd Fourth Line) /' tnfants Children‘s Sizes 0â€"16 o //*OPENING*W\ AUGUST 15th 1200 Speers Road, Unit 8 *Consignment Clothing in Excellent Condition* Wearâ€"ttâ€"Again Kids previously loved clothing _ Clothes for OMmsSâ€"ft0â€"be too! Clothes "I think we can get some staff in motion without causing political upheaval at all. We‘re not there yet; we‘re a long way from a pilot (proâ€" ject)," said chair Peter Pomeroy. A fiveâ€"part recommendation goes to regional council next week. It calls for Halton to observe â€" at no cost â€" a $1.2â€"million Peel composting pilot councillors to take a stand. Instead, the subcommittee recomâ€" mended â€" with planning and public works committee endorsement â€" furâ€" ther study. project (involving 4,000 homes) at the proposed Caledon dump site. The region will also study existing composting programs, look at energyâ€" fromâ€"waste (EFW) operations in Brampton and Hamilton (established prior to the NDP government EFW ban) recognizing the policy could change, and study organic waste colâ€" lection systems, including proposed single tier regional garbage pickup and costs. "I have deep reservations about the whole issue. We‘re in a different posiâ€" Mon.â€"Wed. Thurs.â€"Fri. Saturdays Sundays (Burlington only) NK 1 0.6 p.m. 1 0_9 p.m. 9â€"6 p.m. 11â€"5 p.m. Lee, a farmer, questioned the compost market. "Farmers aren‘t going to be lined up for compost." He said most rural Miltonians comâ€" post and are more concerned about a garbage collection system. The province has directed municiâ€" palities to reduce waste by 50%. tion than Peel. We have a landfill site. We‘ve got some breathing room Peel doesn‘t have, and I think we should take our time," said Milton councillor and chair of the region‘s waste management committee, Barry Lee. Leitch said an option the region would "clearly" like to investigate is integrated garbage and blue box colâ€" lection on alternate weeks, with weekly organic garbage pickâ€"up. Up to 40% of Halton‘s waste is organic â€" papers, meat, food scraps, grass. Halton has cut by 35%, but public works commissioner, Art Leitch, said of the remaining 15%, "The only way that will be achieved is if we start diverting organic waste from the landfill site." He added, "It‘s not going to be inexpensive."