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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1991-03-13, Page 15New executive Executive and directors of East Wawanosh Federation of Agriculture elected at Thursday’s annual meeting Include, from left: Simon Sleeker, vice president; Barry Elliot, president; Len Palmer; Donald Dow, past president; Lome Scott, secretary-treasurer; Ivan Dow, Ian Scott; Roger Bieman; Chris Palmer, OFA regional director; and Keith Black. - Photo by Merle Gunby HFA takes up county’s challenge Huron County Federation of Agriculture has taken up the challenge to be part of the process of the county’s Waste Management Master Plan after a meeting in Walton Thursday to discuss waste management. County Engineer Denis Merrall, who with Joanne Richter, Waste Management Masterplan co-ordin­ ator, spoke to the 60 members of the Federation on the current state of the Waste Management Master­ plan Study, issued the challenge to the Federation. He invited the Federation to help inform the farm population about what was happen­ ing and give the farm voice more input in the planning process. The county study seeks input from the Federation and individuals, he said because “you’ll have to live with the cost of it”. He suggested the Federation take a formal role in the rest of the study process and help analyze the impact on farmers and give input into the preferred waste management system from the point of view of farmers. The Federation took up the challenge with several people at the meeting volunteering to sit on a committee that will work with the Federation’s environment commit­ tee to take part in the county study. Mr. Merrall said he regretted the county study was moving so slowly but much of the slow pace is due to six-month delays in approval of the Stage 2A report by provincial ministries involved. Noting the faces in the crowd of many people, particularly in Grey Township, who were in areas identified in that report as possible sites for a facility, Mr. Merrall said he regret­ ted not being able to give them more definite answers that their area was a preferred site or was not. He said the study process is “so long that the effected people are hurt for a long time" by the waiting. While he said he couldn’t pre­ judge what would be in the Stage 2B report which will make recom­ mendations on what systems of waste management or waste reduc­ tion could be employed as well as identifying possible landfill sites, his personal projection was that there would be a recommendation for recycling in the report. He also suggested there will be a serious look at the composting of kitchen waste. There would likely be a recommendation for a landfill site for the remaining garbage. He said incineration is unlikely because of the high costs in building an incinerator and the low volume of garbage the county has for keeping such a facility going. Others argued in favour of Energy from Waste (EFW) inciner­ ation. Mason Bailey of Blyth ar­ gued the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) policy doesn’t include any landfill option. He pointed out that emissions from a new EFW plant in Burnaby, B.C. are several times cleaner than the air in downtown Toronto. He wondered if the county had explor­ ed ways to co-operate with neigh­ bouring municipalities to get vol­ umes large enough to keep an EFW plant going. Wouldn’t it be chea­ per, he wondered, for Huron to transport its garbage to somebody else’s EFW site and pay them to use it? Roger George, President of the OFA said it is the Federation’s LADIES' SLO-PITCH TEAMS in surrounding area to form a new league for Spring. If interested please call -- Lois...482-7086 Diane 482-3886 Box 189 SEAFORTH 527-0120 SAVINGS BOOKLET policy to avoid landfill sites and that the absolute elimination of landfill will ultimately be possible. Mr. Merrall said the County of Halton had decided to transport its garbage to an incinerator in New York and the cost amounted to $1 million a month despite a good recycling program. Since Huron has about one-fifth of Halton’s population it could expect to look at a cost of $200,000 a month for incineration and would face a longer haul to an incinerator. There are no existing incinerators that could take Huron’s garbage with­ out holding an environmental hear­ ing, he said. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1991. PAGE 15. DK397 The Milk Maker High tonnage silage and excellent grain corn. DeKalb DK 597 corn hybrid gives you both. The dairyman's choice: • high energy • high protein • high tonnage j The grain grower's choice/ • excellent stand • fast drydown ? excellent grain quality IPJiigh performance silage High performance grain cprn. You get both with OK 3S7. From DeKalb. 1 See your local DeKalb dealer. 523-9595 482-9402Londesboro John Nesbit Don Buchanan Don't Miss Dekalb Days March 18 - 22 DeKalb Canada Inc., Box 430, Chatham, Ontario N2M 5K5