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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DEÇEMBER 7, 1988- PAGE 17 Mandatory recycling by municipalities rejected by Provinoe By Adam Sikora "Why beat people over the head with a stick when it's working with a carrot?" says Durham West MPP Norah Stoner, longtime recycling advo- cate, of ber recent vote in the legisature against a Private Member's Bill requiring ail On- tario municipalities to, have recycling programs. The Bil, presented by Margaret Marland, Misssisauga South MPP and Progressive Conservative spokesperson for the environment, was defeated by a split Liberal vote. Durham Centre MPP Allan Furlong also voted against the BiIL. The purpose of the Bill was to require ail municipalities to establish and implement programs for the separation at source and recycling of garbage. Making recycling mandatory is unnecessary, feels Stoner, point- ing out that 92 municipalities already have recycling programs while a million blue boxes are now being used. She adds that Durham Region is also leading the way in progressive recycling efforts as in-school recycling programs are implemented that will see a blue box in every classroom. M,-nrand noted that both the Minister of the Environment Jim Bradley and his Parliamentary Assistant Carman McClelland signed questionnaires during the 1987 election committing them- selves to mandatory recycling. Also mentioning that several major Ontario municipalities have already voluntarily impIe- mented voluntary curbside recyc- ling programs, Marland felt that the Bill would have insured that the rest of Ontario moved into the next decade with a strong commitment to recycle. TeConservatives point out that existing Iandfills are near *capacity, yet less than 2 per cent of garbage is being recycled. "When you consider that up to 70 per cent of household garbage could be recycled, one wonders why the majority of Liberal members continue to ignore the benefits of recycling as opposed to the negative aspects of mnci- eration and landfîll," says Marland. She goes on to accuse members of running and hiding from the challenge of recycling and criti- cizes the Minister of Environment for saying the answer to the landfill crisis is recycling while voting down the chance to move dloser to that goal. Marland expressed particular disappointment in Stoner for voting against what Marland called "a constructive piece of legislation. Stoner said that while she absolutely agrees with the benefits of recycling and furthering it, mandatory recyc- ling throughout the province woul d increase the volume -of recyclable materiàls' considerably and flood the market for such materials, thus depreciating the market value of recyclable materials and Making it econom- ically unfeasible to 'practice recycling. Once again we have special values for this exciting time of the year. POINSETTIAS Sas low as$37 $15.,M $25. Even Serooge can't resist these prices! SVANDERMEER NURSERY pl & Garden Centre rcn 41E M. d 792 Bayl St. East1 i r1y E*ly a. Ajax 42 -255- 723*4803 728,05138 FOR COMPLETE HOME SERVICE BUY@NEff On a wide selection of patternsj 3 FEATURING #~SAVE UPTO fand -Country Prints mr a Borders Galore 1mr Buyl1Getl1FreeW .F'actcry F=rgce>s i'. t2.. E=xcellet3 Sierviice 3..Best m-SBtc-k Selectien 4. -Thoee»t Fc.»r Less h j"Waipaper or 4rooms fo hepriceof ofle OSHAWA AJAX SCARBOROUGH 140 SIMCO ST. SOMIT 1313 HARWOOO AVE. N. 713 MAIKU OA GA (JUST SOUTH OF JOHN) (BETWEEN I4WY. 401 &(SETWEEN ELLESMERE& HWY. 2)LARNE NIGHTS UNTIL NINEI CUSTOM UPHOLSTERY SOFAS & CHAIRS RECOVERED LIKE NEW Choose from a large selection of fabries *Repairs - Refinishing ANTIQUES BOUGHT AND SOLD 513 BROCK ST. N WHITBY BUS. 668-5481 RES. 655-3524 WE