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PAGE 14, MONI)AY, DECEM13ER 30, June... Decom is a responsible firm spokesman says hieGit sfrppe ~ 110 Dunlop St. E., Whltby 666-1331 . .. that ail our friends have the best New Year ever! We'Il do our best to help you in any way we can in the coming year. 1 1 Qu It's a good tbîng the', giving Mayor Bob Atter: to roast bum at a dnner1 Blair fîrat met Atter' hockey team. .0 Firepluie Plus» OW BURNS ST. AT HOPKINS L The WHITSY 668-3192 àà à, à, )A,. , tI A-àâ 'e ts of both company and v government officiais to persuade them other- wise, Whitby residents c stil appear to be skep- tîcal about a proposai to 1 locate a biomedicalt waste transfer station oSunray St. Representatives of both Decom Meçllcal Waste Transportation Systems mnc. and the Ontario Ministry of the Environrnent appeared t A4 f before Whitby Town 4Counil's ad- minstrative committee Monday night to explain and defend their proposai. uta roast Decom wants to build a 12,000 square foot se to gys ae fiend. Wen Bairis sen ere facility in the industrial ie to gys re rieds.Wre Blir s sen ere area off Consumers Dr. rsley an affectionate haîf-nelson before getting Up3 to transfer medical held by the Whitby Jaycees last Thursday. waste collected from sley while hoth were with the old Whitby Dunlops hospitals, veterinary clinics, laboratories and Free Press Staff Photo doctors' offices froni collection vehicles to June m. tractor trailers who wl then haul the waste to fleview of Durham Centre the cornpafly's in Should Liberal leader and its impact re- Gatineau, Quebec. David Peterson be evaluated. . Ivan Flaschner, a called on to form a new Wrye, the MPP for director of Decomn, his provincial governinent Windsor-Sandwich, told company is "a respon- this week, the planned the Free Press in a sîble, Canadian owned, closure of Whitby's telephone interview medical waste coin- Durhami Centre for the from his Queen's Park pany" that got into the Developmentally Han- office last Thursday business beoause it dicapped wWl be that his party hays needed "a safe, reliable reviewed. "some serious reser- disposaI of its own Accordiflg to Bill vations" with the medical waste." Wrye, the party's critic current o government's Decom, hie added, is a for the Ministry o closure o Durham Cen- subsidiary of Argyro Community and Social tre and five other Entreprises Ltd. which Services, iL la even medium sized in- also owns Kipling possible that the stitutions for the men- Medical Laboratories, scheduled April 1, 1986 tally retarded acroas one of the largest chains coigdt ol e Ontario. of medical laboratories postponed until the i aaa u cosure has been "It will be reviewed, Flascbner said that thoougly eviwed in the truest senae of the his company has aIl of thoouhl reieedword" Wye said. "We the needed qualified have somne serions people on its staff to en- reservatioris about iL sure the safe disposai of and some serions con- medical waste such as cerna about the closure bandages, syringes, of the medium sizeci specimen cupa, blood centres." and urine samples used .0 in medical testing and other human tissue such OWhiIe his party sup- as amputated limba. ports the concept of de- The items bis coin- institutionalization, the pany will be hauling Progressive Conser- 'are already present vative government bas right here in Whiby," 0 t acted in a "high handed Flascbner said, "And manner", the prospec- we will not be handling rtive Minister Of Coni- any hazardous or toxic munity and Social Ser- chemîcals. We haven't fvices said. even asked to bandle 0"The fundamental those tbings in our 0ë question is sbould the license." process continue," If bis application is WWrye said adding that approved, the Wbitby the losure will receive facility wilI be part of high priority in. the "the first completely in- Peterson government's tegrated system in agenda. "It is one of the Canada." Most fundamental Flascbner noted that issues of government there is currently no policy. It bas to be one of company in Canada that the priorities. " not only collecta but celebration. We enjoyed ser- ving you in '85 and hope to see you again moon. PLYMOUTH LIMIVED 331 PARK RD. S. " OSHAWA, 728-4638 Eîî CUTHEOM FCNRE 66.452 waste. 'Any waste we can pick-up, we can dispose of, c'he said. He also went to great lengths to ensure both the committee and the residents present at the meeting that aIl medical waste collected and bauled by bis firtn will be placed in special leak-proof plastic con- tainers. These con- tainers. be maintains. will not be permanentlv stored at Wbitby. In- stead Lbey will be tran- sferrecl directly from the collection vebicle to the tractor trailer. Furtbermore, only tbe collection vebicles will be cleaned in Whitby. The containers and the tractor trailers will be cleaned and disinfected at the company's Gatineau facility. Flascbner also poin- ted out that the transfer station will bring many economic benefits to the community. New jobs will be created at the station itself and many local firnis will benef iL froni subcontractîng. Under questioning froni Dennis Fox, Flascbner assured the committee that al Deconi employees will be properly trained and will have to follow strict rules about cleanlinesa. "IAil of our employees will be made aware of their responsibilities to the community and theniselves," he said adding that no employee will be able to leave the building until be or she bas passed through a wasbroom and shower area where tbey will have to eitber pu, on work clothers or their street wear. Lending support to the Decom presentation was a senior officiai of the Ministry of the En- vironment who said that there is a pressing need for this type of facility in the greater Toronto area. "The need is really there," he said adding, 'There is no sucb station in Ontario. " The spokesman saîd that a fully integrated system sucb as the one Decom is proposing would give the best possible method of han- dling medical waste. He also sees no reason wby business people in Ontario sbouldn't be carrying on this type of business. "Why not do it here in Ontario?" be said, *'Let's do it right, but do it here." The ministry official also attempted to assure the committee that tbe site would be regularly inspected by local Medical Officer of Healtb officials. However, under questioning from the public, he adznîtted be didn't know bow frequently those inspec- tions would take place.