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tribunes august 1 1990 p5 editors mail collection day a success dear editor re whitchurchstouffville haz ardous waste collection day our household hazardous waste collection day on june 23 held at the recreation complex was an outstanding success on behalf of the town of whitchurchstouffville i would like to express my sincere thanks to the following groups who helped make the event such a great suc cess whitchurchstouffville recy cling group miller waste systems tricil samia limited town staff and the residents of whitchurchstouffville for their overwhelming response to this event the response rate was in the order of six per cent based on the number of vehicles registered at the site compared to the number of household units in the town data from other municipal programs large and small have indicated the average response rate to be approx imately two per cent the whitchurchstouffville program set a record and we hope set a prece dent for all future programs it is evident that this program was overdue and should be consid ered an annual event it is also evident that the- residents of whitchurchstouffville were patient and cooperative in retain ing these hazardous materials until this event could be scheduled as opposed to disposing of them by other means unfortunately due to the great response and quantity received especially in the early hours of the event some residents could not be accommodated to these residents we regret that this happened and apologize for the inconvenience under the environment ministry regulations for licensing the site for disposal all materials received had to be lab packed and transported from the site the same day three trucks were utilized for transporting of materials where in the original estimate called for one truck only for those residents possessing household hazardous waste materi als we request that they retain these materials until the next sched uled hazardous waste collection day or if they wish to dispose of them now then this can be done at the keele valley landfill site which is open 9 am4 pm week days and 9 amnoon saturdays the town will advise residents of the next scheduled household haz ardous waste collection day through local newspaper advertise ments the total program cost is estimated to by 45000 and is funded in part by the town of whitchurchstouffville and the whitchurchstouffville recycling group we anticipate a ministry of the environment grant in the amount of 15000 again i wpuld like tothank all those people who helped make the household hazardous waste col lection day a recordsetting event yours truly 0 paul whitehouse stpuffville public works director s garden s gardens inc s t l garden mail st wstouffybe 6405080 hours weekdays 7 am 8 pm saturday 8 am6 pm sun 9 am- 6 pm brian b croft dc is pleased to announce the opening of a chiropratic practice formerly that of dr i de laurier a 201 main st west stouffville office hours telephone 6403562 monday saturday for appointment under construction sale off 20c o we apologize for the inconvenience garden centre will continue to be open we also carry seeds unilock pavers curbs retaining walls top soil grass seed bark chips garden tools clay pots triple mix potting soil portland cement patio slabs peat moss sand limestone screenings masonary cement gravel peat loam railway ties w ilvtr stedmans uxbridge all seasons sale open sunday noon 5 pm aug 5 monday 1 0 3 pm aug 6 take advantage of pre season savings in stock venetian blinds 30c o off reg price all craft supplies craft books 25 v off reg price all silk flowers halloween supplies costumes make up 25c q off reg price 25 q off reg price last chance summer clearance 50c a off reg price all sales final all yarn in stock 15 off reg price