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8 economist sunsuntribune environment saturday jan 29 2005 advertising feature the third annual wedding show held recently at angus glen featured wedding cakes by novellos in markham 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 unttrdwnu big brothers big sisters of york 9057271251 wwwbbsyca this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune the york catholic district school board is now registering for junior and senior kindergarten registrations for your home school begin in february monday through friday or register for any york catholic school at these locationson saturdays in february from 930 am i pm st paul feb 5 1 40 william roe blvdnewmarket st matthew- feb 1 2 75 waterbridge lane unionville st john bosco feb 1 9 1 99 belview avewoodbridge st charles gamier feb 26 1 6 castle rock dr richmond hill the admissions office at the catholic education centre 320 bloomington rd w aurora mon fri from 830 am 430 pm if you have a child with special needs and are considering enrolling them for september 2005 two information evenings are planned at the york catholic district school board jan 26 7 1 5 830 pm 320 bloomington rdw aurora pope john paul ii catholic school feb 2 7 1 5 830 pm 1 55 red maple rd richmond hill i to register you will need roman catholic baptismal certificate child or parent proof of status in canada proof of health insurance optional proof of residency proof of age proof of english separate school support ie property tax bill or completed and signed school support forms included in the registration package for further details or to receive information in languages other than english call the admissions office at 905 7i3i2i i or 4i6 22 1505i exl 7450 fltttosc xjaz w spired by jesus york catholic district school board elizabeth crowe jw chair of the board visit us at wwwvcdsbca susan larosa director of education xcess packaging nvironment minister by roy green staff writer if youre wondering what to do with excessive packaging on an item youve purchased rodney muir suggests you mail it to environment minister stephane dion mr muir a waste diversion cam paigner with the sierra club of canada wants canadians to slap a label on all that plastic and cardboard and drop it in the mail to mr dion using the free mail privilege for mps mr muir who also operates waste diversion canada says the federal gov ernments franking privilege allows canadians to mail anything to an mp without a stamp he plans to put a template for a label on the sierra clubs website that reads i believe this item was overpackaged reduce packaging now please everyone agrees its a problem and nows the time to do something he hopes canadians will download the template to apply to their own peel- andstick labels and address them to mr dion hopefully bags of this stuff will start coming in to his office soon and hell begin to take notice he said but the plan may have to be trashed before it begins because the packaging material would be considered a parcel and not eligible for free mail according to canada post spokesperson deb gar- nich the privilege is applied to letter mail publication mail and ad mail ms garnich said yesterday parcels do not enjoy the franking privilege parcels without postage would be returned to the sender or where there is no return address sent to the undeliver- able mail office for eventual disposal ms garnich did not say how they would be discarded rodney muir sierra club waste diver sion campaigner has produced labels to help people mail garbage to environ- ment minister stephane dion mr muir who recently presented his idea to york regions waste manage ment committee believes the federal government is the best place to seek leg islation against excessive packaging if its done only in ontario manu facturers will simply decide not to mar ket their products here he said creat ing a national standard for packaging is what we need he advocates limits on the amount of packaging used for products and standardizing materials a third step would insure consumer goods would contain a certain level of recycled mate rial mr muir spent 25 years in the adver tising business and said he wanted to find a creative way to get the govern ments attention i originally planned to do it for cans of concentrated juice theyre made of three different components and are hard to recycle but i realized it could be bigger than that it can be all packaging everyone agrees its a problem and nows the time to do something attention town of ivf a r kjiiifiii your spring 2005 recreation guide will be delivered with your fbh tuesday feb 105 mm m a k n ii a m s economist sun