The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

the markham economist sun environment saturday june 24 2006 your trash bound for incinerator in york or durham by serena willoughby staff writer york region has decided to support burning waste and turning it into energy politicians voted last week to build a 250million incin eration facility in york or durham which is also con sidering incineration which would be completed by 201 1 council may decide to separate recyclables tomini- mize what is being burned an option endorsed by markham deputy mayor frank scarpitti we have to make one more attempt at separation before the garbage is finally burned he said a way out of the yorks garbage dilemma has been a long time coming some councillors said and applaud ed finding a solution as of 2003 york region trucked more than 220000 tonnes of garbage to landfill sites each year with growth the amount raises 4 to 5 per cent annually matching the rate of population growth the region sends about 960 tonnes of garbage on 30 trucks to landfill sites daily from tuesday to friday eight trucks go to green lane and 22 go to two michi gan sites as of 2003 it cost the region close to 50000 per day to truck garbage and store it at landfill sites it costs 35200 the town of markham is developing a network of almost 400 km of bicycle trails that will connect adjacent municipalities come see what we have planned and give us your thoughts on how to make cycling around town even better cycling master plan open house thursday june 29 2006 drop in from 500 900 pm markham civic centre 101 town centre blvd warden and highway 7 for more information lorenzo mele town of markham 905 4777000 ext 4000 lmelemarkham ca j daily to truck the garbage to two sites in michigan just because the region will incinerate trash doesnt mean the work to recycle more is over said mario ferri regional councillor and chairperson of the solid waste management committee programs to stop manu facturers from producing goods that cant be recycled called producer responsibili ty are also needed he added not all politicians are on board with the incineratiori scheme however richmond hill councillor elio di iorio and markham councillor erin shapero urged regional council to consider more progressive recycling and composting programs and a higher diver sion rate before resorting to an incinerator what will be put in incinerators plastic plastic that can be recycled mr di iorio asked he advocates a zerowaste philosophy since there is very little that cant be recycled targets for waste diver sion arent high enough ms shapero said with green box recycling already imple mented in markham and on the way for other municipali ties there is a good chance the amount of waste we pro duce will decrease the proposal only puts erin shapero more recycling composting better solutions than burning waste politician says diversion at 75 per cent by 2045 and markham is already at about 68 per cent diver sion with its green box pro gram this means only a 7per cent increase in diversion between now and 2045 ms shapero said the decision to endorse an incineration facility is a decision not to landfill markham regional council lor jack heath said once the site is chosen there will be more public consultations before con struction plans are finished for more information or to receive notices about the public consulta tions go wwwdurtiamyoriwasteca 1 ec iu g u o z wmm tumi m 5 35 i c m v rotary club of markhamuniontille thanks all supporters of its annual charity golf tournament gold sponsors tevanovopharm meldgate developments silver sponsors stantec consulting skyhomes corporation committee frank scarpitti honorary chair harvey meek event chair amar banerjee wally buczkowski mike cubitt sean nethercott george phillips andrew sommers peter wong wmvmurotaryeom event chair harvey meek deputy mayor frank scarpitti and rotary president sean nethercott give thumbs up to everyone involved in the tournament hole sponsors armtec banerjee associates bondfield construction cadillac fairview century 21 wray team cole engineering condor properties eliisdon construction g arthur moad llb hub international donations prizes and auction items bangor metals faircourt assets johnston chev corvette greenbelt volks wagon century 21 wray team growth works capital d crupi sons jendan ltd mike cubitt lakeview group johnston chev corvette markham hyundai markham woods homes ltd mckaycocker construction miwel construction markville chevrolet markville ford lincoln meadowbrook country club mercedez benz newmarket mr hungarian restaurant rossland real estate scotiabank main st markham supreme lighting tippet richardson don valley n lexus toyota nevada bobs golf markham parkview bmw petroff partnership architects sentry select sterling vanreal tmp consulting trow consulting yogi suri manulife teva novopharm towncountry bmw town of markham unionville motors ham all makes leasing ltd proceeds of this event will benefit our community by providing assistance to the markham stouffville hospital unionville home society and the markham museum since its inception in 1962 the rotary club of markhamunionville has been actively involved in community service both locally and internationally dont miss the second annual rotary classic car show at the markham museum historic village on saturday aug 12 10am 4pm hosting the antique automobile oub of americas annual bbq with over 150 antique vintage muscle cars trucks live band prizes trophies tours and childrens play area tel 9052944576 sb3g iv vi ii iu imiyt uhj if mil i u hi u ii kh i i il lin j i hi in tn 33b trmm