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stoujjville suntribune thursday march 22 2007 7 controversial dvds used to explain threestream waste from page 1 other municipalities including markham vaughan and barrie used similar dvds when their waste col lection programs were implement ed the new program is part of a six- municipality initiative known as the northern 6 in york region whitchurchstouffville georgina and east gwillimbury will start their new programs sept 10 while new- maket aurora and king township begin sept 17 to help you find out more keep an eye out for a new website to be launched later this spring an infor mation brochure and waste collec tion calendar to arrive in your mail box in midsummer as well as mag nets posters and other promotional materials rural landowners who have their own compost heaps can continue to use them mr whitehouse said but will now have a place for organic items such as diapers soiled papers and popcorn sugar and flour bags among others your garbage will only be whisked away from your curb every second week instead of every week along with this program mr whitehouse wants to emphasize the reuse part of the three rs reduce reuse and recycle a new contractor turtle island recycling replaces miller waste ser vices the week of sept 3 the new program starts later to avoid the first week children are back to school once the new system kicks in youll notice other changes too your garbage will only be whisked away from your curb every second week instead of every week take your blue box to the front of your property every week instead of every other week once the new pro gram begins other changes include the steppingup of yard waste collec- tion to every second week between april and december with no limit that service will increase from the current monthly collection christmas tree collection wont change itll happen once a year in january large articles can be put out on regular garbage collection days twice a month instead of the current once monthly for industrial and commercial areas garbage collection stays at once a week with a threebag limit in the stouffville business improvement area all garbage col lection stays the same at two collec tions a week recycling will be picked up from the downtown bia area and industrial and commercial properties once a week information meetings are planned throughout the municipali ty during august and september there will also be information at community events such as the strawberry festival and the bias midnight madness event councillors clyde smith and susanne hilton will represent coun cil at educational and information events over the spring and summer included in the 2007 budget is 20000 for public promotion and education for the new collection program cjirls inc girls incorporated of york region formerly big sisters of york call 9058300776 wwwgirisincyorkorg member ot the united way york rogon this massage brought to you as a community service ottho economistsuntwbune til silpj v v planning her postsecondary education just got easier introducing the new osap access windpw grants and scholarships are available for college and university education go online and discover whats out there for the student in your life ontario canewosap u ontario paid for by the government of ontario country decomfing presents spring fung mark your calendar march 23 and 24 friday 10 am 9 pm and saturday 10 am 6 pm goto wwwcountrydecoratingshowcom to win fairgrounds mccowan road 7 km north of hwy 7 markham ontario shopping spree 1000