Ontario Community Newspapers

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), April 21, 1993, p. 13

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tribune april 211993 p13 scene recycling depot in stouffville now taking fine paper judy phillips correspondent along with the regular mate rials the whitchurchstouffville recycling group is now taking fine and colored paper businesses in the area includ ing the town officers are now bringing their paper to the depot in stouffville which last thursday was filled wall to wall the response to the new service has been good accord ing to pat wild one of the vol unteers who run the depot along with the paper they reg mckay and keith lewis sort recyclables at the stouffville recycling depot also take cans bottles corru gated cardboard magazines and phone books the depot is open thursdays 10 am to noon and saturdays 9 am to noon they are hoping to extend the hours in the sum mer according to wild it is run totally by volunteers and they now have three men tally handicapped adults help ing them with sorting on thursdays this is part of the outreach program at st james presby terian church who have been coming to help for about six weeks according to sean heavener their supervisor they are really enjoying it the depot is regularly busy with people both from homes and businesses bringing in their recycling materials some come because the municipality doesnt pick up their recycling and some come because they have more than the municipali ty will take this is the reason they also take newsprint and tin cans mejl discover our growing line of environmentally friendly products on low pood prick down to earth presidents choice phosphate free detergent for laundry recycled paper products personal care items alternative diapers we use paper and plastic bags made of 100 recycled products to parcel your purchases quality selection value we also have a recycle bin for your returned used plastic bags shop save at zehrs today highway 47 s uxbridge 8526122 monday to friday 8 am 9 pm saturday 8 am 6 pm but they also have many businesses bringing in their materials the depot is filled with material to be recycled and each area is labelled so that people can sort their own recycling now wild says we want people to start saving the paper too the new paper is picked up and sent to quebec and ontario paper company in missis- sauga because they send both paper and magazines they usually break even in funds the com pany pays for the fine paper and the depot has to pay to get the magazines and colored paper taken away we dont make or lose any money says wild in june they will be having an annual meeting and all are welcome to come they are also hoping to have a pamphlet out soon about the depot that will be available at community centres and at the depot to explain the services of the depot qk gormley aggregates a division ofessroc canada inc po box 39 fax 416 8881832 gormley ontario head office 416 8881931 loh 1g0 416 7736586 lets all practice the 4 rs reduce reuse recycle recovery beautiful carpets can make the whole world more beautiful eflvirotecrt by image open tuesday sunday 10 am 530 pm vt free shop at home service pafklvnn interiors in doxuntozon ccaremoivt 6493551 6492618

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