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Majority of survey respondents want wheelie bins
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Curbside collection could change
in North Huron, though not anytime
soon.
At North Huron Council's March
6 meeting, Public Works Director
Jeff Molenhuis presented the
entirety of the curbside collection
survey results to council.
Accompanying the results was
notification that staff had started a
request for proposals (RFP) process
to find a waste management
company that can meet the needs of
the municipality.
In his report, Molenhuis explained
the current contract for garbage and
recycling collection ends in
September of this year, making the
issue one that needs to be dealt with
soon.
As far as the survey is concerned,
a total of 380 responses were
collected. Molenhuis said the
majority of respondents generated
one bag of waste per week, did not
appreciate the "bag tag" system,
showed interest in wheelie bin
Dressed for the occasion
Lloyd Morley was the man to see at the Auburn Lions Club's
St. Patrick's Day breakfast on Sunday if you wanted
hashbrowns. The group welcomed diners in from the
sudden blast of winter with a hot breakfast, including the
aforementioned potato dish, breakfast meats and, of
course, pancakes. (Denny Scott photo)
Local presentation
will focus on drugs
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Education Forum is to engage
parents and arm them with as much
information as possible on a topic
that isn't common knowledge for
most," said Huron County Youth
Justice Committee Chair and Huron
County Crown Attorney Teresa
Donnelly. "With some increased
awareness and knowledge, parents
will be in a better position to identify
the warning signs of illicit drug use.
It is very difficult to have a
conversation with your son or
daughter if you don't know the
language or have any idea what they
are talking about. This is an
excellent opportunity to get
informed on a topic that touches so
many of our youth today."
Presentations from a Huron
County Ontario Provincial Police
(OPP) Community Drug Action
Team (CDAT) member and Drug
Recognition Expert (DRE) will be
provided. Parents, youth workers,
teachers and any other interested
community members are
encouraged to attend.
"We know drug traffickers and
distributers can reach into our
communities, large and small,"
Huron OPP Detachment
Commander, Inspector Jason
Younan said. "We also understand
the serious and devastating impacts
of the illegal use and abuse of drugs
can have on a community's safety
and well-being. With that being said,
we are very pleased to have the
opportunity to partner with the Youth
Justice Committee to bring this
informative Drug Education Forum
to the residents of Huron County.
Collaboratively with our community
partners, citizens and neighbours we
can build safer and healthier
communities"
This visual presentation will touch
on relevant topics such as: drug
identification, the effects of drugs on
the body, drug paraphernalia,
prescription misuse and abuse, street
lingo, emerging drugs and safety
concerns. Huron OPP will also have
on hand interactive alcohol and
marijuana "Fatal Vision" goggles.
These goggles are designed to
simulate some of the cognitive and
physical effects of impairment by
alcohol and marijuana.
Additionally, the Huron County
Health Unit will have resources
available for parenting youth and
how parents can prevent or delay
underage drinking.
"This Drug Education Forum is an
excellent opportunity for parents
and role models for our youth to
learn about a growing problem
in our neighbourhoods,"
Wingham Police Service Chief Tim
Poole said. "I highly recommend
that you come out to learn
what you can, to help us in the
fight against drugs."
systems, preferred weekly collection
and would be willing to pay between
$1 and $10 per month for curbside
collection.
Based on the results, Molenhuis
prepared three options for curbside
collection and one for removing
recyclables from the containers at
the township's landfill sites. The
three options for curbside collection
included weekly collection of both
waste and recyclables, bi-weekly
collection of waste and recyclables
and weekly collection of waste
with bi-weekly collection of
recyclables.
The RFP was designed for a three-
year contract period and asked
responding companies to outline
their costs from initial expenses
through operational plan to extra
bonuses and costs. Proposals will be
accepted until March 16.
Molenhuis said, in an interview
with The Citizen after the meeting,
that while the wheelie bins weren't
specifically addressed in his report,
it was part of the proposals given the
majority of respondents expressed
interest.
The results of the survey are as
follows:
• Respondents were a: Resident of
Wingham (56.68 per cent), resident
of Blyth (20.79 per cent), resident of
East Wawanosh (14.47 per cent),
business owner in Wingham (6.05
per cent), business owner in Blyth
(1.58 per cent), business owner in
East Wawanosh (1.32 per cent) or
other (4.42 per cent).
• Respondents' ages were: 18-24
(3.42 per cent), 25-34 (13.42 per
cent), 35-44 (20.79 per cent), 45-54
(18.42 per cent), 55-65 (25.53 per
cent) or 65+ (18.42 per cent).
• The majority of respondents
(58.42 per cent) were female.
• The number of people in
responding households were: one
(12.66 per cent), two (39.05 per
cent), three (17.94 per cent), four
(20.05 per cent) or more than four
(10.29 per cent).
• Nearly 100 per cent of
respondents (94.68 per cent) use
curbside garbage and recycling,
while cardboard recycling and
electronic waste were the least -used
service with 28.72 per cent of
respondents using them.
• The majority of respondents
(89.84 per cent) do not burn garbage.
Of those who do, 8.29 per cent of
respondents burned one bag per
week, 1.34 per cent burned two bags
per week and 0.53 per cent burned
three bags per week.
• Most respondents (52.94 per
cent) do not compost.
• Respondents felt that direct mail
(51.21 per cent), information sent
with bills (49.60 per cent) and
articles in local media (21.83 per
cent) were the three most effective
ways to communicate about waste
initiatives.
• Most respondents (81.62 per
cent) generate one bag of garbage
per week.
• The majority of respondents
produce one blue box worth of
recycling per week (39.40 per cent)
or two blue boxes (41.58 per cent).
• Most respondents prefer weekly
curbside collection (83.42 per cent)
over bi-weekly.
• Nearly 60 per cent of
respondents do not like the bag tag
system, however nearly 70 per cent
would not want the cost added to
their tax bill.
• Almost 80 per cent of
respondents (78.63 per cent) would
pay between $1 and $10 per month
for curbside collection (the
equivalent of four bags of garbage
under the current bag tag system),
however more than half the
respondents skipped this question.
• More than 200 respondents
would be interested in wheelie bins
for curbside collection.
• Landfill site use by respondents
was primarily a once -a -year -
endeavour (44.75 per cent).
• Most people who use the landfill
do so for garbage (66.20 per cent of
respondents) and electronic
recycling (50.97 per cent), feel that
Saturday is the best day to visit the
landfill (74.24 per cent) and prefer
Saturday morning for the landfill to
be open (54.02 per cent).
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