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PAGE 4,.WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1987 Recyclîng: By MIKE JOIINSTON ___ Now that Whitby council has given the go-ahead .for the town to join regionai recycling, Whitby residents will have to get into the habit of separating garbage from the garbage. "This is new for most Whitby residents. It's a brand new way to handie waste," says Gienda Gies, general manager of Durham Recycling Centre. The centre wiii handie the pick- up of recycled materiai in most of the lakeshore communities. The program is expected to begin in September, when a new recyciing Achange of habit o mostresidents headquarters at a cost of $650,000 is completed on Conlin Rd. In Whitby, the centre's trucks wiii be picking up at "every urban *husehold where the town picks up garbage, " says Gies. The centre currently has a fleet of five trucks but-will expand to 10 when the new headquarters are built. While the recycling trucks won't be on the rear bumpers of the town's garbage trucks, Gies said they will pick up the recyciable materiai that same day. "If we haven't got there by 4:30 p.m. people should give us a cali," sayà-Gies. But what material in the homie is recyclabie and what is plain ordinary garbage? Glass, cans and newspapers are the main materials. Newspapers should be bundled and ti'ed and for the cans and glass, the region has purchased smali blue boxes. The region is currently going to tender for the suppiy of 80,000 boxes which will be distributed ta househoids in Whitby sometime in September. Durham Recycling isn't new to Whitby. Since July:îhe centre has been handling the pick-up of recyclable material in the West Lynde pilot projeet area. Figures from the pilot project of the town indicate that recyclinfg could go over big when introduced CARRIER'S to ail of Whitby . Gies reports that in January and February of this year, the slow month for recyciing, 9.5 and 11.5 tonnes respectively of material was coilected. In October-of last year 13.5 tonnes' were collected and in November 14.5 tonnes were picked up. With 1,200 homes in the West Lynde area, that works out to.25 ibs. Ï10 kg) a house, per month of recyclabie material. Gies notes that amount is collec- ted without- thé aid of the blue boxes. Projected to the f irst full year the town is in the recycling pioégram, Gies expects Whitby to recycle 1,68 0 tonnes of garba ge. Whitby council was hesitant to join region-wide recycling because of the costs' involved. But Gies poin- ts out that the Town "won't miss the money." The Town will pay for its share of recycl.ing with a percentage of the money it pays to the Region for sending garbage to landfill, she says. For instance, in*1987,' Whitby is expected to send 16,800 tonnes of garbage to landfill. 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Gies and regional officiais are expecting no increase in munici pal costs as the province's subsidy decreases. She says there are also two ex- cellent environmental reasons for recycling. 'lit reduces the amount of gar- bage going to landfili and it is great for the environment. " She points out that the 'current landfiil site is expected to be ciosed by 1989 and she argues that recycling can only iengthen the life of a new site. "For every tonne of paper that is recycled, 17 trees are saved," she dlaims. Last year, the centre collected 3,700 tonnes of; paper, saving 63,000 trees. The newspaper coilected is sold to Ontario Paper, near St. Catherines. Gies also says that only three weeks elapses from the. time the paper is coliected until it is once again being read with a morning coffee. The glass and cans are sent to Toronto. The boxes are expected to be distributed in-September. If boxes are continually stolen. Gies says the house will be charged if it wishes a new one. A flyer wiIi also accompany the boxes as an introduction ta recycling. Scouts drive The 6th Whitby district Lakeiand beaver and cub group wiii coiiect newspapers for their paper drive Saturday, March 14. The drive wil be heid from Burns St. to Dundas St: (Highway 2). from Hopkins St. to Lupin Dr. Newspapers should be on the boulevard by 8:30 a.m. $ /'iSUi' p'oe'r "f)t li ' g . l t uteup < . i r k oe lu s l i te -hi 1/ < ,euuînluîî.sîl fuor $. a SPECIALISTS IN DUCT CLEANING . . à à m f