HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-02-01, Page 11Waste Management - every
municipality's problem
By Adrian Harte
HENSALL - Local politicians
• and ratepayers looping for solu-
tions to their municipalities' waste
disposal problems found few an-
swers at Monday evening's Waste
Management Master Plan, but left
with a better understanding of the
severity of the problem... . • .
Eight representatives 'from the
Huron County Planning Depart-
ment and a. hired consulting firm
arrived in Hensall Monday evening
to explain the Stage One Prelimi-
nary Report to an audience consist-
ing mostly of representatives of lo-
' cal councils and public employees.
Stage 'One is -only the first of
three reports over the next . few
years that will examine and deter-
mine Huron County's waste man-
agement needs through and beyond -
the year 2008.
. Les MacMillan of Gore and Stor-
ric Ltd. was quick to point old, to
the audience that the present pre-
liminary report is only the collec-
• tion of data on the county's project-
cd landfill capacity, - -
. . MacMillan said estimates show
Huron County disposed of about
• 42;000 tonnes • of waste last year,
• an amount that will increase slight-
' .ly over the next few years: He
compared this to Metro Toronto's
three million tonnes of waste each
year. Nevertheless, by 2008 all the
county's 17 landfill sites wilt like-
Iy be' full. Blyth's will last the
-longest; but others -have less time
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to find alternate means of disposal.
The Township of Stanley and the
Village of Hensall are both expect-
ed to exceed their landfill capaciues
by 1995. The Tuckersinith/
Seaforth landfill is already full.
"You can really consider landfill
capacity .a resource today," said
MacMillan; "and you should not
waste it by closing up a site before
it's full."
Because it takes about five to
seven years to get a new landfill
ready for use; MacMillan said mu-
n icipalities cannot afford to ignore
their problems for long.
"I guess you can say the time of
the study is just about right," he
said.
County municipalities presently
spend about $1 million a year on
waste disposal, an amount .Mac -
Milian expects to rise significantly
in the coming decades. '
Denis Merrall, Huron County
Engineer, explained some of the al-
ternatives that will be examined in
the later stages of the Master Plan,
but noted a main focustiwill be on
reduction of garbage amounts and
recycling. He pointed out a blue
box program only reduces residen-
tial garbage by about 15 percent.
Merrall suggested ways to increase
that figure will have to be found.
Homegrown solutions may also
enter into the equation, such as
home composting, increased use of
. returnable containers, and the con-
scious actions of consumcrs.look
ing for products with less wasteful
packaging.
An energy from waste plant for
the county is also a possibility, but
a customer for steam heat would
need to be found, unless hydro gen-
eration proved a viable alternative.
Gar Davidson, director of plan-
ning forYHuron, noted decisions to
find new landfills or waste disposal
alternatives will be hard to make.
Not only do municipalities face
public backlash, but they have to
consider the costs involved and be
aware of exactly how much the
public is willing to spend on waste
management:
During the question and answer
period, the panel responded to con-
cerns raised by the more than 60
persons -an the audience, but one
question summed up the evening's
proceedings.
When asked what Huron County
was going to do for municipalities
that are facing -landfill shortages in'
the next few years, Merrall's re-
sponse was blunt.
"Frankly, we aren't going to do
anything," he said. He pointed.out
all decisions rest with each munici-
pality. The purpose of the Wastc
Management. Master Plan is to give
those municipalities enough infor-
mation so that they may be able to
determine the future of their waste
disposal systems before it is too
late.
Davidson noted that the public
and their municipalities are begin-
ning to awaken to the real problems—
of waste management, and eventual-
ly, alternatives will have -to be.
found. _. •A
"Consciousness is coming forth
and we realize that we have t� do
more than just put our waste in a
hole in the ground," he said.
Two dances in Hensall
By Susan Hartman
HENSALL - The Hensall Legion
is gearing up for Valentine's Day
with their very own Sweetheart's
Dance on Saturday February 11
where members and non-members
can dance to a D.J. until 1 a.m.
There will be no admission
charge, but minors will not be ad-
mitted. -
Formore itiformation, call Val at
262-3332 after 6 p.m. or call the
Legion at 262-2948.
Another dance is scheduled on
March 23 when the Hensall and
District Kinettes will hold a suit-
case dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m
with music by Smokey Hollow.,
The dancers with the lucky ticket
will end up spending Easter week-
end in Las Vegas with $200 U.S.
cash to spend. -
Tickets are available from the
Kinettes now at $25 a couple, but
couples must be present at the
dance to win. •
Heart and Stroke
The annual campaign against
heart disease and strokes will begin
in early February in Hensall. Can-
vassers under the guidance of vil-
lage captain Bob Reaburn will in-
clude the following people:
.Donna Hamathcr, Jan Baker, Kay
Rathwell, Alma Dayman, Wanda'
Lawrence, Dorothy Kipfer, Dorothy
Corbett, Lea Seaton, Sheila Reab-
urn, Donna St. John, Anne Max-
well; Winnie Skca, Mr. and Mrs.
E. Chipchase, Jessie Cameron,
Doug Kyle, Marg Cole, and Bonnie
Bozrato.
The Heart and Stroke Foundation
of Ontario reminds everyone of
their 50 percent chance of having
heart disease or a stroke: -
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high, followed by Eileen Dowson.
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McKnight, Alf Ross and Mary
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By Roberta Templeman
STAFFA - Staffa Women's .Insti-
tute . catered to the dinner for the Ap-;
predation night hosted by Hillbert
Township Council recently at the
Township hall in Staffa.
Around 60 guests enjoyed the
meal, followed by slides of the In-
ternational Plowing Match last fall
shown by Ken Connelly, Mitchell.
Retiring gifts were presented to
Florence McPhail and Jim Paratch-
ek. Euchre was enjoyed with prizes
awarded to Shirley Kramers, Bob
Norris, Jerry Murray, Lorne Fell
and Betty Lou Norris.
A beautiful display of hand paint-
ed china was the highlight of the
Education and Cultural; activities
meeting of the Staffa Womens In-
stitute held in the township hall on
Tuesday afternoon.
Guest 'speakers were Jean Rat-
cliffe, Kirkton, and Gcorginia
Smith, St. Marys, who displayed
the china and explained•alt that was
involved in the finished product.
These ladies were introduced by
Margaret Daynard and thanked by
Joyce Vivian.
Margaret Kemp presided for the
meeting. Tribute was paid to Bobby
Burns who was born January 25,
1759. Margaret also read two of her
favorite poems, "The wee Beasty"
and "A Man's a Man for all That".
Everyone joined in singing "Flow
Gently Sweet Afton" and "Alude
Lang Syne" accompanied by Mari-
on McCaughey on the piano.
Eleven members and two visitors
answered the roll call by bringing a
article from another country and
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cater -council dinner
telling about it. A contest on
:Countries" was enjoyed with Lil-
lian Douglas the winner:
A collage on "Culture in our
time was on display as were crafts
of the neighbourhood.
Everyone took a break for lunch
which had been prepared by Flor-
ence McPhail and Kay Smale and
was served by Kay and Marjorie
Dfe.
`iTempleman presided for
the. business with Verle Mahon
reading the correspondence and
thank yous. Joyce Vivian volun-
teered to look for a suitable place to
host the District Annual in May
and Margaret Kemp volunteered to
"look into' appropriate apprecia-
tions for 4H members.
The February meeting was re-
viewed and this meeting adjourned.
Personals
Doris MIller is home after a
lengthy stay in Stratford General
Hospital.
At the time of writing, Ellen
Vivian is a patient in Seaforth
Community Hospital and Margaret
Miller a patient in Stratford Gener-
al Hospital.
Rob, Bev, Carrah, Cain and Co-
hen visited on the weekend with
Miss Carpl Stewart, Kitchener.
Award - Bob Baker (left) was the recipient of the 1988 service di-
ploma. Bevin Kinsman presented the award.
Executive - The 1989 directors for the Hensall Spring Fair were elected at the board's annual meet-
ing in the Hensall Community Centre. Shown (back left) are Bob Bell, Harold Parsons, Biii Kerslake,
Dave Turner, Jack Kinsman, Bevin Kinsman and (front) Homecraft secretary Ma,.'ene Bell, 2nd v/p
Cecil Pepper, 1st v/p Ross Corbett, president Don Dearing, secretary •h Parker and Homecraft.
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