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Blue Box program works in Halton Hills Bins residents do not nave a false sense of accomplish ment every time they see their recycling blue boxes emptied said Pud Sergeant Halton Hills Refuse Reduction to response to a London en trepreneurs claims that Ontarios blue box recycling program has given people a false sense of curity Mr Sergeant staled Halton Hills residents are educated enough to know the blue box it not the final Recycling is one of the three and It la only the third most impor tant said Mr Sergeant believes people In realize recycling is only part of the solution and that and reducing methods are key factors In relieving the garbage crisis President of Systems Inc Ernie Martm met with On tario Premier David Peterson ear ly this week to ask the province to place suspensions oo the recent de regulation of the softdnnk in- Martin told the premier the blue box program in addition to the decreasing amount of refutable bottles has encouraged people to recycle what they could reuse In Business For Business OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services Florists Say Happy Birthday with an FID Birthday Bouquet 8776901 Public concerned by tax hikes deOndesed pennons are the ones most concerned about the yearly Regional tax rate increases Chairman Peter Foment Regional Mr Pommy said he has receiv ed more letters from the public and especially deindexed pen sioners throughout Halton they recent tax hikes as oat of taxes are peopled be added made his cam- reference to bat the finance depart budgetary options and trace the Region begins to consider the exposes for the Regional budget Bodes deliberations are scheduled to fiie didnt of specifics be predicted cots to Seconal services may be re- to toe next yews tax mate based the sources hi and fie cost of social ser vices chairman also said the puhuc is bred of the Region provincial downloading as an ex cose for tax downloading when the the financing of a se to the Regional coun- Marilyn Serjeanst took the statement to mean the Region accepts downloading But the this perception saving I dont accept He wnphaTfri ess do anything about it He went on to explain that the province has warned it win download some programs for rfvgiirt therefore account for tin m their be said Region was a better last veer to the 3590 hodget tax of ail per cent over the on ly started to during the deliberatitmt said jbese ffnw ban- during the fall and winter of last your Mr Sergeant said the London entrepreneur who sells equipment to collect reflllable containers has a point but said Mr Martins in vested interests are difficult to overlook Introduced the blue box recycling program in February and bus made tremendous progress and is said to be a model system said Mr Sergeant Its not the end solution but its one of the easiest and direct ways for residents to contribute he explained is recycling close to 23 per cent of its waste compared to other regions like MisBjasauga which recycles about 12 per cent Mr Sergeantsald Subject to regional approval pending provincial grants compost units will be available for distribution this fall said Mr Sergeant The units which have a market value of close to will be made available on a first come first serve basis for about he added new units four feet high will help more Halton Hills residents more towards the reduc ing and reusing phase which could eliminate up to per cent of garbage disposal said Mr Recycling is just the most conve nient method for resident because reducing and reusui takes a little work he said that the blue box provides an in mediate seme of accomplishment John McKay Hiltons Directc of Waste Management agrees tht if the blue box program Is the on involvement in cutting residents do have a fall sense of achievement The blue box Is the third prioritj behind reducing and reusing ar should only be the first step to a courage people to become involve in riimjn waste said McKay Halton residents should b concerned about the overall wast management strategy he insisted lb UtSna tea Brent stared rate What a catch ffrapass ami was as a great Una if stated ataai Banks and sac ftSRsonsntgeS tBfgaMstelslyCateCliianKl assails tax system Ha I Tudor was local Casey Page 14