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The Environment by Janet Banting _ People are always asking me questions about recycling, and since I don't always know the answers right off the bat, I decid- ed it would be a good idea to phone up the Durham Recycling Centre (D.R.C.) and the Durham Region Works Department and get some updated information to pass along. One comment that skeptics about recycling sometimes make is that a lot of recyclables are being landfilled anyway, so why bother to recycle? According to Sye Crowley, Operations Manager at D.R.C., this is just not true. There have been pro- blems with glass contamination in Metro Toronto, where the dif- ferent colours are being collected together and then later being rejected, but people should not confuse that situation with ours here in Durham Region. You can help the Durham Recycling Centre staff by taking note of the following: Place your blue box out when it is FULL - this will help their operation to be more effecient. Place the box at a little distance from your garbage where it can be easi- ly seen, not buried under a big bag of garbage where it will be hidden! Place your glass jars in loose, and tin cans and the PET plastic pop bottles in an OPEN bag - not tied. Either bundle your newspapers or place them in a bag, then they won't blow away down the street and contribute to litter problems. Please rinse your cans before putting them in (Ms. Crowley suggest that you use your leftover dishwater at the end of washing in order to get cans and bottles at least partially clean). You can crush cans if you choose to (more will fit in if you do) or not bother if you don't want to. Removing labels isn't necessary either. While the metal lids of Beckers-type glass beverage bottles can be included, leave out cardboard frozen juice container lids (most people throw in the whole container, which then has to be thrown out). While corrugated cardboard can be dropped off at depot locations, cereal and cracker box cardboard is not made from the same material and is not currently recyclable. I also contacted Ken Donnelly, Solid Waste Operations Manager at the Durham Region Works Department, to ask about new waste reduction projects that we can expect to see in the near future. He told me that, although there will be some ex- pansion in the depot system for recyclable materials in the com- ing year, the staff at the Region is having to keep in mind that the blue box program is only diverting about 6 percent of the total waste stream at present. One third or 33 percent of the waste stream, on the other hand, is compostable. In order to meet the provincially set goal of reducing by 25 percent the amount of garbage going to landfills by 1992, greater efforts will be aimed in the coming year at composting projects. Mr. Donnelly is hopeful that the combined efforts of the blue box and composting programs will result in successfully meeting the 25 percent target. I think it's important for all of us to remember that every individual and every family has a part to play in the war on gar- bage. Since new government programs are always very costly to set up and run, we all have to help out as much as possible be faithfully practicing the 3 R's at home, at work, and at school. It's also important to remember that reduction and reuse are less expensive options than recycling, and therefore deserve our extra consideration! A good example of this is with the pur- chase of soft drinks. The least wasteful way to buy them is in returnable, refillable bottles, because this involves reuse. The less preferable method, because it uses more resources (both natural and human) and thus is more expensive, is to buy them in cans that will eventually be recycled. By all means recy- cle the cans that you do buy, but also consider doing it the bet- ter way where possible by practising the 3 R's in their proper order: 1. Reduce, 2. Reuse, and 3. Recycle. If you want more information about recycling programs in Durham Region, call the Durham Recycling Centre at 579-5264 or the Durham Region Works Department at 668-7721. The Recycling Council of Ontario (R.C.0.) also has a lot of useful information on recycling, composting, and related topics. You can call the R.C.O. toll-free at 1-800-263-2849. DANCE -- ODDFELLOW'S LODGE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT (Troubleshooters) SATURDAY, APRIL 7th Tickets: $12.00/couple Refreshments Kevin 985-9062; Jim 985-3503; Rob 655-3465; Wayne 985-3179 COMMUNITY CHURCH - CAESAREA Revival Services Sunday, March 25th - 11 AM & 7 PM -- also -- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - 7:30 PM REV. VICTOR DAUGHERTY usa recently returned from HAITI. Hear his report of Miracles of Healing in Haiti! Come & Share the Blessings. We Welcome You! (From page 4) Parks and Recreation." Recreational Needs Study (1987) pages 57; 58: "As the municipality grows, the need for local facilites will cer- tainly remain. At the same time, however, those new facilities that are seen to be desireable will fre- quently be one (or few) of a kind, sophisticated facilities, to serve the entire township. While there might be a temptation to locate these facilities in different parts of the Township, to "share the wealth' so to speak, we believe, for a number of reasons, that it would be wise to group them together. Centralization will pro- vide a civic focus for the Township in which residents can take pride. The need for this sort of unifying force is particularly great in Scugog, which is in its present geographic configuration, a very recent creation, and one that, in the minds of many residents, is merely an ad- ministrative convenience." Recreational Needs Study (1987) pages 69; 70: '"The Recreational Needs Survey reflected the interest in ice activities, although other ac- tivities were rated higher - dances, swimming, meeting, baseball, soccer. Existing hockey programs include some 450 players in both house and com- petitive leagues, the Junior C Port Perry MoJacks, and an Old- timers' League. Figure skating is very active with some 120 members in the club. Recommendation 29 - That a new ice pad be constructed at Scugog Centre. An additional pad, adjacent to the present arena in Port Perry should be equipped with at most 400-500 seats. The ice surface should be 200 feet by 85 feet in size. Recommendation 30 - That no major expenditures be made on the Blackstock arena; that the arena be disignated for certain specialized uses in the short run; but that when major expenditures are required for either safety. reasons or to provide ice of ade- quate quality, the rink be closed. Recommendation 31 - That in future, all ice surfaces be pro- grammed on a township wide basis." Recreational Needs Study (1987) pages 73; 74; 75: 'Recommendation 34 - That construction of an indoor pool for the township be proceeded with; that the pool be located at the pro- posed multi-purpose recreation complex at Scugog Centre. The pool that we propose is, relative- ly speaking; a modest one: 25 meter, L-shaped, 6-lane with div- ing boards. Pools so designed and programmed show significant in- creases in attendance over those with more traditional programs, with the result that operating deficits were reduced. It should be noted, however, that a municipal swimming pool should never be expected to recover its swimming pool should never be expected to recover its full costs of operation or to make a profit. Recommendation 35 - That, once the proposed indoor pool is available, Bird's Eye Pool be closed and that no other municipal outdoor pools be built." Citizens Against Unjustified Taxes felt that these were a few of the recommendations from the 1987 Recreational Needs Study that you might be interested in knowing. Some of the 1987 costs were New ice pad $1-1.3 million; Banquet Hall $600,000. to $700,000. ; Indoor Pool $1.75 to 2.5 'million; Director of Parks and Recreation $30,000. to $35,000. annually. PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, March 20, 1990 -- 23 C.A.U.T. outlines facts, figures from Scugog recreation survey Again, C.A.U.T. committee members stress that all this infor- mation and these costs are from the 1987 Recreational Needs Study. The 1989 study is not yet available to us. If you wish to read this study in full, please contact the Township of Scugog municipal office. As Citizens Against Unjustified Taxes have stated in the past, we are not against progress but the tax increases that ratepayers are now facing are only maintaining the current level of municipal ser- vices without the additional cost that would be incurred if such a major undertaking is proceeded with. The C.A.U.T. committee would like to notify members that the proposed Public meeting ten- tatively scheduled for April has been postponed until June 1990. A regular committee meeting will take place in the Nestleton Com- munity Centre on Tuesday, April 3, 1990 at 8:00 p.m. with the public welcome to attend with any con- cerns or ideas regarding municipal taxes. Music exam results Congratulations are in order to the following students who both received excellent marks on their theory exams through the Royal Conservatory of Music's winter session. Preliminary Rudiments - Tim White - 91. Grade One Theory - Sarah Brown - 96. The following piano students recently participated in the Sunderland Lions Club Music Festival. They are to be con- gratulated for their fine efforts. Pre-grade One Class - Sarah Beirness - 80. Grade One Class - Lindsey Do- ble - 80. Grade Two Class - Julianne Brownson - 81 and Steven Doan - 79. Grade Three Class - Jennifer Froats - 81 and Philip Donnelly - 80. Grade Four Class - Michelle LePage - 85 - second place. Grade Four Canadian Com- posers Class - Collin Meijerink - 83 - second place. Duet, 14 yr. & under - Amy Grills and Meredith Youmans - 81 - second place. Their teacher, Mary Holt, is very proud of them all. PIZZA TYME WATER ST., PORT PERRY 985-2225 2 Medium Pizza with 3 Items Each for only This coupon is valid until Sun., Mar. 25th, 1990. PICKUP or DELIVERY Open until 4 AM Thursday, Friday, Saturday. 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