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Halton may cut back on hazardous waste Region hopes to ban all small quantities of hazardous waste material such as bouse hold cleaning fluids and left over paint from being disposed in its solid waste and sewage waste system by 1992 Tins goal was part of a recom passed by Regional council last Wednesday calling for the planning and public depart meat to develop a twoyear educa tional and promotional program to reduce the amount of hazardous waste produced by households and similar sized quantities of waste generated by the com mercial and industrial sectors Hie Region s acting director of waste management Linda was unable to give specific information about the con tent of the educational and promo tional program because the department has only started to develop the plan Council also directed the public works department to determine the costs of the program and report to council in time for the budget deliberations starting in late December The educational program results from a report written Burl Regional Councillor Walter Mulkewich in which he says household hazardous wastes are every bit as damaging to the en as their industrial counterparts He also points out that presently there is no legislative framework governing the management and disposal of household hazardous waste in On tano Region plans to petition the provincial government to establish such a framework to help reduce the amount of hazardous waste produced across the pro vince The Region also wants the province to develop more effective ways of treating hazardous wastes and to require the producers and distributors of hazardous waste materia to accept the return of hazardous waste for treatment The Region doesn agree it should have to the total cost of the disposal of hazardous waste f Main Street South Downtown Georgetown 8731470 STEVEN C FOSTER B A LL B BARRISTERS SOLICITOR MAIN ST SOUTH GEORGETOWN ONT 873 4961 fax 873 SPECIAL EVERY FRIDAY RIBSTEAK DINNER SOUP CM SALAD POTATOES MARTYS TOO RESTAURANT Georgetown Market Place said the manager of waste Hon Albert Shamess The Region wants the producers to take some responsibility for disposing the waste because of the high cost of establishing the necessary kinds of disposal programs he said That could come in the form of financial compensation to the Region for disposal of the waste or the re quirement that the producers of hazardous waste accept waste maternal for exchange he ed That means a battery could be sold only if an old battery was handed back Mr Shamess said The budget for the hazardous waste depot in Milton is this year said Mr Shamess And we re only scratching the sur face He explained that of the imately households in only about people use the depot Mr Shamess t have figures for Halton Hills There is also a depot open on the first Satur day of everv month in Burlington The refuse and reduction cor ordinator for Halton Hills Paul Sargent said he has had discus sions with the Region to establish a once a month depot in Hilton Hills But nothing definite has been determined said Mr Sargent Larger quantities of disposal waste produced in Halton goes to a special disposal facility in Sarnia said Ms She said the town is currently sending out a hazardous waste pamphlet to all households in the Region explaining the various of household hazardous waste products The pamphlet also suggests alter native products that can be used in the house which are non BakeiY British Bakers Breads Pastries St Georgetown ACROSS FROM Men Si DO WILLOW LANE NATURAL FOODS Willow I ACTON I hazardous For example instead of several cleaning solutions available on the market people could use baking powder or vinegar and a lot of elbow grease said Ms Join the race to save CANADAS ENDANGERED SPACES Call For more information ft World Wildlife Fund ENDANGERED BETTER CU KEYS MOBILE LOCKSMITH PACER I SPRING SPECIAL Ed Full House Fox Family by Co ONLY 4168777491 348 Street NEXT TO BELL GLASS IN THE CENTRE Georgetown SSBP IK NOW 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birthday card on which was writ Welcome to the O B In the context of her letter I discovered what that meant Order of the Brown Envelope and she was welcoming me to the group that receives the Old Age Security cheque However more an dmore the age of 65 years is not considered the dividing line between pre- and seniors Many groups are recognizing 60 years as the age for receiving benefits which go with being a senior To be a member of any group recognized by New Horizons years is the dividing line in ages This includes Georgetown and District Seniors Association Georgetown and District Seniors Association is an association which is working toward a building space that will serve the needs of any and all seniors groups in the future We could steal a line from in companies and remind 20- yearolds that they may retire at years and now is the time to prepare Any donation small or big by an individual or a corpora toward the building will be gratefully received Donations are tax deductible and any donation of a person years and over brings membership also Another group which has help from New Horizons is Halton Seniors TV Productions This group had its beginnings with an idea of John Ollivier which was shared with Jeff Bitten Jeff got the idea rolling The first program was aired on Feb 1988 Since then there has been a lot of development The program is an hour long is produced monthly and the same program is aired on the first and third Wednesday evening of the month at on the local cable channel This is one group which is looking forward to use of a building for seniors and hopes that it is a reality soon Remember that Seniors Awareness Week is June 1016 Look for announcements of anything in which you might par during that week The fund raising committee with Siena Van Hoekelan chairperson has several projects coming up There is a draw coming up on an donated by Bridget Syme The tickets are sell ing at each and the draw will take place during the fall fair The seniors will have a table at the July celebrations in Glen Williams and will look after treats such as chocolate chip cookies nee knspie squares and fruit drinks In the fall the seniors tion will have a craft table at the Holy Cross Bazaar on Nov 3 Con sider including crafts such as knit ting crocheting sewing Christmas decorations woodwork ing or any craft which you enjoy in your summer schedule and donate them to our craft table The last project that we would like you to become involved in is saving Miracle Mart tapes We need to make 000 and are a long way from meeting that target When you have saved your tapes phone Siena Van Hoekelan at 3235 Seniors for the Future will be a regular column In The Herald Outlook written for the seniors by the seniors Shopping for Interlocking Paving Stone CALL US LAST We know our prices are the lowest but call around first then phone the company who been in the precast business for over years After All CONCRETE IS OUR BUSINESS 8531529 ACTON PRECAST CONCRETE 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