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WHITY MRE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGWUS 29 1990, PAGE 9 New* pack tging, laws, announoed by Petierson FROM-PA GE 2 Peterson> told the audiençe that,.approximately 350 Ontario muncxpaites wil run out- of landfil caapaeity by 1995. "ltes savery serlous and diffi- cult problem and one that vir- tually every metropolitan area i the world is wrestlingwith," naid Peterson. Ille proble m is a particularly acuter in the greater* Toronte area: aid Pterson. ta waste is sendinlg ripple affects acrosa the province, as we al know," he added, referring te opposition' from many Ontario residents te -burying Torýonte's garbage in their'communities. «We know the need te, reduce our wastes is a pressing and uxrgent problem. It is taing Our environment, out wallets adour unmagination at the same time,"', said-Peterson. However, according te, Peter- Protes t FR OM PAGE 3 the ferry boat. Kidd maî>aged te present a leaflet te Peterson and ask him when the boat would be taken out of the harbor. «Hée teld me it was a faderaI issue," said Kidd, who did not accept the premier's response. «he harbor was turned o*ver te the Town, that makes it a proincal resjuonslbilty," nid Kdd.idon't buy his answer at all. Although Kidd said the stu- dents were merely concerned citi- zens, one woman acorpnyn them admitted îthat shewa cap* g for Durham Centre PC candidatelJm Flaherty. son, Ontario has made "remark- able progress i combating waseproliems iduzing îhe past fiveeas 'evestarted shilling from patterns of one-time use t con- servation, from burnkng and bug.gusroducts te reusing Peterson outlined a number of atèpi lus government has taken sinCe its e lection i 1985 and made special note of the blue box recf'dliigrogram. has Increased «100-fold"i five years and the propram now serves 2 million Onîtarîo homes. "It's a programi that was gien a United Nations awardg and ciedasthe on r amOf its kind in the wrdTat's some- thing *whch wecan all take a great eal of pride." 0f special interest te Durham Region municipal politicians i attendance, Peterson said the governrnient will spend an addi- tional $16.9 million during the next three years te assist, munici- palities with their blue box pro- grams. Currently, the government covers 50 per cent of the coit of o peating reclcng progr arsm thefirst year o a five-year period. This support declines by 10 per cent each subsequenit year. Under the new initiative, for a three-year period commencing this year, provincial support.for all, recl programas will be maintained at a minimum of 33 per cent. Other measures Peterson said .the government has taken i reducig waste include mncreased funding for' industrial recycling by «14-fold" and à "10 fold»i- crease i shool recycig pro- grams- Peterson 'said the govenment has a "tugh, but acbievabler goal .of diverting 25. per cent of municipal.Waste'inte productive- uses by 1992 and 50 per cent by 2000. «We have, în the poesclosed leaky landfills and lce new long-term Iandfi fls under environmental assessment. We've done the same for waste management facilities and. pri- vate inÏcinerators.n Hie added that his governinent also introduced intervenor fund- ing foýr citizen groups opposed to waste disposal projects te insure theiriputl'uring theprocss.l Earlier i the day Peterson toured the Atlantic Packag*ng newsprintrecydig lntbing consructdon hickséon Rd. Following his address.,te' the* Volunteers wanted The Whitby Psychiatric Hospital Volunteer 'Association requires volunteers te, ass iaa wide variety of patient programs. Volunteeirs are offered on site education training and onjgong supervision. .Prograins such as gift shop, tuck cart and library activity centre are requesting additional volunteers due te, recent programi expanson. For further information RMi the volunteer coordinator, Joann Correction A photo caption in last weekVs edition failed to mention that Don Warne, an executive mem- ber of the local NDP association, was challenging provinscial ele- tion Durham Centre iberal can- didate Allan Furlon and Liberal MP Paul Martin Jr. on both provincial and federal issues. The three were shown in a phote taken. while Furlong was cam- pa]ingdoor-to-door. TMerePress apologizes for the omission. Asbley, 430-4021 Monday Frday 8:15 - 4:30 p.m. t9 chamber, Peterson did some capinng in Port Perr on ehaif of Durham EastLiheral candidate Marilyn P&ée. 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