PAGE 8, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1989 WHITBY FREE PRESS A BUSINESS UPDATE INFORMATION FEATURE NEWS STEPHEN MOFFATT (right) of Whitby won a door as the winner of a contest held Mr. Build at the recent Home Show. Kelly Reese (left) installs the door. Free Press photo Lawn Fertilizer Ban affects haulers By Trudie Zavadovics The Region's ban on corruga- ted cardboard has made local haulers somewhat uncomfor- table. Effective Feb. 1 this year, the Region banned all wastes con- taining 50 per cent or more corrugated cardboard from Dur- ham's waste disposal facilities. As of Sept. 1, the ban will be on waste containing 20 per cent or more cardboard. The ban was placed in an effort to prolong the lifespan of landfill sites. Waste haulers are most affec- ted by the imposed ban, as they are penalized if commerce and industry don't adhere to the regulation. "Some people, out of ignorance or lack of facility, aren't meeting it," says Joe Hall of the Brock West landfill site. "The hauler is given two viola- tion notices. The third time, the hauling company is banned from the landfill site. The first time they are banned for one day; the second time, three days,» says Hall. He says that the hauler then writes a letter of explanation to the landfill site assuring that he's talked to his customers and that it won't happen again. "The ban is good; the way they're going about it leaves sc,.ething to be desired." .nava Paul Groeneveld, general mana- ger of GDS Disposal Services of Oshawa. ""They've gone about things in such a policing way, they've made things very uncomfortable for haulers such as ourselves." Their 13-truck fleet was ban- ned for three days recently, for having too much cardboard. Keeping each truck non-opera- tional costs anywh9re from $3,000-$5,000 per truck. "Unfortunately, in Metro Toronto, haulers are the only people the regulatory authorities have control over,". says Nancy Cluff, general manager of the Ontario Waste Management Association. The association has been operating in Canada for 11years and has P. membership of 250 -- 150 are haulers and recyclers. "It's a catch-22 situation," says Cluff. "Metro has the authority to enforce the ban. If the genera- tor isn't committed and there's a screw-up, the hauler gets the violation. There's no teeth in what he can say to his customer. You can't service a valued custo- mer with a heavy stick. You must cajole them, send sales people in to, hopefully, remedy the situation," says Cluff. "You cannot ban any materiali without an alternative. Our people are living with it. 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Service is offered on a 24-hour basis by calling the office. "The Oshawa branch was opened two and a half years ago to be closer to clients for better service," says field service engineer Bruce Thompson. e says the Oshawa office serves many area industrial cus- tomers such as General Motors, Lake Ontario Steeel Co. Ltd. (Lasco), St. Mary's Cement, Ajax hospital Pickering Hydro, Whitby Jiydro, the LCBO ware- house (Whitby). The service operations of Wes- tinghouse work in tandem with the production and sales aspects of the company. "We offer PCB management services, and we're in touch with the Ministry of the Environment on al environmental issues," Thompson says. "We also offer equipment modification and upgrading te, for example. older breakers. con- verting them into electronic trip- ping breakers," says Kevin Whi- tehead, project supervisor. Westinghouse Oshawa will service all makes and models of equipment. Whitehead said that only 20 per cent of electrical equipment serviced is Westing- house. Four permanent employees occupy the office, and a student will be added in the summer. But Whitehead is quick to allay any fears tjiat perhaps the office is understaffed to deal with the, extensive needs of area industry. "Although there are only four people in this office, we have access to people from all over Canada," he says, adding that qualified experts can be brought in from any other service division office or head office in Burling- tort, Ont. at any time, if need be. Training for staff is extensive. Anybody starting with Westing- house will have to undertake two years of apprenticeship training before they are considered quali- fied to work for Westinihouse. SEE PAGE 9 4%o MWLS have to do it," he says. She says that the major pro- blem is that .in Metro Toronto, there is no legislation to require waste disposal capacity for in- dustry. "Metro Toronto need only, legislatively, take care of their own residents," says Cluff. "The government is taking steps to control every stepI take," says Groeneveld. "Politi- cians are not listening to indus- try, they are catering to the 6axpayer. "ureauacrats have something they don't know what te do with. I don't know if they'll have the balls to listen to an association who's been in existence for 30 years. "Recycling is a part of life, but they're doing it too quickly. They have to phase it in with an awareness program," says Groeneveld. "We have not been banned, but we have had several warnings," says Bernie Goldlust vice-pre- sident of BFI Waste Systems of Oshawa. Goldlust is not surprised by the ban. "We've talked to Metro for years. Cardboard is not the first issue. This has been an ongoing situation. They are taking the position we must do this, and are throwing it back at the haulei•. "There is no question that we have to reduce and reuse mat- ter," says Goldlust. "The ques- tion is, at what cost?" Haulers say Metro Toronto has not consulted the Ontario Solid Waste Management Organiza- tion for input on the measure. "Being a hauler, we have the best grasp of the garbage situa- tion. We pick up and disp.ose of waste on a day-to-day basis. We clearly understand the pro- blems,"says Goldlust. "It's easy for someone te say there's a ban; someone's pot te gve us a place te take it, says ldlust. "People have got the ban, prior te having an alterna- tive. The shortsighted don't understand the massive problem. Give us the latitude te deal with it." Lasco is segregating its card- board and total recycling is a longterm plan. "We are about two months away from finishing it off,» says Brian King, vice-president of human resources. Nothing ha.; really changed foi Standard Auto Glass, says Rus Watson, head of warehouse dis tribution. «We recycle our own wind. shield cases. Most i f oî:r cases are wooden with cardboard divi- ders." For Sears the transition was easy. "After about two months things are going very well," says George. Goddard, maintenence supervisor. «Right at present, we are less than 20 per cent. We are sending practically no cardboard. I am just in the process of getting the figures together. It looks like it will be slightly chea- per by recycling our cardboard.» This is just the beginning of bans on certain materials. Thiere SE EPAGE 9