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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-04-27, Page 7County's waste management plan ventures into controversial area The waste management master plan study for Bruce County is venturing into its potentially most controversial area. A preliminary report tabled for county council April 19 identifies five landfill sites that have more than 20 years capacity and could be suitable for sharing space with other municipalities. "There is more than 20 years (capacity) in the existing system, but some municipalities are closer than that to capacity," said Dave Merriman of MacViro consultants. A draft report says Hepworth, Kincardine, Lucknow and Walker- ton will run out of licensed landfill space in five to 20. years, while Arran, Brant, Bruce, Port Elgin and Teeswater each have space to last more than 20 years. .Merriman and waste study coor- dinator Barry Randall emphasized there is no plan to turn those sites into county landfills. But what is being considered is using the 'excess capacity' at approved sites for shared landfill as smaller sites fill up and are closed. Merriman said the only decision facing the county now is whether to put time and money into looking at plans for sharing existing sites, or into the long and expensive search for new landfill sites. He predicted the decision and the public meetings next month will generate strong 'feelings. "I haven't worked on a (landfill) site search yet that didn't get a whole lot of people upset," he said. Feelings could run just as strongly over shared facilities, he said, ad- ding that "in practice, there's going to have to be some deals cut. County council wasted no time in giving the consultants some of that reaction. "The idea of lumping all municipalities into one pot is ridiculous in my mind," said Amabel reeve Bill Ferris, who predicted "an endless round of studies" over landfill sharing agreements. Reeve Ann MacKay wouldn't comment on Port Elgin's landfill ranking as 'a possible shared facility, pending her review of the figures used to reach that conclusion. Meanwhile council has accepted a set of guidelines that will divert 50 per cent of the county's garbage from landfill by the year 2000. The diversion plan calls for ex- pansion of the blue box programs and recycling depots, community composting centres and goods ex- change facilities. It also allows for tipping and user fees, bag limits and bans on putting recyclables in landfill. The plan does not set out details of putting the guidelines into action. Area farmer heads OCC ag committee A Huron Township farmer, Ellen Lowry, has been named chair of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) Agriculture Committee. Mrs. Lowry, a member of the Kincardine and District Chamber of Commerce, has been an active advocate on agriculture issues since she joined the OCC committee two years ago. .I - She views the OCC as away to ensure a secure future for the agricultural •industry. The OCC is "a way of getting the message out and, promoting agricultural education to the rest of the business community in Ontario." It's also a way to keep the farmers informed as to what is going on. I "Agriculture hasn't been at the 50' Wedding anniversary .Dance,. for ,doe and gvfarian Tiffin Saturday, . prif30, 1.994 • •at • reeswater.Complex, Social Hour 8-9 Dancing 9-1 'Everyone Welcome Best Wishes Only ti� • LUCKNOW DISTRICT LIONS CLUB Dabber Bingo Lucknow Community Centre Sunday, May 1/94 $1000. Winner Pete Ducharme, Windsor Community Centre opens at 6:30 p.m. Bingo starts at 7:15 p.m. table for a while," says Mrs. Lowry. "We have a voice now that can be heard at Queen's Park, and we need help to impress the impor- tance of agriculture." The OCC is the recognized voice of business at Queen's Park with over 65,000 members. • One area the committee I is working on is a more widely used Foodland Ontario symbol. Mrs. Lowry says the fruit'and vegetable growers are making good use of the symbol, however, it should be used as a marketing tool for all Ontario foods. "We want to educate the , public about the value of Ontario' grown produce and its.environmen- tally safe qualities. We would like to see Food in Ontario identified as such" f:•_ i f NEW COUNTRY i, VIDEO DANCE PARTY i F I:(('k.off t9 rhe f 1995 -Ripley HuronReunion I I% If i iNRoti liwoo_ Km! r,; f .SATURDAY APRIL 30th 1 9p.m.-1a.m. f Ripley Huron Complex >i MnseLv: iMau Miller. (:K1\ f 1 - •. Featuring f LINE UAN(:ISG K:1Rr1OKE I.. i ' 'Fiekcl'ts.: "h .)llvan41', r 1 • r *10 at (lour fkir .,f `I,i.i9t I(\ ().1111‘ I'Ira;r• • Ripley (:oLLOp. f Li(I(Ile's R('.talll•all1, . Homy I1<irdwar1', • 1 Royal 13ank, Kincardine; Be -kers, Lncknow The all encompassing mandate of the OCC Agriclutre Committee is "To increase the effectiveness of the OCC . and its members in . ad - .dressing primarily provincial policies of concerns to the agricul- ture industry and to become a con- duit for program and policy chan- ges." Michael Hunter' and Dan Rose, two other Huron Township farmers, also sit on. the committee. Pat Palmer, past president of the OCC, was instrumental in helping set up the agricultural committee: Mr. Palmer has a farm just west of Lucknow on Hwy. 86. Farm mem- bership has been one of the fastest growing segments of local Cham- bers and Boards of Trade. 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