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STAFF PHOTO/STEVE SOME RVILLE Sisters Margaret Ivancic, Tina Ivancic and Diana Ivancic-Skinner all get wet kisses from Charlie, centre, was more interested in a nearby fire hydrant. The weather forecast looks their pooches, Teddi, Sydney and Daisy, during a walk in Stouffville Memorial Park. sunny, and great for a walk in Whitchurch-Stouffville this week. BY PATRICK MANGION Staff Writer If you are putting banned recyclables in your blue box. be prepared to have it left behind. A recycle sleuth is on the way as part of tough new measures expected to be approved today by the region. The amount of banned material dumped in blue boxes by residents is on the rise which Hot Tubs Blue box cop will catch recycle cheats 'ontamination of recycling containers costing region about $118K annually compromises the quality of recyclable mate- rial and decreases it value, York's manager of waste disposal, Alec Scott, said. Contamination, such as shredded paper, has more than doubled in the past three years and could threaten the region’s ambi- tious plan to divert 65 per cent of all house- hold waste from landfills by 2010, he added. Blue box contamination costs the region about $118,000 a year, Mr. Scott said. With that in mind, the region will pay a WHITCHURCH-STCUFH’ILLE PUBLIC UBRARY bylaw officer $77,000 a year to check and ensure household recyclable loads picked up by the collection contractor are contaminate- The move should buffer a crackdown already in place for residential offenders. This is how it will work: If you're caught filling your blue box with banned material, such as foam egg cartons. wax paper, drinking glasses, lightbulbs, plas- tic toys and potato chip bags, collection crews wwwstouffvil/epharmasave.com Stouflville Pharmasave® 6601 Main St., Stouffville, Ont. L4A-6A9 905-642-9595 will tag the entire box and leave its contents behind. " If they don’t leave it behind, collectors could be fined up to $500 and have their loads turned away from York's two waste transfer stations or be put on probation. The region, however, is optimistic a heavy handed approach won’t be needed. Classified Sr? WARNING, [mgr H)