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stouffihue suntribune m thursday aug 25 2005 11 for green bin g recycling program from page 1 the program markhams diversion goal is 70 per cent these results mean we will make it torontos green bin and blue box programs divert a combined 49 per cent of the citys waste from land fills still one of the best rates for singlefamily dwellings among major north american cities green bins lining the streets in markham is now a common sight in late june the town delivered 55000 green bins in readi ness for the july launch this marked the second and last phase of the 3- stream residential organic collection program phase 1 of the mission green program kicked off at 12500 singlefamily homes in east markham in the fall of 2004 residents must separate household waste into three streams for collection recyclable into blue boxes kitchen organics into the new green bin and whats left over into garbage bags or bins understudy were studying how we can roll the program out in whitchurchstouffville mrs sherban said 1 it takes a lot of market ing we have to figure out how many calls well get with it we wouldnt have an increase in staff to han dle calls from the public when it comes to han dling trash markham resi dents follow direction ms marsales said they used to simply take the garbage to the curb and hoped it disap peared she said now they are looking at the amount of waste being produced in their homes theyre reducing it and recycling it compared to suesherban whitchurch- stouffville wilf implement pro gram in 2007 mayor says 10 years ago there is a huge difference plans are in the works to expand the markham pro gram to places of worship apartment buildings schools small business and community events markham is the first municipality in york region to have a threetier waste program vaughan and richmond hill are expect ed to launch a similar pro gram next year all nine municipalities in york region will eventu ally have this waste diver sion program in place mrs- sherban said by 2007 well be ready well have it in place costwise and educationwise some residents of whitchurchstouffvilles 7500 households are dis- appointed they dont have the green bin program in place now public works director paul whitehouse said we staff had it in the 2005 budget mr whitehouse said but council made a decision to defer it to 2007 a lot of people called to encourage it and some residents have indicated they are disap pointed it didnt go through i ww spenct 11 wekeiid sllopping for uxsimnm timiujnlt come here to choose your style colour and size and enjoy your time off wtl ui 7ybiin eh1 fy solid oak cherry maple ami hickory ininiriire mon vvfid 106thursfri 108 saturday 106 sunday 115