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it 1 st waste depot wont be here mayor vows fendibgbesbm joan ransberry staff reporter a search for a spot to build a household hazardous waste depot will not include stouffville if mayor wayne emmerson gets his way last week york regional council directed staff to focus on aurora or newmarket when finding a place for the depot to hold paint oil and other chemicals at the present time household waste material is taken to mobile units which show up in towns for a weekend once a year a few months ago the region announced that an existing site at woodbine and st johns sideroad would house one of three such facilities planned for york the woodbine avenue site was to accommodate waste from new market as well as from stouffville last year 2945 vehicles dropped off waste at a newmarket mobile unit compared to 927 vehicle drops off in stouffville asking stouffville to take new markets waste did not however impress local residents whitchurchstouffville council received a 350name petition ask ing that the depot not be built at the woodbine property mayor wayne emmerson sup ported the residents the mayor told the tribune that he will notify the local ratepayers group to tell the members that it is very unlikely that they will be asked to share their neighborhood with a hazardous waste facility in the slim chance that such a facility is proposed for stouffville in the future it will be the subject of a full public hearing stressed emmerson well air this in front of the public absolutely said emmer son new home for rachel the cundaris of vandorf adopted 1 1monthold rachel from china recent ly cuddling her as the toddler plays with murphy the dogs ears are sisters lisanne amy mom linda brother robert and dad chuck phos by steve somerville garbage crisis reaching critical mass landon kathleen griffin staff reporter its really a race against time and so far were losing the garbage crisis has reached a critical point in york region said gord landon chair of the regions solid waste management task force we dont want to scare people but we have to make sure they are conscious of the problem landon said i dont think people realize how really critical the situation is the keele valley landfill is scheduled to close in 2001 that means metro toronto and york region will have no where to put the mountains of waste their com munities generate the task force has been seriously considering solutions for more than six months it even hired a consultant to look at the massive problem that is now only three years away by then york region will require disposal for almost 180000 tonnes of waste a year and its estimated the cost could be as high as 70 a tonne that means a potential increase in disposal costs of 76 million a year several options have been con sidered and rejected landon said we didnt feel we could find another adequate landfill site close enough and besides we all remember the fight against the lights camera crew and cast of a fisher price commercial shoot mill around somerville street in stouffville on monday preparing for a shot photo by sjoerd witteveen dump he said incineration is a feasible idea but the time line in getting environmental approvals and the capital costs means we couldnt do it by the year 2000 and york region certainly couldnt do it on its own landon who has travelled exten sively looking at ways other north american and european cities have handled what is really a glob al crisis said with advancing tech nology incineration can actually be quite safe but unless cities have a buyer for the steam energy inciner ators produce its not financially viable rail hauling garbage to the us can be used as a shortterm solu tion a stopgap but landon said he cant see the states wanting to take canadas garbage forever because we would be subject to the americans whim we need a back up solution at the ready for the first 12 to 24 months after keele closes garbage will be hauled by truck to the us but the permanent solution remains elu sive rail hauling to kirkland lakes adams mine looks like it will be the likely choice based on the task force recommendation but the biggest factor in the garbage issue is still diversion the region has set a goal of 50 per cent diversion by the year 2000 a goal that will be difficult if not impos sible to meet landon said the average diversion rate now is about 25 per cent landon said it seems composting may be the answer it will mean a massive public education program changes in the way garbage is collected and sorted and could even change our recycling programs it may mean the elimination of blue boxes landon said explain ing the system could entail wet bagdry bag collection with paper and recyclables sorted at the com posting facility the way we presently collect with segregated boxes in the truck itself is very expensive its 75 an hour for the truck and driver to be on the road doing that sorting v a standardized list of recyclables to improve consistency is also rec ommended as is public education regional staff and the consultant are still researching the merits of composting but the recommenda tion will go before regional council next weekl and any solution will have to be agreed upon and shared between york and metro any facility we decide to go ahead on will have to start today landon said with environmental approvals we cant afford to wait even until next year we just dont have the time and people have to appreciate that and landon added regardless of which solution becomes the plan for the future we are all going to be paying a lot more for garbage collection that we do today were first in distribution weve delivered 34561 663 flyers doortodoor so far this year for further information on how we can deliver your flyers call ruth or melissa at 6402100 the triffifne watch for these flyers on saturday september 20 1997 miko toy warehouse kraft whats cooking booklet loblaws supercentre sears toronto reopening ap weston produce mm meats igastouffville 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