Zurich Citizens News, 1975-07-31, Page 7Plan '76 trade mart Checking insulation
will save energy
Zurich Citizens News, July 31, 1975 - Page 7
Though the first Huron County
Trade Mart held in Clinton on
May 28 seemed something less
than a booming success at the
time, a poll of the particip-
ants shows they are in favour of
giving it another try.
Huron County Development
Officer Spence Cummings an-
nounced results of a poll taken at
the Mart by the Ministry of
Industry and Tourism which
shows that 60 per cent of those
taking part are in favour of
making it an annual event. The
other 40 per cent would be in
favour of a Mart every other
year. No one was for dropping the
event altogether.
In other questions asked, the
survey showed that 68 percent
of those taking part were in
favour of opening the show to
the public for 6 hours. 20 per
cent for 12 hours and about 12
per cent did not want the event
opened at all. Eighty-two per
cent of the exhibitors were in
favour of the inclusion of whole-
salers in the show with six per-
cent against and 12 per cent
not caring. Seventy percent of
those taking part wanted ret-
ailers included, while five per
cent did not and 25 per cent
didn't care.
Sixty per cent of those taking
part were from Clinton, 15 per
cent from Goderich and 25 per
cent from Exeter.
Mr. Cummings said that the
Second Annual Huron County
Trade Mart has been scheduled
for May 5, 1976 in Clinton. Ret-
ailers, wholesalers, manufactur-
ers and service industry firms
will be invited to attend. The
show will be open to the public
during the afternoon and early
evening.
The amount and distribut-
ion of insulation in heated
buildings, including the farm
home, should be checked
this summer to give you an
opportunity to purchase
additional insulating mater-
ials or make arrangements for
installation while materials
and contractors ae available.
In some cases, redistribution
of insulating material, part-
icularly in the attic, can be
a worthwhile effort at a rel-
atively low cost, according to
agricultural engineers with
the Ministry of Agriculture
and Food.
Specific timing is critical
for buildings housing live-
stock and poultry so that inst-
allation can be planned to
avoid disruption of product-
ion schedules.
With the cost of all forms
of heat energy increasing, it
makes sense to invest in add-
itional insulating materials.
In most cases the cost of add
ing insulation will be recover-
ed in one to five years. And,
just as important, less fuel
will be consumed.
Fuel costs can also be cut by
reducing unnecessary air
infiltration and heat loss
through windows. Seal un-
necessary windows with rem-
ovable insulated panels or
double glazing. Double glaz-
ing can be accomplished
very economically by using
clear polyethylene available
from` hadware or building
supply centers. Crackage
around windows and doors
can be. sealed with caulking
compound or weather stripp-
ing which are readily avail-
able and easily installed.
Heat losses through windows
are high.
Ontario Ministry of Ag-
riculture and Food extension
personnel, Ontario Hydro
customer service staff, build-
ing contractors and material
suppliers are all available
to offer assistance.
Saving energy saves money
and leaves more energy
available for all of us next
year.
Garbage
is coming up
roses..
Twenty years from now, crops
growing on recycled garbage will be
an everyday sight.
That's pretty hard to imagine.
right now because most of us think of
garbage as just that -garbage. But
in fact, it's a potential resource.
And the Ontario Ministry of
the Environment is harnessing it.
How does it happen?
By recycling. Garbage will be
taken to recycling centres where it
will be shredded, separated, and
some of it, turned into fertile soil to re-
vitalize barren areas of the province.
The same basic shredding and
separating process will also produce
fuel, paper, cardboard, metals.
And we've just begun to explore
the possible end uses of garbage.
Landfill
Recyclable
materials
Fuel
Separation
of light
and heavy
material
south. eastern Ontario.
In 15 years there will be
recycling centres all across the
province to handle 90 per cent of
Ontario's garbage -everything from
abandoned cars to organic waste.
Why recycle?
Because the people of Ontario
-all of us -pile up garbage at three
times the rate that the population
increases.
The Ministry is working on
ways to reduce that amount, but we'll
always have garbage. And we're
having trouble finding places to put
it and the landfill to cover it.
Once garbage is being
recycled, those problems will be over.
But more important than the dumping
problems, we're literally throwing
away valuable resources with every
• ton of garbage we discard.
In a community of 100,000,
garbage recycling will conserve
the equivalent of up to 3,500,000
gallons of fuel oil a year, 3,600 tons of
reclaimed steel, 4,500 tons of glass.
Our recycling program is
considered one of the most
advanced in the world. It's a
commitment to a
different way of living.
And the whole
' - world will be watching
Ontario's garbage come
up roses.
The system: step by step.
A centre for advanced research will
come up with many more.
Where is it happening?
Our Ministry has
already inaugurated
Ontario's first recycling
centre in North York.
In the next two years,
similar centres will be
built to serve London,
Sudbury, Peel, Halton,
Metro Toronto and
Ministry
of the
Environment
Ontario
Hon. William Newman, Minister
Everett Biggs, Deputy Minister