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York's Community and Agency Social Planning Council (Y-CASP) will hold a public open house Tuesday, March 29 at its offices at Harwood Junior Public School, 50 Leigh St. Co-sponsored by the Com- munity Information Centre and the York Volunteer Centre, the gathering will be "mostly an in- formal event for the public to meet our board," said Shirley Moore, executive director of Y- CASP. People will get a look at the group's data base of agencies and services in the City of York, said Moore. Refreshments will also be served. For details, call the offices at 766-0582. D Public asked to come in and meet city social group Page 10 It will be funded by the Ministry of the Environment, Metro Toronto and a non-profit organization called the Ontario People will be asked to put their used newspapers, tin and aluminium cans, glass bottles and two-litre plastic pop bottles in the boxes and put them out on garbage day alongside their cans. Works will give householders plastic blue boxes that sport a "We Recycle" logo. Recycling full steam ahead for Etobicoke as system given okay At the February 8 meeting of council, members gave the go-ahead for the blue box program. The city will be asking resi- dents to pick and choose what they throw in the garbage, now that Etobicoke is forging ahead with plans for a recycling pro- gram. Etobicoke politicians do their part for hu miyli1r.lig?ts Last Thursday in the city hall boardroom, Mayor Bruce Sinclair and members council signed a petition be- ing circulated world-wide by Amnesty International. Etobicoke is playing its own part in a plan to protect human rights. (While Supplies Last) - "SMI-"" ORecords °Tapes OC.D.’s 0Music Videos oAccessories & Magazines -Sheet Music 0Conservatory Books A leader in the defence of March 1988 Humber Valley Villager "This is a baby step in the world of recycling," said Wursta who is convinced that "garbage will eventually pay tor itself." Metro has been plugging recycling to stretch the landfill it has left until they can get another site or come up with other ways of getting rid of gar- bage. In fact Wursta thinks so highly of garbage that she goes so far as to say that all waste can be renewed. But Tim Michael Recycling Coordinator for Metro Works disagrees. "You can definitely not recy- cle 100 per cent of waste," said Michael. He said there will still be a need for other options like landfill and possibly incinera- tion, a highly disputed waste disposal method. Ll Wursta, Etobicoke's repre- sentative on Metro's recycling committee, said "The blue box program is the thin edge in the wide door of recycling." "This has to be a permanent entity," said Ward one Council- lor and recycling advocate Helen Wursta. Multi-Material Recycling Incor- porated. It will cost the three or- ganizations over $1 million. The incentive for people to participate, said Bruntdn, is that recycling will save people money in their waste disposal taxes. "We've been recycling paper since 1973. We stuck with it through thick and thin and I dare say we'll do the same thing with this," Brunton said. Metro has also agreed to pay for any losses the city might in- cur during the five years. "Etobians" should be blue-boxing it by next Septem- ber. "We're committed to a five- year program," said Commis- sioner of Works Bruce Brunton. The petition takes the form of an appeal for all governments to raSify and respect human rights. human rights, Amnesty In- ternational works to protect human rights advocates who have not advocated or com- mitted acts of violence from unlawful detention. 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