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This is the first of a two part article which will take a look at recycling and the growing garbage disposal problem. While a good start has been made in Ontario in reducing the volume of solid waste going to municipal landfill sites, Harold Corrigan, chairman of Ontario Multi-Material Recycling Incorporated (OMMRI) says that it's time other industries join with the Ontario soft drink industry in funding the expansion of the municipal "Blue Box" recycling system in the province. "Individuals and business estab- lishments now produce about eight million tons of garbage in Ontario each year. Disposal of all that solid waste is a growing problem. Currently most of it goes to landfill Sites, but these sites are filling at ever increasing rates and the citi- zens of Ontario do not want new landfill sites in their backyards. It's time for all of us to work together to meet this challenge," Corrigan says. OMMRI has been and is an active player in the promotion and funding of municipal recycling pro- grams in Ontario. In 1986, the soft drink industry, its container and container material suppliers estab- lished OMMRI, a not-for-profit corporation. Together the members of OMMRI are contributing $20 million over four years to research, promote and help fund municipal "Blue Box" recycling programs. "Working in co-operation with the Ministry of the Environment, OMMRI has been a major force in the expansion of curbside multi- material recycling to 1.3 million homes today from approximately 150,000 homes at the end of 1986," Corrigan says. Currently the "Blue Box" recy- cling system is used to recover glass bottles. and jars, aluminum and steel food and beverage cans, plastic soft drink containers and newspapers from residential solid waste. By the end of 1989, two million households will be recy- cling and it is expected that a quar- ter of a million tons of solid waste will be diverted from landfill sites. "By its efforts, the soft drink industry is providing leadership and is identified as a responsible citizen. That same opportunity awaits other industries which take up the challenge and become involved. "Rather than wait for new gov- ernment legislation, we would hope that other industries will see the benefit of moving ahead on a vol- untary basis to assist municipal recycling. If they do so, it can be on a sound economic basis. If govern- ment legislates them in, flexibility and economy often go out the win- dow," Corrigan says. "The task ahead is to expand the "Blue Box" system to add addition- al materials and products to be recycled in Ontario. The Ontario soft drink industry, through OMMRI, is playing an important role in helping municipalities bring about a social change in the atti- tudes and actions of citizens towards garbage; other industries can and should join in this opportu- nity," says Corrigan. Although the soft drink industry plays a leading role in recycling, they too sometimes falter. Coca Cola Ltd. goes to court this month to face charges of sell- ing too many non-recyclable con- tainers in certain cities in Southern and Northern Ontario. If found guilty, the company could face stiff fines. Still, the soft drink industry is setting an example for others to fol- low. In a rare move, soft drink pro- ducers have joined together to encourage people to recycle. Delivery trucks will now sport the message "Get On Track...Cycle It Back!" and show a glass bottle, a plastic soft drink container and a can being tossed into a Blue Box. industries start to recycle and expand on the type of waste prod- ucts which are recycled. The Globe and Mail launched a "recycle me" campaign last spring which was one of the first of its type in the province. Special bins were set up on Globe and Mail premises to collect waste newsprint and newspapers. OMMRI President Bob Flemington says the paper's pub- lisher, Roy Megarry, and the Globe Page 9, News, Wednesday, January 11, 1989 Soft drink industry recycling leaders per cent of the garbage sent to land- fill sites and 75 per cent by weight of the materials recycled through Blue Box programs. In Northern Ontario, Dryden was the first town to announce its intentions to establish a multi-mate- rial curbside recycling program. Other municipalities in the north have since announced their inten- tions to do likewise. These include Kenora, Fort Frances, Thunder Bay, North Bay and the Sudbury eg Me 'a result, Environment Minister Jim Bradley had the Recycle North Task Group address some of the special problems relat- ed to recycling in Northern Ontario. These include distance to mar- ket for recycled materials, the mis- conception that there is no shortage of landfill sites in the north, and the relative isolation of northern com- munities. and Mail, "are to be commended __ Region is pursuing implementing a Next week's article will look at for recognizing their responsibility". _ region-wide program. the local landfill situation and in helping to divert newsprint from The government realizes com- what's being done to recycle the waste stream. munities in the north face problems = waste. 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