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weekender november 28 198 pfe alex newman a markham disposal spokes woman says she has a direct line to the town of markham be cause of the vast number of calls but tony masongsong of mar kham engineering quickly ex plains that markhams disposal problems of late though not pleasant are understandable to be fair to anyone in the garbage disposal industry he says fall is a tough time peo ple put out their raked leaves clean out their houses especial ly after a nice weekend so when mondays pickup is delayed it spills over into tuesday over the past summer mar kham disposal which success fully bid on the markham con tract in 1985 was experiencing staffing problems unemploy ment is quite low right now says masongsong and many jobs go begging when youre short manpower theres a late ness in service and the whole thing snowballs that problem he claims is now under control and mar kham can now enjoy efficient garbage collection but after markham neatly ties its garbage puts it out onto the street then goes about its business what happens to those bundles where do they go and who pays contracting unlike the city of toronto says masongsong markham doesnt employ their own gar bage collectors every five or six years a garbage contract is prepared and tenders are sub mitted from private companies like laidlaw spademan and markham disposal not necessarily the lowest from isdiirce to scrap pile advertising corrections eatons santa sale insert appearing in metro and suburgan editions of the toronto star wednesday november 18 1987 pge c45 dinosaur comforters item b dinosaur comforters are not re versible the comforters reverse to a plain acetate backing pge c58 item jk incorrectly de scribed should read j voyageur swiss army knife k wenger backpacker inadvertently the errors listed above have appeared in our advertising we sincerely regret any inconveni ence or confusion to our customers eatons with the famous spitfire band celebrity guests gourmet dinner champagne toast prizes for information call central agencies 2991824 constellation uotel 6751500 tobies gifts 74bisb7 bid wins claims masongsong you look for value for money and a comprehensive package which is really standard for any contract bidding weve always used markham disposal which tells you what their service has been like 90 per household although masongsong was reluctant to disclose the exact dollar amount of the contract with markham disposal which is binding until 1991 he did say the cost to the average house hold was approximately 90 a year this is figured on a mill rate basis 29 mills per 1 000 in turn markham disposal guarantees to provide twice weekly pickup maintain a proper number of vehicles and manpower to service properly and to have proper liability in surance to cover damages to homes or motor vehicles the responsiblity of the homeowner lies in the bundling of garbage all waste must be contained in standard plastic bags if grocery bags are used they must be tied together but if the garbage collector spills garbage in any way it is his re sponsibility to clean collectors dont work on most statutory holidays except re membrance day but pickup of christmas trees after the holi day is expected markham is a fastgrowing area and collectors are kept busy tuesdays and fridays are collection days for roughly the area east of yonge and west of woodbine mondays and thurs days for east of woodbine and west of the ninth line accord ing to markham disposal on wednesdays pickup is strictly for bulky items like furniture and the town is divided into areas so that each should ex pect collection about every other month landfill sites once the garbage is picked up from individual homes the trucks rumble into markham disposals transfer station on miller avenue where it is dumped on transfer trucks from there it is trucked to the maple landfill site in the keele valley and dumped masongsong anticipates that landfill site will be filled in ab out 14 years but concerned citizens and politicians in the town of vaughan fear the ma ple site will be filled much soon er than that trucks 750 of them filled with garbage from york region and metro toronto roar into the site over roads that the region fears wont hold up under the constant wear and tear the brock west landfill site in pickering faces a similar un certain future both sites are owned by metro toronto and both are filling fast markham although geog raphically situated in the mid dle has a guarantee as part of york region that their garbage will have a place to go for a long time yet metros agreement with york region was that in ex change for the use of keele val ley the region would have dis posal rights for the full 20 years ofthedumps expected lifespan a number of alternate sites have been considered for future dumping but many of them are deemed unsuitable vaughan is afraid that metro is casting more than a casual glance at 300 acres directly north of the pre sent maple site despite the anxious search for new sites a real problem that must be addressed is the sheer volume of garbage that our disposable world is creating recycling richmond hill currently operates a recycling program through the town but according to employee grant knox only the really dedicated separate their garbage most homeow ners dont have a whole lot of time to devote to this sort of activity richmond hill which will be implementing the blue box for recyclables is in the process of handing over the contract to markham disposal masong song says that the town of mar kham is seriously investigating the possibility of going the same route council should be adopting a recommendation soon to establish a committee to study the proposal nothing is final though and in order for the program to be successful he says 75 per cent of markham would have to participate recycling is an expensive proposition for equipment and a recycling depot would have to bepurchased although recycl able material can be sold the system is not 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