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economist sunsuntribune environment saturday jan 22 2005 17 organics program changed markham residents habits bymikeadler staff writer use tough love and smart words to sell greenbin waste collection councillors and staff from across york region were told in markham this week theyll thank you later sug gested markham politicians reporting on a successful organic wastecollection program they said changed the minds of many citizens who did not want to change their habits in november the test area of 12000 households where organics and recyclables are col lected weekly and regular garbage every other week diverted 72 per cent of waste from landfill double the towns overall rate the new threestream collec tion system known as mission green expands from these east- end neighbourhoods to the rest of markham in midjune and even an 80percent rate looks achievable regional councillor jack heath said friday yet mr heath joked staff put the dogs are really mad and the raccoons are going to go on strike john webster markham councillor their lives on the line and a riot nearly broke out when residents first looked at plastic organics col lection bins at a school a few years earlier before an earlier three- stream pilot project was launched a year later we were in the same room with the same crew and people said we dont want you to take it back we like this dont tell residents theyll only have garbage pickup every other week tell them collection service will be better than before said councillor john webster all the problems that happen with angry residents really disappear if you say it right we dont have any garbage in ward 5 said the councillor who used the threestream system at home for months before its sep tember launch so he could antic ipate residents concerns we have yucky stuff organics recy clable stuff and landfill because everybody knows that landfills bad participation is now nearly universal and animals have a much harder time reaching yukky stuff thanks to the bins lockable lid the councillor added the dogs are really mad and the raccoons are going to go on strike the test area east of hwy 48 was chosen because it had few apartments or language issues the program will use more visu als and multilingual materials in the rest of markham a waste audit in november showed 70 per cent of green bins set out were full the bins cap tured 75 per cent of food waste fast food waste and wrappers were more likely to go straight in the garbage 89 per cent of pet waste but only 66 per cent of dia pers sha a little time can make a huge difference in a childs life with several volunteer programs to choose from one is sure to suit your schedule 16 big brothers big sisters of york 9057271 251 wwwbbsyca this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune x ill f discover tke bewits or beinj w oda boss youth entrepreneurship program for unemployed individuals between the ages of 15 and 30 and out of school the program includes field 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provided 1 8009696904 this message brought to you as a community service of the economist sunsuntribune compost deadline york region has told its nine municipali ties to start collecting organic wasie no later than jan 1 2006 this is when they promised to start aurora july 12005 whitchurehstouffville september 2005 east gwillimbury 2005 after regions mate rials recovery facility in the town opens georgina september 2007 king no date chosen markham all households september 2005 or sooner newmarket september 2005 richmond hill july 1 2005 and vaughan no sooner than july 2005 source york region asthma we can help call the lung association the 31 lung association tills itfessagfebromght to yoii as 3 comjriimity seryicejify the economists stlnsunrtribune- v w 0 ft e all health care professionals are invited to attend an information session to discuss the feasibility of developing a family health team at southlake regional health centre foitday farnary 51 700 to 830 pm east building 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