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'All artists should have chance to express themselves: Carson Sfroim LOCAL on page B1 Arts Milton be a stronger organization as a Žresult of the ongoing membership drive, but -it goes beyond that, Carson said. "Its really about making sure everyone hia", a ch11ulee Io xpesihenllelves Io the Town," lie said, explaining Arts Milton should present a strong, unified voice to the Town of Milton when it cornes to the arts centre and its uses. It' one thling lor it to get built. itsanohi- er thing to sustain it," Carson explained. "Once the doors open, there bas got to be stuff happening and we've got to be ready to go., t or mnore infor mation or to downioad a nembership application, visit www.artsmil- ton.corn. Stephanie Hounsell can be reached at sthicssen@niloncanadianchanpion.com. e.Hato Th * e .0. It's Our Own Garbage The Joint Board under the Consolidated Hearings Act gave approval to Halton Region in 1989 for a new landfill site. Approval under the Environmental Assessment Act was included and a number of conditions were set. Condition 1 of the approval is as follows: For more than a decade, the Regional Municipality of Halton searched for a new landfill site to receive the waste of its citizens. A great deal of money was spent in the search, and residents of two communities felt threatened by the impending decision. In 1987 and 1988 a Hearing was held by the Consolidated Hearing Board established by the Environmental Assessment Board and the Ontario Municipal Board. This Board heard that although the Regional Corporation was responsible for disposing of waste, it was not alone responsible for waste reduction, reuse and recycling measures. This Board also heard that the waste recycling objectives in the Region were modest, being less than 20%. The Board orders, therefore, as ils first condition of approval for a new landfill site in the Regional Municipality of Halton, that the Regional Corporation enter into agreements with the Municipalities of the Region to establish a Municipal-Regional Waste Management Committee having as its goal the reduction, recycling and reuse of waste so that there will be very little waste remaining to be landfilled. Through public meetings held at least twice a year the Committee should attempt to reach the goal through measures including but not limited to: a) paper recycing and denial of landfilling paper products; b) promotion of individual, private and public composting facilities; c) provision of glass and metal recycling facilities for residential, apartment and commercial establishment waste, including provision of reception areas for packaging materials at point- ofsale of such materials; d) development of measures to encourage retail outlets to reduce to the maximum extent possible "disposable" items and packaging materials, including fast-food packaging materials; e) provision of reception areas for household hazardous wastes, and f) consideration and development of mandatory recycling programs which include rewards and penalties for compliance and non-compliance. Once each year the Regional Municipality shall report on the participation of area Municipalities and the extent of cooperation and progress on the work of this Committee in full-page advertisements in the newspapers having general circulation in each of the Region's constituent Municipalities, under the headline "IT'S OUR OWN GARBAGE", and is to indude this condition in full at the beginning of such advertisement. What We Did in 2008 In April 2008, Halton Region implemented new waste management programs, including weekly collection of Blue Box and GreenCart materials, and every other week collection of garbage. Before these program changes, the Region was consistently diverting 42 per cent of its residential waste away from the landfill, each year. As a result of the new waste management programs, we're now diverting just over 60 per cent of waste away from the landfill! Thank you to all Halton residents for making the new waste collection programs such a success. Your efforts have resulted in 27,448 less tonnes of garbage going to the landfill. By continuing to divert 60 per cent of waste, the landfill life will extend from 2023 to 2030! Joint Municipal-Regional Waste Management Committee Comprised of members from Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville, the Committee promotes the 3Rs-reduce, reuse, recycle-to help minimize the amount of waste going to landfill. The Committee was established to satisfy the above Condition. In 2008, the Committee supported the GreenCart communications plan, electronic waste recycling and reviews of provincial legislation. How We Did It Communications & Outreach • Award-winning communications program including WasteLess News and Waste Management Calendar • Award-winning workshops for schools, community groups and apartments reaching 18,385 people • Participation in community events and open houses • "Name the Frogs" and "Calendar CoverArt" contests for youth Household Hazardous Waste Depot (HHW) • Paint reuse program • Household battery recycling • Fluorescent light recycling • Pesticide exchange program Waste Diversion Programs • Weekly Blue Box and GreenCart collection • Every other week collection of garbage • Take It Back! Halton • Battery recycling program in partnership with Local Municipalities • Cell phone, printer cartridge, eyeglasses, natural cork and electronics recycling " Salvation Army Reuse Depot • Blue Boxes and GreenCarts delivered to new subdivisions • Backyard Composter sales Special Events • Compost Give Away • Tire Amnesty Day • Environment Day • Electronics Amnesty Week • Waste Reduction Week Celebration The Results Waste collected and diverted from Halton residents in 2008 Total material diverted from landfill through reuse, recycing and composting programs: 121,200 tonnes Highlights of waste diversion initiatives include: • Amount of Blue Box recycling collected: 46,868 tonnes • Amount of GreenCart organics collected: 18,421 tonnes • Amount of yard waste collected: 19,771 tonnes • Amount of household hazardous waste collected at HHW Depot: 835,565 litres and 107 tonnes (from 51,777 vehicles) • Amount of electronic waste recycled: 263 tonnes Total waste landfilled at the Halton Waste Management Site: 88,992 tonnes Amount of fewer truck visits going to the landfill as a result of the new waste programs: 1,700 A Report describing compliance with all the Conditions of Approval under the Environmental Assessment Act is available for review. To obtain a copy of this report, please call Halton Region between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday by dialing 311 or 905-825-6000 or 1-866-4HALTON (1-866-442- 5866) or TTY 905-827-9833. Blue ýà4 Better 111B.tt .od Oa. i le nai 6 hl e i. 31 or 90-2560 euFee -866-442-5866 * e958793 e : w .atnc