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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-04-05, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1989. Brussels residents show recycling program interest Brussels councillors Greg Wilson and Mary Stretton make up bundles of recycling bags to be distributed to those who attended the opening meeting last Wednesday night at the Community Centre. Approximately 250 were present. If the number of people who attended the public meeting to discuss recycling last Wednesday evening in Brussels is any indica­ tion, residents are concerned about waste management and are ready to help. Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Donna White, addressed the crowd of approximately 250 people explain­ ing recycling to them, illustrating its advantages, and answering their questions. In order to sustain the way society lives, it extracts enormous amount from the planet, using too many of its resources, turning them into waste and leaving less and less of everything for children. Each year Canadians produce 7,000,000 tonnes of waste. Individually we are capable of saving, by recycling, 20 per cent of that amount. Brussels Council has decided to start their program immediately (the date is April 5) using clear plastic bags instead of the popular ‘blue boxes.1 The bags can be picked up free of charge at the Clerk’s office. Council saw the bags as the cheapest, fastest way to begin recycling in Brussels. They have ordered 6,000 bags at a total cost of $583.20 which they estimate will last for one year. The price of the blue boxes was $7 a piece, two thirds of which is returned in grants that take six months to receive. This would cause a seven month delay in beginning the waste management program. As Donna said, “We decided to do it, so it might as well begin as soon as Brussels Compiled by Marilyn Higgins Call 887-9089 June Jackim and Reta Johnston enjoyed a trip to Nashville for the Easter weekend and met some people there from Brussels. Mr. Mel Jacklin spent Easter Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Elliott and Tammy of Mitchell. Visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Jacklin was Mrs. June Aarteinsen of London. June is the daughter of Mel Jacklin. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Jacklin had as dinner guests last week Doris Glanville and Lyle Hood of Kin­ burn. possible.’’ Don Carter of Carter’s Waste Disposal in Wingham has stated that in the future he might consider picking up the blue boxes, but there is an additional cost of $12,000. This amount includes grants but they decrease every year. Extra cost for removal of the bags will be established after weekly monitoring determines how much is being picked up. However, this cost will be considerably lower. Residents of Burgess Street, Brussels are testing the ‘blue boxes’ to compare them to the bags. However, Council believes that for now, the bags are the quickest, easiest, and most econo­ mical route to take. They provide one way disposal and are an easy sanitary way of treating waste. Mrs. White gave a detailed Melville Presbyterian Church BRUSSELS Rev. Charles Henderson, Exeter 11 A.M. MORNING SERVICE SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 A.iyi. BELGRAVE SERVICE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA April9/89 Easter3 HOLY EUCHARIST REV. PATTNUNN 887-9267 Trinity, Blyth St. John’s, Brussels 9:30a.m. ; 11:15a.m. Theme: “Changed & Transformed" BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH King Street Minister - Reverend Charles Carpentier Sunday, 11 a.m. Morning Service April 9 Sunday School - Nursery Care Minister’s Subject: “It is the Lord.” Jesus gives deeper joy! HURON CHAPEL MISSIONARY CHURCH AUBURN PASTOR JAMES H. CARNE 526-7515 10 a.m. - Family Bible School 11 a.m. - Morning Worship 8 p.m. - Evening Service Wed., 8 p.m. - Prayer and Bible Study Sat., 10:30 a.m. - Kids’ Klub and Young Teens explanation of what materials can be recycled and how to do it. Labels must be removed from tin cans. The more compact the materials, the better. Lids should be taken off glass jars and all containers must be washed. One dirty jar or can could spoil the entire load. Pop cans are fine as they are, but the plastic two litre bottles must be the ones that have recyclable written on them. Bulk plastic is not allowed. For example fabric soften­ er, bleach and vinegar bottles are not permissible. They suggest that newspapers be tied in bundles and stacked or placed in bags. The glossy ads or flyer inserts must be removed. Council is also considering a program for fine quality paper. This includes work books with the covers removed, any colour of paper, file folders, regular enve­ lopes, stamps included. Staples are alright also. Not to be included are plastics, newsprint, carbon paper or elastics. Angus Kennedy of London, who works for Sonoco will pay $75 a ton for fine quality paper or $150 for computer printout paper. He will however charge $60 to pick it up so thought Brussels would be best to come up with a way to deliver it. School Boards presently participate in this pro­ gram but are unable to handle the delivery of any more. The Lions and the Optimists are considering this proposed project. A consultant from First Brands Canada Corporation, who owns Glad, Sutec, STP, UCAR, and Prestone, was present. William Conning informed the crowd that Glad is producing a recycling bag with a drawstring band and Old­ field’s Pro Hardware in Brussels is, at present, the only store in Canada retailing them. Custodian of the Brussels Public School, George Cousins, asked Mrs. White how he should deal with the refuse. His concern was that he would have to single-hand­ edly sort, clean, and package the leftover containers from the child­ ren’s lunchboxes. Donna replied that it is something everyone should all work on, educating children on the proper methods of disposal. She suggested that-per­ haps she could visit the school, take the recycling bags, and instruct the youngsters on what should be placed in them. Mary Lowe, a resident of the Brussels senior citizen complex, questioned Donna on how the people who live alone should handle the situation. She stated that if a family of four, as Donna pointed out earlier, would probably peed to put their bags out for pick-up once a month, what should seniors and small families do. “We are not going to have to find a place to store these bags in our apart­ ments for that length of time, are we?’’ she asked. Mrs. White suggested that the people in the complex get together and combine their recyclable materials. “It is going to take getting used to, but everyone will benefit from it,” she said. She also reminded everybody that the clear plastic allows the collector to see what’s being picked up. If there are dirty cans or coffee grounds, etc. the bags will be left. Reeve Gordon Workman closed the meeting by thanking Mrs. ON SELECTED DODGE, PLYMOUTH & CHRYSLER VEHICLES UNTIL APRIL 12,1989 GREA T SELECTIQN-GREA T PRICES DROP IN TODAY FOR DETAILS White and Clerk-Treasurer Hugh Hanly for their involvement in getting this program started. Espe­ cially Donna, he added, who “jumped in with both feet.” Both Reeve Workman and Mrs. White were pleased to see so many people at the meeting. “It proves that everyone is interested and willing to help preserve our landfill site,” Donna remarked. Brussels Rebekah Euchre has 8 tables There were eight tables in play at the Oddfellow Rebekah euchre Monday night, March 26. Prize winners were Ada Smith, Albert Quipp, Mary Lowe, John Lowe, John Simpson, Freda Pipe, Effie Hendricks, Marguerite San­ derson. The next euchre is April 10. Advertising is a guide to fashion.