HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-10-13, Page 6Notice to
Ontario
Retailers
Effective October 1,
1976, you will be required
to accept deposits on
refillable soft drink con-
tainers of 100 on Small
sizes and 200 on large
sizes, YoU will also be
required to refund
deposits in these amounts
on till reasonably clean
intact, refillable soft
drink containers which
you normally handle.
This information is
covered in a notice
which must be dis-
played by soft drink
retail vendors. These
signs are provided by
the Ministry of the
Environment and are
available at our offices
in these locations:
Barrie, Belleville,
CcmilDridge, CornWall,
Don Mills, Gravenhurst,
Kenora, Kingston,
London, NorthBay,
Oakville, Owen Sound,
Ottawa, Pembroke,
Peterborough, Sarnia,
Sault Ste. Marie, Stoney
Creek, Sudbury,
Thunder Bay, Timmins,
Welland and Windsor
or by Writing or phoning:
Erivirbriment Ontario
185 St. Clair Ave., WeSt
Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P5
Telephone: (416) 965-1658.
DEPOSIT REFUND
FOR. REFILLABLE
SOFT DRINK BOTTLES
Regulations of the Province of
Ontario under the Environmental
Protection Act provide that a
cash refund of the full deposit
will be paid for up to 48 intact
and reasonably' clean refillable
containers in any 24-hour period
Of a, brand and flavour cif
carbonated soft drink sold here
in containers of the same size
Within the preceding ti)( nienths.
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Funds requested for Huron Central Volunteer Buren
Mary Ann Kowbuz of
Bayfield has filed an application
with the Federal Local Initiatives
Program, requesting funding for
the establishment of a Huron
County Central Volunteer
Bureau.
As a result of the Federal and
Provincial governments retraint
programs, social service agencies
are finding it more and more
difficult to provide high quality
care, time and personal attention
to their growing number of
clients, she said.
This means that agencies and
their staff members must rely
more heavily on the good will and
skilled services of volunteer
workers in their immediate areas
according to Ms. Kowbuz.
"Because the population of
Huron County is relatively small
and widespread,"' she explained,
"the need for co-ordination of
services is much more important
than it might be in more densely
populated areas. The fact that
many social service agencies have
their head offices located outside
the county or in a part of the
county not readily accessible to
the entire clientelle, makes the
delivery of service even more
difficult."
Ms. Kowbuz says that for this
reason also, the definition of total
community needs is often difficult
to determine. "It is recongized
that the development of volunteer
services and the presence of
self-help groups are healthy signs
of any progfessive committee,
she says.'
The proposed Volunteer
Bureau would offer service "To
individuals wishing to, volunteer
through planned recruitment,
personal interview, referral to
organization and further
counselling on ways to broaden
their community service,"
according to the proposal sent to
L. I. P.
It would be established to
provide consultation to citizens
organizations through volunteer
opportunites for individual
members, selection of group
projects, setting up and operating
their own volunteer service
program and planning of
educational programs.
Ms. Kowbuz says the bureau
would offer consulting services to
agencies and organizations
through organizing for volunteer
services, strengthening
established volunteer services,
describing volunteer jobs,
planning for training,
supervision, recognition of
volunteer contribution and the
establishment and maintenance
of standards for volunteer
service.
She also hopes the new groups
would co-ordiante joint efforts of
two more more agencies in
developing standards recruiting
and training volunteers, and
recognizaing contribution made
by volunteers.
It would sponsor or stimulate
sponsorship of educational
programs related to citizen
participation in agency services
and to present specialized
training programs, she says.
The bureau would also promote
recognition of volunteers in
community service and serve as a
resource to agendies seeking
trained and experienced board
members.
If approved, the Central
Volunteer Bureau would be
located in either Goderich or
Clinton,
It would provide full time
employment for four persons
during a six month period and
these staff members would be
responsible for establi'sh'ing.
Comniunity awareness Of the
Bureau, identifying immediate
needs and setting out basic
guidelines for future operation.
Ms. Kowbuz explains that an
Advisory Committee consisting of
representatives from various
community agencies will be
established to provide guidance
and on going community input.
This committee would also assist
the Bureau personnel in defining
current and future community
and agency needs, and will assist;
in recommending appropriate
plans to meet these needs.
Ms. Kowbuz explains that in
order to develop the proposal a
telephone interview survey was
conducted with agency directors
and full ' time co-ordinators of
volunteer services, agency
personnel who function as part
time volunteer co-ordinators, and
groups and individuals in need of
voluntary assistance.
"The findings of this study,"
Ms. Kowbuz says, clearly
indicate a • definite need for a
Central Volunteer Bureau which
concerns itsefl with the work of
volunteers in Huron County."
Ms. Kowbuz notes that
although these are all urban
settings, their conceptural
framework and actu al function
would lend themselves to a
county such as Huron. —
"The basic ingredients for a
successful bureau," she says,
"appear to be indentifiable
groups and individuals who are in
need of assistance and a strong
community support both in terms,
of time and money. These all
seem evident in this area."
A good deal of time has been
°given by both agency people and
private citizens in working out the
basic ground rules for a Central
Volunteer Buruea, Ms. Kowbuz
explained. "We may also say that
we are reasonably sure that office
space will be donated to the
project by .people in the
community."
"It should also be noted," she
says, "That volunteer bureau
that haVe been in existance for
some time el/dye from being
co-ordinating bodies into
agencies that are clearing houses
for all kinds of volunteer work."
Ms. Kowbuz also suggested
that such groups "seem to be
the apparent motivator for
development of autonomous
self-help groups re st rict! voluntary programs in the respective communities.
Ms. Kowbuz also noted th
she is presently looking
f, 'individuals and groups who In
have thoughs about the ways'
which such a bureau might
useful to them. Such
persoli should contract Mary At Kowbuz at Box 235 Bayfield
telephone 482-3194.
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6—THE BRUSSELS POST, OCTOBER 13, 1976
The
refillable
pop bottle.
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Remember the days when all
pop bottles were returnable and refillable?
Your Ontario Ministry of the Environment
wants to bring those days back, because there
were a lot of advantages to the ref illables.
Their re-use saved energy and raw
materials involved in bottle manufacture. And,
more important, people returned refillable bottles.
So they didn't become the litter and garbage
disposal problem that throwaway bottles and
cans are causing today.
On October 1, 1976 a new law went
into effect. It says that within six months, retail
vendors will be required to stock and display in
refillable bottles any size, flavour and brand of soft
drink they offer in non-refillable bottles.
In other words they have to offer you a
choice. It also requires that retailers selling soft drinks in
refillable bottles must now accept and refund cash
deposits of at least 100 on small sizes and 200 on large
sizes. And the amounts of these deposits must be shown
separately from the actual price of the pop.
Your Ministry of the Environment
thinks that a return to refillable bottles
will save energy, help alleviate garbage
disposal problems, and reduce the number
of landfill sites. It will be a step toward
a clean, unlittered Ontario.
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of the
Environment
Ontario
Hon. George,A. Kerr, Q,C,. Minister
Everett Biggs, Deputy Minister
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