Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 12, 1991, p. 5

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the HERALD Friday July 12 Community News Pages Region Briefs Industry must be more responsible Industry should take more responsibility in funding municipal recycling programs Halton Regional Planning and Public Works Committee members agreed Wednesday Committee members mend Regional staff request the Ontario Ministry of Environment introduce legislation requiring manufacturers and waste generators to increase their financial support for the Blue Box Program by buying back a greater amount of recycled material According to a staff report of the material collected through Halton s Blue Box program only aluminum cans and plastic soft drink containers generate enougl revenue to offset the cost of col lecttng the material Other materials collected through the Blue Box program in elude newspaper cardboard steel and glass Recycling programs such as the Blue Box program are expen sive because they are labor inten As the programs expand and become more labor inten they become more expen to operate indicates the report Regional Chief Administrator Officer John Fleming told com members the issue of who is responsible for recycled material the packaging manufacturer or the packaging user will soon become a major legal question for all involved More money sunk into well Regional Planning and Public Works Committee recommended Wednesday Regional staff be per nutted to spend an additional to carry out further tests on a possible water source for Georgetown has already spent monitoring Test Well 15 located in Silver Creek Valley Georgetown If committee s recommendation is approved at Regional Council this coming Wednesday the total amount spent on Test Well 15 will climb to 253 If Test Well proves adequate and environmentally safe then it will be used as a water source for the expansion of Georgetown West Committee member and Hills Regional Councillor Joe Hewitt wanted to know if Test Well 15 could eliminate the need for the possible establishment of a well in Huttonville to service Georgetown West Regional Engineer Rick said if Test Well can be operated at capacity there is a possibility of there be ing no need for the Huttonville well the capacity of Prospect Well in Acton The initial estimate was to do the work Ac cording to a Regional staff report the additional is required to complete necessary field work in eluding laboratory sampling Committee recommendation will go before Council this Wednesday for final approval Parking needs upgrading Region Planning and public Works Committee recom mended Wednesday Weston On based Contracting Limited be awarded the contract to upgrade the bridge between James Snow Parkway and Fifth Line South in Hills Decstar bid of to carry out the work was the lowest of the five companies bidding on the contract Committee s recommendation will go before Regional Council this Wednesday for final ap proval Speed limit designation Regional Planning and Public Works Committee recom mended Wednesday Winston Churchill Boulevard between Highway and Steeles A be designated with a hour speed limit The recommendation will go before Regional Council this Wednesday for final approval OSBORNE DECOR Custom Made I cols Drape And Bedsp FREE SHOP AT HOME SERVICE I

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