Ontario Community Newspapers

Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 9 Jun 1993, p. 35

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up in a ons on n e uon Do bubacen. ce id e us ue T hyb e un iezA isone 4 ut l 9h. qesnnd y on wos ure and damage from traffic and snow plows. Each collar uses the rubber of 36 tires. If you consider that 3,000 to 4,000 manholes are repaired in the City of Toronto each year, the new collars could divert up to 144,000 tires from local landfill sites annually. Provincewide, statistics indicate that the collars have the potential to reduce the number of scrap tires piling up in Ontario by as much as 20 per cent. Other public and private sector research into scrap tire use include vehicles across the province to use retreaded tires wherever possible. Experiments using recycled rubber in highway asphalt are also continâ€" uing. MTO is researching a "dry" process, which uses rubber crumbs as a substitute for aggregate and a "were" process which uses rubber fines to modifythnhnt,li@filqiuhlinde:." Kathy Dermott is a staff writer with the Ministry of Transportation. Tires #Avoid idling. If you will be stopped for more than a minute, turn the engine off. 4@ Listen to local traffic reports and bypass traffic snarls. 4 Watch the traffic ahead of you and adjust your speed to changes in traffic flow. driving a car will have an impact on the environment. Here‘s how to minimize that impact, and save money: 4 Whenever possible, leave your car at home. ‘Try car poolâ€" ing or use public transportation. In good weather, give the old bike â€" and the old muscles â€" a 4 Keep to the speed limit. Today, leave a little earlier than usual; then sit back, relax, ease up on the gas pedal ... and enjoy. 4 Improve fuel efficiency by lowering your vehicle‘s wind and rolling resistance. Keep tires properly inflated and remove roof racks when not in use. For highway driving, close the sunroof and windows: use the vehicle‘s flowâ€"through ventiâ€" #To help you accelerate slowly, imagine placing a raw egg between your foot and the Drive as though nature matters 4 Keep the engine properly of the fuel you use, (Continued from page 34) EME The Car Economy Book. To obtain a copy, please write to: 4 Remove any unnecessary 4 Be sure the parking brake is off. Don‘t rest your foot on the 4 In summer, use the car‘s flowâ€"through ventilation instead of the air conditioner. allowing the car to slow graduâ€" ally and smoothly. @Combine errands so that you can do several in the same brake pedal while driving. In winter, avoid prolonged warmâ€"ups. Thirty seconds should do it. Drive slowly for the first few kilometres to allow the engine components to warm up. 4Use a timer switch to turn on your block heater two or three hours before you plan to drive, A warm engine means For further information, Energy, Mines and Resources publishes a free booklet entitled: Ease off the gas pedal or downshift well in advance, c/o Canada Communicaâ€" 4 Use the overdrive gear on WINDSHIELDS «e SUNROOFS «e VINYL TOPS «e UPHOLSTERY 615 Davenport Rd., at Northfield, Waterloo 1138 Victoria St., North, Kitchener BIG SISTERS W 1st ANNUAL GARAGE SALE ENCORE AUTO SALES â€" DROP OFF DEPOT SALE HELD AT 394 WEBER ST. N. WATERLOO JUNE 19, 1993 â€" SHOW YOUR SUPPORT WATERLOO CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9. 1983 â€" PAGE 35 571â€" 725â€"5544

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