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2 stouffville suntribune tnursday feb 17 2005 publication mail agreement 40007673 by hannelore volpe staff writer whitchurchstouffville resi dents wont be putting their organ ic household waste out for weekly collection this september after all although the town was pre pared to launch a sourceseparat ed organics collection program as early as this fall council decided last week to hold off until the spring of 2007 the delay will give staff a chance to see how other munici palities are faring with the wet garbage collection that is to be added to the regular dry garbage and recycling pickup schedules the only threestream collec- organic waste collection delayed until 2007 tion program in york region is in markham which began last september with 12000 singlefam ily households the second phase which will include markhams other 55000 homes is slated to start in september- we want to see how others work out and learn from their expe riences said paul whitehouse whitchurchstouffvilles director of public works we want good par ticipation with our residents promotional material went out with a new schedule for large arti cle collection dates in anticipa tion of a fall 2005 start of the green bin program when the whitchurchstouff ville program is launched it will be for singlefamily households only adding apartments and commer cial buildings to the program will be considered later s when the program starts resi dents will have a small container that can be mounted under the kitchen sink as well as a large con tainer for wheeling out to the curb residents will be encouraged to line the small wet garbage bucket with plastic grocery bags to streamline the process acceptable materials include food scraps soiled paper towels and tissues paper coffee cups and plates diapers and sanitary prod ucts animal waste and bedding and pet food the plastic bags will also be processed this waste will be collected every week collection schedules are stillto be determined for 2007 a public information cam paign will be launched with the assistance of york region shortly to familiarize residents with the program halton recycling ltd receives and processes organics and yard waste from york region including markham at its newmarket facility the plant formerly owned and operated by canada composting inc has has a capacity of 132000 tons per year uniohville pontiacbuickgmc 4630 hwy 7 at kennedy rd 9054771 666 unionviliemotorscom new iruck price n pkn frrigu lwi ucem and vrwv cxrt ftkr incktn ji cm progrjmv oac o 00 let us welcome you welcome wagon f t since 1930 phone 905 4713886 our hostess will bring gjfts mi greetings along with helpful community this message brought to you as a community ser vice of the economist sunsuntribune