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t PAGE 4THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, JANUARY 31,2001 Ambitious waste management plan pitched Durham staff pushes for more recycling and composting, less waste BY SUSAN O'NEILL Staff Writer Securing a new landfill site, reducing bag limits lor garbage disposal and implementing mandatory composting and recycling recycling programs arc among the steps included in Durham's 2001 action plan to divert waste from landfill, the works committee heard Wednesday. Durham waste manager Peter Watson told councillors there is a "need to establish a working plan" for 2001 because the Region Region has to find an alternate garbage disposal site due to the planned closure of the Kcele Valley Valley site at the end of 2002. Durham also must continue working to meet its goal of diverting diverting 50 per cent of waste from landfill by 2007 or earlier, he noted, telling councillors the message behind the plan is, "Let's strive to do better." The five main steps included in the action plan, which will be presented to councillors during their retreat at the Fern Resort in early February, are securing a garbage disposal site, reducing the amount of garbage, increasing increasing Blue Box recycling, increasing increasing organics composting and considering energy recovery, Mr. Watson reported. And, one of the first things Durham needs to look at this year is extending its contract with Miller Waste to haul garbage to Keele Valley until Dec. 2002, Mr. Watson said, noting noting that contract expires this fall. He pointed out the Region also has several options to con- RICK JOHNSON 'You cannot just throw the green garbage bags on the curb anymore.' sider in working to secure a new landfill site, noting councillors need to examine whether Durham should issue a request for proposal for its own waste; whether the Region should participate participate with other GTA Regions as partners; whether Durham should negotiate with private waste providers and whether Durham should rescind its existing existing recommendations regarding the Rail Cycle North proposal to ship the Region's trash to Kirkland Kirkland Lake. As far as reducing the amount of garbage, Mr. Watson said Durham should consider banning banning items such as tires, scrap metal, electronic equipment and household hazardous wastes from disposal facilities. The Region also needs to focus on increasing promotion of garbage reduction and should examine examine the possibility of selling a weekly bag limit for garbage disposal, disposal, reducing garbage bag limits limits in 2002 and setting a lee per tag for any extra bags, lie said during the presentation. On the recycling front, Mr. Watson suggested making Blue Box recycling "mandatory" and "banning Blue Box recyclages from garbage." He reported the works department will also be looking to expand the Blue Box program to include items such as plastic "2" containers, empty paint cans and empty aerosol spray cans. "There arc approximately approximately 50 items you can put in the Blue Box right now," he said, noting the department plans to "expand that list in February 2002 (when the Region enters its next contract)." Some of the initiatives Durham could pursue in the area of composting include requiring residents to dispose of yard waste in paper bags, banning yard waste materials and grass clippings from the garbage and making yard waste composting mandatory, he noted. "Recycling is strictly volun tary," he said. "We're suggesting w'c now make some instructions (to residents) so we can cut down on the amount of waste that goes to landfill." Mr. Watson also told councillors Durham needs to "establish a common level of service" service" for organic composting and should "consider the joint development of, a Durham Energy Energy Recovery facility with local commercial and industrial partners." partners." However, implementing the items outlined in the action plan isn't going to be easy. "It's going to take a lot of education education and the will of the mu- nicipalities...you cannot just throw the green garbage bags on the curb anymore," said Pickering Pickering Councillor and Works Committee Committee Chairman Rick Johnson. At Town Hall JAN. 31. , SI eEIm 1 P,1 )■ ■A ÊÊ&MM Courtice study expanded ÿ A Courtice Hwy. 2 corridor study has been expanded to include include the area hounded by downline Road in the west and Hancock Road in }lje east. The municipality, municipality, partnering with the Region of Durham, undertook undertook the study fo "transform Hwy. 2" from a regional regional highway into a main street for Courtice. ,V The study is expected to make recommendations recommendations on common urban design for the ebrridor including s;t r e e t s c a p e freatment, lighting, lighting, plantings, signs, banners, paving and street fOrniture. It will not include land uses. More meetings meetings with community community members are expected over the coming pnonths including a workshop on Eeb. 15 at White bliffe Terrace, $460 Hwy. 2, Courtice. The public is welcome welcome to participate. participate. £ A final report is expected in May or June. In the swim % Clarington t.e c r e a t i o n a I gwimming seems to have become a growth industry with the demand tor public swim- iming lessons plimbing by almost almost 64 per cent [n four years. «; The increase in demand for swimming classes classes has far exceeded exceeded residential residential growth within the municipality during the same time, says Community Community Services Director Joe Caruana. He attributes attributes part of the increase to a computerized registration system system purchased by Clarington in 1,999. The new computer program program allows community service service staff to offer Variable class times and to predict predict trends based on previous registrations. registrations. 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