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t m t f p12 tribune december 9 1992 alexander thanks everyone over 400000 tonnes of valuable materials last year thanks to you alexander will not have to inherit a whole lot of our garbage why because by working together we have recycled more than half of ontarios newsprint 33 of glass containers and 52 of wood waste into new products by working together we have reduced the amount of waste going to landfills by almost 25 congratulations however we still have a long way to go to reach ontarios goal of reducing waste by 50 by the year 2000 we can do it by continuing to practice the 3rs reduce reuse recycle like putting a composter in the backyard by using our blue box faithfully and by using our imagination to do even more use rags for instance for cleanup rather than paper towels in fact go one step further andmake rags from old tshirts when you think about it there are hundreds of easy ways to reduce waste every day lets keep up the good work one day alexanders children and his grandchildren will thank you also for your own personal waste reduction diary a seven day guide to reducing your waste please call the ontario ministry of the environment toll free 18005654860 ontarios haste reduction action plan thanks to you its working environment environnement rw i imim i lyll ii i iijj ii