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WIUNESDAY.*
1411i 1990
Walton landfill presses for refundalsl glass
The Walton Landfill Committee will con-
tinua to press for the implementation of
more refundable glass products, even in
the face of government discouragement.
"We're trying to remain positive,"
asserts Brad Knight, Secretary of the
Watton Landfill Committee and Clerk -
Treasurer of Grey Township. "It's just that
we're having so much glass dumped on the
site.."
Mr. Knight recently received a letter
from the Honorable Jim Bradley, Minister
of the Environment, in response to a Let-
ter to Mr. Bradley dated December 5, 1989.
In it, Mr. Bradley notes that "While the
blue box recycling system has proven to
be very successful in over 300
municipalities, we must realize that there
will be technical problems attached to this
tremendous success."
One of these `technical problems' or
"Vowing' pains", as Mr. Bradley refers to
them, is the saturation of the market • with
recyclable products and the resulting plum-
meting prices. The major concern at the
Walton Landfill site, which services
McKillop and Grey townships, is the lack
of a market for sorted glass. Mr. Knight
reports that he currently has a gravity bin
with 5 tons of clear glass in storage, and
moreat the site, that has nowhere ta go.
An earlier problem with `glass coh a -
tion' ( broken and/or colored glass mixed
together) has been solved to an extent.
However, Mr. Knight informed Mr.
Bradley that the townships "..have not
BROOMS AKIMBO, a tangle of Embrum Blackhawks and an Easy Rider rival head
for the boards during Intermediate men's broomball action on Friday afternoon. The
Easy Riders were eliminated from the Provincial tournament in two games. For
more turn to page A10. Elliott photo.
Police pleased with co
The Seaforth Police Department reports
a quiet week in town, despite the presence
of an extra 2,000 to 3,000 people in Seaforth
to watch and/or participate in the Provin-
cial Broomball competition.
"The broomball created very little extra
work for us, and we were pleased with the
conduct of the participants," commented
Police Chief Hal Claus. "They were all
keen participants and fans, and had to
keep their cool in order to play their next
game, which worked in our favor."
However, things were not so quiet in
other areas of town. On March 18 the
caretaker of Northside United Church
induct of broomballers
discovered broken glass in the church's
east door. Police suspect the door was
struck sometime between March 16 and 18,
and struck hard, since one piece of glass
was found 15 feet inside the church. No
sign of a projectile used to damage the
door was found, and although there was
damage, there was no sign of entry into
the church.
Another concern of the local police is the
number of dogs running loose in town.
There have been a number of complaints
made, and police are urging pet owners to
keep their dogs confined to their own pro-
perty, or on a leash.
50 cents a copy
found a broker to handl 'our glass and
because or our reIatively4'cmall size it is
uneconomical to attempt to ship it by
ourselves."
"What am I go>' • to
� � �. with. it?", Mr.
Knight comments, I can t afford to send
it to Toronto. s'
The Walton Landf Ltommittee has been
urging the Ministry of the Environment
and the Provincial bodies to look into a re-
fund program for poprand. LCBO bottles,
but so far the plea 'has fallen on deaf, or
uncooperative,.ears. In his March 13 rep-
ly to the Environment Minister, ,Mr. Knight
points out that the 1989 Pr vincial Budget
"..attempted' to address the embarrass-
ment of non-refundable CBO bottles by
placing a five -cent dispose charge on each
liquor, wine or beer<container for which
there was no deposit olt:;'rrecycling system."
Perhaps a step in: ltrlte;fight direction,
notes Mr. Knight, but essentially a stopgap
solution. It makes more economic sense to
implement a return system; for these glass
items and effectively lessen the burden on
landfill sites and a saturated glass market
"I would ..suggest to you that that the
recycling of glass materials, as it is now,
is a very costly failure that has failed to
achieve its goals of waste reduction," fur-
thers Mr. Knight.
When the suggestion of more refundable
glass legislation was first brought to Mr.
Bradley's attention in the December 5 let-
ter, he replied that "..in 1988, non -refillable
soft drink containers represented approx-
imately 50,i u u tons of waste. During the
same year, the blue box system recycled
more than 2 and a half times (in excess of
30,000 tons) of recyclable municipal
waste."
However, the blue box system also incor-
orates tin and newsprint, and this 130,000
on figure accounts fo
r far more than glass products.,
Ktht aortail
8% bottle return ra s n indicator
of
he possible success bf a soft drink and
CBO bottle return system. He estitpates
that at least half of the glass sitting in the
ton bins is from pop and liquor bottles.
"We're sorting the stuff and we don't
ow what to do with it."
The Landfill Committee is now awaiting
. Bradley's response to their latest let -
r. A recycling seminar, sponsored by the
Ministry of the Environment and O.M.R.I.,
s been set for Goderich in the near
ture. However, Mr. Knight fears that the
miner will turn out to be more of a
ecycling training program' and a chance .
r the two groups to parade their cause.
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PUC report clarified
inweek's In last Public DExpositor, the heasdline
should have read "Seaforth sewer rates to
take 24 cent jump", not 24 per cent.
hikeIn a clarification the will be appliedto to hestoshared costthisaio
the Town of Seaforth for producing the
sewage portion of the hydro bill. The rise
in rates, effective over a three-year period,
will be levied by the PUC onto the Town
of Seaforth itself, and not individual
customers' bills.
United
ng a ation
br ere'.,,, eteriE
in to
t►p e, .‘e
.‘c
lh the Can,
Acchur es raised' enough money to purchase
part of the Canadian Poodgrains
0.0..evelopinent Agency. Egmond-
latt in' the drive, and members of
`watch the corn being bagged. Seen
II Co-op, the company, responsible
e fit
Ad Cheryl -Ann Stadelbauer-Samoa,
la'obinet photo.
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itebing is uaually'used for transpor-
oe fail a�,A osis1 so the Foodgrains Bank is not
a 1i g t i► t u On 0? picket Donations of. time ensure
t o put t11t there is more money to spend on the
;o s �taen std actual urehase of f
lttu. frn4r,ti.?3n 'n..aiLe'.;� s? r,nFt"r * godgraina.
ofebtAkea good at both ends. It
triopeople corn andwhiot°,aneelso d maitk,es" sure
o
evelrend Stadelbauer;Sampa.
Once t11 Angola the corn will ' be ad-
�inis eCed though food relief and a Food
r ,falork program. Brea o of lis war ex-
trlence gola has tho highest nwriber of
wlitbes anal the lowest number of
dial facilities. It is hoped' that a
edicalbuilding°can be built in exchange
for genii- r .
ipa gin the corn drive this„year
field, Brucefield, •Bluevale,
even Winthrop, Duff's In Walton,
tiiondville,riao`ihen, Hensall, Hohnesvflle,
trot ,� : Northside in SeaforE
Pslinfot?,t Varna and WesOntario
ley -Willis
aa' titedb
Uh'n`, tntlh iA„»i .. tie ifk w Ojja United Churches.
iitr point of view, while itis ex-
have�thfs triany Churches involy-
'., ° 1 it 11,S so disappointing that this re-
.u�fiW,itik eV'tw.HA"rtL &
itetl Church endeavor," corn -
Arend Stadelbauer-Sarnpa.
lits 'Bank is an ecumenical .
e' wish other denominations
us iii".this.""
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SERIOUS INJURIES were sustained by a Seaforth and Clin week. Seaforth firefighters were called in to remove the pinn-
ion man in this single vehicle crash just west of Seaforth fast ed passenger from the car. Elliott photo.
Seaforth, Clinton men injured in vehiclei
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Charges are pending in two separate
motor vehicle accidents last week which
sent two Seaforth men to hospital with
minor injuries and seriously injured
another Seaforth man and a Clinton man.
Brian Taylor, 28, or R.R. 3 Walton and
Andrew Watson, 19, of Seaforth received
minor injuries when their cars collided on
County Road 12, south of Concession 4-5,
McKillop last Wednesday night, March 14.
Goderieh OPP report that the the Taylor
Wilde, a 1988.Dldstlwbile, was northbound -
on um euwtty load at about 9:30 p.m.
when the car crossed the line and collid-
ed with Watson's southbound 1975
Oldsmobile. The Taylor vehicle was
demolished, and the Watson vehicle sus-
tained moderate damage.
A Seaforth single accidentj
on Highway 8 sent driver Daniel
Boyes, 24, of Clinton and passenger Al
McQuaid, 29, of Seaforth to the Seaforth
Corrirnunity Hospital with serious injuries
early Tursd y morning. SOYAvebiele, a
1977 Ford, was travelling westbound at
about 1:45 a,m. on Thursday, March 15
when it left the road 200 metres west of
Concession 3041, McKillop and struck the
embankment. The car was demolished,and
members of. the Seaforth Fire Departent
were called onto the scene to extricate the
pinned passenger, Al McQuaid, from the
car.
Constable Szigeti of the Goderich OPP
detachment is the • hivestlgating officer for
btith accidents..
Hospital pay equity is internal process
The Seaforth Community Hospital pay
ed was nocomared with 0
other arity ea hospitals, as was reported in
the Hospital Board meeting write-up of
March 7, 1990.
The story stated that "Pay equ ity...was
compared with 40 other hospitals of similar
size, and the pay grids were found to be
`out of whack"'. however, it was pointed
out that the Seaforth Hospital pay equity
irnplernentation is an internal evaluation
process. The consulting company working
with the Seaforth Hospital carne up with a
genet C point scale, rating specific job
d ptiotts on a numbered scale through
the use of 9 or 10 determinant tactors. 1'he
hospital administration considered their
own evaluations alongside off this generic
scale, and altered the pay equity grid
accordingly.
Hospital CEO Don Smith explained that,
although Pay Equity is a provincial ruling,
a province -wide base pay scale for specific
jobs would be impractical and unfair.
"It's not a case of 'a nurse, is a nurse,
is a nurse"', he noted, explaining that the
actual job descriptions of a specific
hospital worker can vary greatly from
hospital to hospital, depending on the size
and locale of the facility.
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