WA , S WHTYGEEA HSIA O Cl-ean -up east end, ays Fox TED STUART inspects the bicycle of rodeo held at Burns 'Presbyterian cub BiUy Graham during a bike Church in Asbburn st week. ChrIu Boy!. Waste diversion plnt maty corn e to Durham By Mike Kowalsld Durham Region mayho tth. site of a demonstration-scale recycling plant capable of pro- cessing 200 ternnes of waste per day. Or it could ho the home of another landfihl site or an in- cinerater. The aboye proposais are indu- ded in a package of recommenda- tions p ropared by the Solid Waste 9n=ri Steering Commit- tee (SWISC) for preseéntation te, regional municipalities mi the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Durham Reffion is one of five reo ai munipaliti.es im the G A participating in a prograrn te finüd a long-term solution te the plbems of wvaste disposaI. 1itapproximatly 400 mil- lioin tonnes of solid waate genoera- ted each year in the f¶ve regions, a ste4ring comiittee-was formed lait year t6e deai with the Pro-. blem.; SWISCs -objective la te have in pic? ,,by ,1M a comprehenuive long-term waste mnanagement system whlch is onvironmon- taliy, socially, economically and technlcally sound. About 50 people attended a meeting at Heydenshore Pavilion iast week te hear SWISC officiaIs outline five major recommenda- tions aimed at waste manage- ment solutions in the GTA. Consultant John Farrow'sald that SWISC received 86 siubmis- sions from around the world in responso te, advertisements lait year calling for proposals.ý for a comprehensive waste manage- ment system. However, none of the submis- sions met ail of SWISC's criteria nor guidelines for waste. diver- sion established b y the Ontario goverrnment, said Farrow. «8<> it was decided we would look at demonatration proJects. We'll run them te èee hfow thex work and ýwe'l eve~uate them, said Farrow. CoslatVeLfisi six responded. to SWISC's request for a complote wasto management system. One of the six proposais was submitted by Laidlaw Waste Systems Ltd. which operates a waste disposai site in the Town of Newcastle. SWISC bas proposed a five- step program for consideration rits member regions. It in- crdstefollowing- * Ijmodiate impiementation of a7 3Rs Action Plan», whicb provides a blueprint for "reduc- tion, reuse and recycling' of gar- bago in the. GTA. The p an outilues a framework tewards à chieving the Ontario government's 50 per -cent target of diverting waste from from disoaI bW the year 2000. Iitiatives includo such mea- sures as a GTA-wide education program,.and the institution of ml-bouse 'reduction -and, rouie .progras lu municipal office gPAGE 30 TIByMLke Kowalui It's time to spruce up Whitby's east-end «neon .jungle, n says councillor Dennis FoX. He is referring to the Thickson Rd. - Dundas St. E. area.. The east ward councillor raised the matter of the area's pciappearance at last week's Town ounci eeting. He asked if staff could investi- gate what funding may ho avail- able for such improvements as landscaping, gardening and decorative street lighting «rPve been concerned about'the appearance of that area for quite some time,» said Fox dmring an interview with The Free Press. «"ve had a lot of people make comments about it to me over the years and when I heard it again this weekend I decided to raiso it at council.» Fox said ho is* not asking for -an extensive, refurbishing, but wants something done.*to soften the «mal and gas station look» of the area. «I- want staffý to look at what funding niay ho av ailable to in- prove it. I don't know at this point what's available. «Perhaps businesses, in the area should ho app;roached to helnp pro Th;e area m uestion is roughly bordered by Nicbol Ave. te, the south, Crawfortb St. in' the north, Kenidalwood Rd. te, the east and Anderson St. on the west, according te, Fox. Ho said the area bas 'been allowed te, develop "piecomeal» over the years te, the point wbero "the overaîl appearance of the area, is notbinÎg te, write home about. "I know the area is frequèntly referred te, as the discount area of WhItby and I hopeý theY're referring te the stores, said Fox. «But somehow that tikn bas spilled over tà e i hole intersection, te, the point where it's rundown and become an oye- sore.n Foi said garbage biowig onto private yards is a majorliead- ache for homeowners and sug- gests the. neigbohood ho the recipient of the Town's anti-litter "'mna omeowner ini the area, to, and I try te keep up with it (picking" up garbage), but it's dif cut. Fox did not single out any on. business as hoing a major offen- der for garbage nor would ho name an y store whose appearanco beaves something te b. desired. Insteadhe cailed on council te, «set the tene» for hoautifying the area. <«People are paying enough for their homes and in, taxes. What's wrn ïa few tes,$nco and ecorative street ligtin t imp rove the ap aranoe7 Vox stresse I4that hbois not iemanding an -immodiate solu- tion te tbe problems, "but I want sometbing dlone d4own the road" Echoing thecouncillors con- corne is GreenviewC.rsident Mary Beckford. SEUPAGE35 ,ýo, lý .1