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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-04-20, Page 1010 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, April 20, 1994 _= 1==m=�= GA MS NATURE'S OW GASOLINES 30% less carbon monoxide 1096 less carbon dioxide Reduces smog Blended with Ethanol from renewable - Ontario grains Earth Day Friday, April 22 A 16101,tt_a6eltoxi__*, ARCHIE'S uoo UCOPETRO1EUMINC. OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 527-0881 24 Goderich St. E., Seaforth We believe in a pollution -free environment RECYCLING is a major step. We recycle.... oil oil filters coolant batteries and more! I» HART FORD MERCURY USED CARS ItnaHWArt lititeroso fH1rcemoiOlNrotr.Il i I OPEN TO SERVE YOU! MONDAY TO THURSDAY 8 A M. to 8 P.M. FRIDAY 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. SATURDAY 9 A M. to 4 P.M. Service Dept. Monday to Friday 8 A.M. to 5 P M. BE FRIENDLY TO YOUR ENVIRONMENT I—1 We Are! - Seafo"rth Creamery 151 MAIN ST. SEAFORTH 527-0610 Bluewater moves to new Huron Park facility Bluewater Recycling Association began moving its sorting equipment down the road to its new home at Huron Park last Friday. Dave Wilson said dismantling the Grand Bend Airport plant, on Highway 81, began early Friday after employees worked until 10 p.m. the previous night processing recycleable materials. While they got the day off, remaining employ- ees helped Van Gorp Welding and Fabricating Inc. of Thedford dis- mantle equipment including plastic container bins. Contractors spent the weekend installing the old equipment in the Huron Park build- ing, he said. On Monday, the recycling associ- ation was scheduled to resume pro- cessing, said Wilson, but full pro- cessing won't be accomplished until later in the month. The move to Huron Park comes as a result of increasing demand to recycle material causing Bluewater Recycling to outgrow its current facility. Bluewater Recycling . now receives material from 40 munici- palities. This month alone, three communities-Lucan, Blyth and Hibbert Township -have joined the ,association. St. Marys is scheduled for inclusion the first week in May, said Wilson. Auburn Lions to clean up land The Auburn and District Lions Club has been authorized by Hulleu Township Council to clean up (at their expense) a strip of land between County Road 8 and the Maitland River. This is to create a 'green space' for public use. The club is asked to notify the township prior to any alterations, additions or abandonment of the project. DAVID SCOTT PHOTO TREE FOR EARTH DAY - The Seaforth Manor received a new tree on Friday as part of Earth Day celebrations. The Honey Locust was made available through John Gibson and the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Foundation's "Commemorative Woods Program." Planting the new tree were, from left: Jim Butson, Seaforth Manor Nursing Home resident Marg Smale and Ted Jones. Marg and her husband Frank tumed the first sod for Manor renovations in October, 1987. Newspapers actively recycling It seems fitting that on Earth Day we should think about what we do to protect our environment. As newspapers, we're proud that where there are Blue Box programs, 75 per cent of newspapers are recovered and with your help, we're working to increase that figure. As our customers, we think it's import- ant that you know what we do behind the scenes, in our printing plants, to put the three R's into practice. Many newspaper printing plants have waste audits conducted. Much like financial audits, waste audits are done by experts who come in and measure the amount of waste generated, identify the kinds of waste and fmd. out where they all go. Audits have shown that as much as 93 per cent of waste generated in We Recycle OUR CARDBOARD YOU CAN RECYCLE YOUR PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS We have a box at the front of our store for you to place your plastic shopping bags to be recycled! lirAr • KNECHTEL MI& LYONS FOOD MARKET Main St. Seaforth 527-1631 the plants is being diverted from garbage bins. All waste newsprint is recycled right down to the core its rolled on. In general, press rooms waste very little newsprint - only between one and three per cent. And our news- print contains recycled paper. In Ontario, newspapers use 35 per cent recycled content newsprint on aver- age. Printing inks, photographic chemi- cals and the solvents we use to clean the presses are also recycled. (Today, most newspapers use inks that are vegetable oil-based). Even the metal press plates are sold for scrap value and recycled. We also restrict the number of copies we print and most of the unsold papers are collected from the vending boxes and retailers and sent IT'S TIME TO CLEAN UP OUR ACT. START WITH A QUICK PICK-ME-UP IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD. BILL EISLER GARBAGE REMOVAL 527-1432 to the paper mills for recycling. Many newspapers have changed their looks over the past few years. Switching to smaller pages and narrower margins means we use less newsprint. Most of us think of bottles when we think "reusable" but newspapers are reusable too. Statistics show that each newspaper is read by an average of three people, and the last person to read it usually makes sure it gets recycled. It always feels good to know you're doing your part for the envi- ronment. But on Earth Day especially, it's important that we all look ahead and see what can still be„ done. Everyone has a role to play. When it comes to newspapers, we'll continue to improve our efforts, and please remember to recycle all of your newspapers. Environmental farm planning used in Huron County by Christopher Guly Farmers helping farmers is not a new idea, but Environmental Farm Plans (EFPs) are. EFPs are documents prepared by farm families to raise their aware- ness of the environment on their fann. Launched in January by the Ontario Farm Environmental Coali- tion, which consists of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario, Agricultural Groups Concerned about Resources and the Environ- ment (AGCare), and the Ontario Farm Animal Council, EFPs will build on the helping culture that exists within the agncultural com- munity. Farmers will complete only those of 23 EFP worksheets that apply to their farm. Some of the topics include well water condition, pesti- cide and petroleum storage, soil management, and water and energy conservation. The success of the four-year EFP program, which will target over 14,000 Ontario farm families, will depend on a local, farmer -to -farmer approach to technology transfer. Farmers who choose to participate will interact with their peers to share their practical experience and insights. "We have found that experienced producers have an instant credibility with other farmers that is hard to match," explains Don Taylor, direc- tor of the Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology, which has offered farmer -led technology trans- fer courses since the mid-1970s. The EFP peer review process will build on a participative, informal program design that allows farmers to gain hands-on experience and discuss ideas. Already, the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association has followed this concept in delivering its Land Stewardship Program at ENVIRONMENTAL • <2 ' FARM NOM PLAN the local level. Last year, the Ontario Farm Envi- ronmental Coalition launched a pilot EFP program to 500 farmers in the counties of Essex, Huron, Oxford, Niagara North, Hastings. Prescott -Russell and Temiskaming. The Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association hosted the workshops where participants were introduced to the EFP process and asked to provide feedback. "Fanners involved in the pilot project provided very positive com- ments about the EFP process," says Jeff Wilson, chairman of AGCare. "The idea for EFPs actually orig- inated within the Ontario farm.. community, and farmers have been involved with every step of devel- oping the EFPs." Farm Plan workshops will be held throughout 1994 to provide a hands-on forum for farmers to exchange ideas and discuss issues that emerge from the voluntary, confidential EFP process. Don Hill, EFP Coordinator, says that EFPs will benefit Ontario farmers by helping them identify areas where they already effectively manage environmental concerns, and help them set realistic goals for dealing with potential risk areas. "The peer review process will consist of a small team of local farmers who are experienced with farm environmental isswits," he explains. Simple anonymous data from the EFPs will be compiled in a prov- ince -wide database intended to help policy and program development on farm environmental issues. _ „-c;uq tug .e lot! .yor,,olo ' fl h*vltsrrl'' '.oltluoci CHAMP has a lot of good things to glue: /financial assistance for artificial limbs; 4specially designed recreational limbs; frsafety education; '.computer training for children with multiple amputations; fra strong network of supportive counselling programs and regional seminars. Thanks to your support. GOOD THINGS DID HAPPEN( The War Amps National Headquarters 2827 Riverside Drive Ottawa. 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