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¢ AA RN AEN REET LEER AEE FIRE PIE RA R HO K | 4 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, January 22, 1991 A special hydraulic arm lifts an Igloo above the truck. The bottom of the igloo opens up to drop the recyclable goods ~ into one of three compartments In the truck. '©=9 OLCO PETROLEUM PHONE 416-427-6526 TOLL FREE 1-800-263-2726 Serving Port Perry, Uxbridge & Blackstock Area for over 20 years | *FUEL OIL * STOVE OIL * DIESEL ONION uVidar-lelcH alat-1alo =D dF 1a! 24 HOUR EMERGENCY BURNER SERVICE «at WILSON OIL BURNER SERVICE - 986-4964 or OLCO - Toll Free 1-800-263-2726 chk ST. NICK'S Durham Region waste reduction chairman John Aker explained the new igloo recycling program. The igloos are a unique way for regional residents, who are not served by the blue box program, to recycle. (See story for details.) Igloo recycling in Durham Thursday was a cold and windy winter day in Durham -- just perfect for unveiling the re- gion's unique "adopt an igloo" program. No, the igloos didn't come from the far north and the re- gion isn't asking its residents to adopt an Inuit family. These igloos are large, igloo- shaped plastic recepticles for recyclable materials. The igloos are designed to be placed in areas not served by the blue box program. These ar- eas include apartments, town- houses, condominiums, in rural areas, parks, transit stations and shopping centres. ursday the region un- veiled its first set of igloos at the Oshawa Centre. BARGAIN BASEMENT (under Settlement House Shops) 183 QUEEN STREET, PORT PERRY A 7 a Gs Si £7 Ee % : Z EE 2 4 2 wn 3 f) RR, 2 Suetend pe of Gz & : vy a 74 Don't forget ... DAPHNE'S Winter Sale with savings up to 70% Dick Hadden, vice- president of LASCO Steel and Oshawa Mayor Al Ma- son cut the ribbon at the of- ficial opening of the first ig- loo recycli depot. See story for details. The igloos are located in the south-east corner of the park- inglot and will service the shop- ping mall and neighboring apartment buildings. The region estimates that at least 2,500 people live in the apartments near the mall and none of the residents has the blue box program. Forty of these stations will be set up within the region -- 20 in rural areas and another 20 for urban dwellers. Each station has three igloos about two metres square in size. One igloo is for neways r, the second for all types o glass and the third is for metal bever- age and food containers. The newspaper igloo also has a small compartment on the side for household batteries. The igloos will be coming to Scugog Township as soon as corporate sponsors can be found to "adopt" them. "The business community has a unique opportunity to promote recycling through Dur- am Region's 'Adopt an Igloo' program," Art Leitch, regional director of operations said. "This initiative encourages companies to sponsor a recy- cling depot," he continued. e sponsors are being sought to fund the capital cost of the recycling depots. The sponsorship cost is $4,000. In return, the corporate name and logo appears on each of the three igloos for a three- year term. If the $4,000 sponsorship is too much for a single company or local community service group, the region will allow a group of organizations to spon- sor a set of igloos. During the unveiling ceremo- ny, Durham's first corporate sponsor, LASCO Steel, was pre- sented with an adoption certifi- cate. LASCO vice-president Dick Hadden helped Oshawa Mayor Al Mason cut the official open- ing ribbons. Other committed corporate sponsors include Beatrice Foods, Ball Packaging, Canadi- an Tire (Mid-Town Mall loca- tion) and Ridge Pine Park Inc. Many other companies are showing a strong interest in the program, Mr. Leitch said. Mayor Howard Hall told the Port Perry Star that three local companies have ex- pressed an interest in the pro- gram but have not committed to sponsoring a set of igloos. He'd like to see the igloos set up in several rural locations and hamlets throughout the township. One such location the mayor is really keen on is near the museum on the Island. He said that it would service a lot of people because anyone en- tering or exiting the Island has to pass the museum. r the official remarks had been made, regional work- ers gave a demonstration of how the igloos work. A specially designed truck equipped with a long hydraulic arm lifts each igloo and dumps the contents into a the recycl truck. (The recyclable materia falls out the bottom of the ig- 00. MACKEY, BAILEY & KORB BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS Saturday Mornings - 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon Lake Scugog Lumber Building Oshawa Rd., PORT PERRY 985-1391