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WIfI'Y FEEPRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1990, PAGE 23 .................................................................................... B9-REVIEW '89'REVIEW '89 REVIEW '89-REV.IEW 89 REVIEW. W ste -management 1989 saw a flurry of activity by Metro and Durham' Region to meet the growing waste manage- ment criais, resultingiii a year- end, controversial- decision to locate a tem"!porary dump site for Metro andHegon garbage near Whitevale iMnPîckenmg. lIn'Januàary,' the'RegÈion works comimittea suàggested that' a waste management task force* be estâblishèd te, be made Up of miembers i;ýthe works*committee and the mayors of. Ajax and Brock. Meanwihile regional chair- man Gary Herrema and works commissio ner John Aker were asked te form part of a provincial committee with* four other reginal municipalites i the Metro area. They discussed* gar- bage disposai at a Jan. 20 meet- ing with ýPremier David Peter- son. 'Later in January, a presen- tation was made before council about a waste management plant that would produce fertilizer from garbage. Two such plants gerate in Florida and Kansas In February, Durham's waste management comniittee recom- mended that council budget $12.2-million for 1989, a 27.9-per cent increase, over the previous year. Much of the increase was for $2.3-million needed teward reaching the goal of recycling 25 per cent of the repzion's waste. BROcX ?WST In February, regional chair- man Gary Herrema said it was unlikely that Metro Toronto would stop using the Brock West landfxll site in Pickering six months before it was full in the sping of 1990, the time faet wihMetro had previousiy agreed. Metro's departure six montha early would havegie Durham another three yas dumping at the site. LANDFILL SITE SEARCH In March, regional council decided te spend $991,000 te, find a solution te, Durham's long-term landfilproblem, hiring the firm of MacLar n *neers Inct. te study the options available and te, report back by Ma, 1990), with a Durham-only Ian xill loca- tion. TPING FEES GO UP As of of-May 31,, Metro raised the tipping fees by 66 per cent at the Brock-West Ianll site, te $83.33 a tenne from $50 a terme. ]Regionýal council approved the sanie increase at ail region land- fill sites. ' NEW DUMP In April, with Metro Toronto proos. a short-term duxnp In c rg, reponal council con- sidered rescrndia an, earlier motion not te, allow Metro te dump garbge in Durham once the Brock W est site closes i 1990. With many Pickering resi- dents attending the, Meeting, council decided to defer a dcx- sion and te hold a public meeting over the proposal. In May, coun- cil voted te accept the plan for a Brooklin to establisha public J liaison committec [or' Durham MacLjaren Engineers Inc. i. con- son committee- reusable materials te reduce gar- Region waste management ducting a -search for a site, and LESS PACKAGING bage, and. suggestcd that com- plans, including a search for a the fxrm hired Eneract Cm In- Octeber, regional council pâmies carrying1 out good waste Jurham-only landfill site. muniéations te establish the liai- urged- less packaging and more management be recognized. ......................................... à89 REVIEW -,89 REVIEW, '89 REVI,ý1EW,,'8 9 REVIEW. ..................... ...................... .................. .... CORRUGiATEDCARFDBOABD BAN In February of last year, cor rugated cardboard was banc at the Brock West iandfill site. The ban is intended te force industry and business to separate cardboard from their farbae before it -i. taken te a LEAF COMPOST SUCCESFUIL Durham Region cpened a second leaf composting site in October of asat year afler Metro Toronto banned leaves fromn the Pickering landfill site. Durham opened the first site ini Whitby in 1988. To help public works employeea of the Region'a eight municipalities identilfr garbage baga with' leaves, Durham Region staff provided special tags te residents te, place on those bags. About 2,000 iba. of leaves were collected and conver- ted te compost. The compost was then made available te Whitby residents for their gardens. Resi- dents are cncouraged te start their own compostin sit on their property with the BRegion roviding composting barrels and ft reof carg. For Durhamn Region te reach its 25-er cent recycling goal by 1993, there was an annoucement of changes te be made which may include breaking ties with thie Durham Recycling Centre Inc. (DRC). This wo=d allow the Region te freely look at alterna- tives t provide a more efficient rccycling tystem. Three alterna- tives the Region mnay adopt are ailowing the DRC te continue a private operation, tendering the recycing operation te a private operation and having pub lic col- lection by area municipalities with the Région processing and marketing the recyclabies. The proposai te, withdraw from the DRC has made bugetplniag for the centre rather difcuit and some empioyees have left te look for more stable empýloyent The main reason that the Rgion has had te consider other alterna- tives is that the DRC doesn't have the expertise te, handie this maniud o grb1ge. AJAX Corrugated cardboard became part of the blue box collection in Ajax in March, picked up at the curb beside bundles of- newspa- pers and the blue box. Only rikid cardboard, such as appliance boxes or grocery store boxes, is included. BLUE BOXES Durham Region couricil dcci- ded in April to purchase 9,000 new blue boxes at a cost of $63,000 through debentures. T'hey also approved purchase of four recycling vehice and a baling machine with a total cost o$619500. TJIPPINGFEE DuhamRe onai council deci- ded in July tathe tipping fee paid b municipalities or solid waste divertd from landfill sites te, the Durham Recycing Centre FEPAPER The Durhxam Rccycling Centre was kept busy this st year with an increase hi e ýOpaner waste which includes oidce waste, school paper, letter head, notepaper and some types. of envelopes. The centre servies about 400 clients with another 75 te 100 clients on a waiting liat. BACKLOG Durhamt Recycling had'a 140- ton backlog cf glass- ast Septem- ber because or a Milton flrm's reluctance te acccpt contamina-. ted glass. The firm, Consumer Glass, stepped aceting, glass because cf emplovee heaith con- cerna. The glass is colletdby number cf re-cycling irmsthen sent te Multi Container -Recy- dling Inc.(MCRI) which processes it before it is sent to Consuim- mers Glass. MORI removes the impurities from the glass but because more municipalities have begun rccycling, MCRI became incapable of removingal the ceranxic from the, g9ass. MCRI then had te shut down temporarily inorder te dlean .up and start fron scratch thus caus- ing a backlog at the DRC. b)ELAY The planned collection cf Iplas- tic bottles and film by Durham 1989 review: FROM PAGE 22 Subway Trailer Park on Dundas St. E. in May, but a letter fromn 24 residents in thc area opposing the expansion was -filed witlx the Town and residents threatencd te go the Ontario Municipal Board. In November, an agree- nment was reachcd between the residents anid the Town, thus avetin anOMBhearmin. An eMjloyee cf Sunnycrest Nursng Homne, who claimed she was hit on the head. bound and gagged and foroed te, swallow sleeping pis during a robbery in Noebr, was later arrested, along witl three other men, on several charges in connection with the theft of several items from the facility. BUILDING BOOM As cf Dcember, Whitby was on the way te a record-breaking year for construction. Mayor Attersley was confident the year- end figure would surpass the 1988 fleure of $205.2-million. WALLACE HONORED BRIAN DEEGAN DENTURE THERAPISI 134 HAIRWOOD AVENUE SOUTH, AJAX 683-6074 ceilingss : L PAl RICK'S GENE RAL (SERVICES Quallty Renovations/Improvements REC ROOMS, BATHROOMS ROOFS, DECKS & FENCES INTERLOCKING STONE WALKWAYS & PATIOS 430-1422, 430-1167 Recycling was te start'in the faîl in Sonjunction, with the Environ- menta Plastics Institute of Canada .(EPIC), -but because of squabbling anong plastic pro- ducers, the idea was shelved. The kind. of plastic they were supposed te cJllect was also not; recyclable. STRUKEAVEKITED Strikte action-by Durham Recy- din Centre employees was aver- tediast November witx the rati- fication of a new contract. Wor- kers voted 88 per cent in favor of a contract that saw a recycling truck driver's hourly wage go from $10-per heur te $13.25. avents Town administrator and hospi- tal board member Bill Wallace was the Peter Perry award win- uer for 1989. lu grand ceremony on Nov. 29 at the Wbitby Cham- ber cf Conmmerce annual award evenmng Wallace was presented with the prestigious awiird, given te resîdents for their çon- tributions te ýthe commu ty. More than 300 people, inclu ing Lieutenant Governor cf 0tix Lincoln Alexander, attended the evening ceremony at Heyden- shore Pavilion. 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