PAGE 18, WHITY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY. NOVMMER 22, 1989 1.emllionho esinre cln OW COLLECTION YTMHSEPND ..................................... .......................................... ........ Total number of vehiicleS Lused in recycling programs According to data compiled by Ontario Multi-Material Recycing Incorporated, as of October 1989, more than 1.8 million homes in Ontario are served by a municipal multi-material recycing system, collecting, at the least, glass botties and jars, aluminum and steel food and beverage cans, plastic soft drink containers and newspapers. The total comprises 1.7 million sîinge family homes which have been the focus of a major thrust to introduce municipal curbside recycing, 45,000 apartment units and 62,000 rural householdIs. It is expected that by spring 1990, the total number of homes served will cimb to 2.1 million. This represents 57 per cent of the. 3.7 million housèholds in the province "The growth in municipal multi-material recycing program is particularly remarkabe when "'qj"- Diane Russell applies the inf rared laser to Shannon Burwash's ankie sprain. The Laser was purchased with funcis from First Class Care. "Everybody needs a t6~erapist at same point." ... so says Dianne Russell, Director of Rehabilitation Services at Whitby General Hospital. Russell oversees the activities of the Hospital's physia, occupational and recreational therapy departments. She also serves as a liaison to the chiropodist, and determines the need for speech pathology services.. Whitby General Hospital offers rehabilitation services on both an inpatient and autpatient basis. The outpatient physiotherapy area is extraordinarily busy. "We treat an- average of 50-60 patients a day," notes Russell. Patients may corne in daily to receive treatment for an acute sports injury, or they may corne in weekly for therapy related to a chronic condition, like arthritis. Alil patients receiving treatment must have a written ref errai from a physician. "On any given day we treat ail kinds of problems and ail age groups . .. from chest physiotherapy for an asthmatic child, to' therapy for an elderly patient who has had a hip repiaced," says Russell. Russell currently shares her small office in the outpatients area with four other physiotherapists. "Sometimes it can get a little crazy," she says. "In order to concentrate, I often need ta go elsewhere -- that's a challenge, too, because unused space is at a premium here. Where do you go?" With the hospitai's redevelopmnent project Russell hopes to see the outpatients area expanded. "1t would also help if we could increase our hours. We currentiy off er treat ment from 8 to 5. With more staff we could extend those hours and treat more people," Russell points out. Right now there is generally a waiting list of 2-4 weeks. "Obviously it would be far better ta get people in here immediatelyafter an injury," Russell notes. In addition, Russell would like ta bring Pool therapy into the hospital. "With our current space limitations there's o way we can do it, but with expansion . .. well, we can hope," she says. Patients receiving occupational therapy may be recovering from a stroke. Their therapy is designed ta help them cope effectively with the tasks of daily living. For example, patients learn ways ta deal with the equipment in their homes. "Our emphasis is on helping people return home and stay at home longer," says Russell. "We want ta enable them ta maintain their independence," she adds. In addition ta her hospital responsibilities, Russell is the Director for the Durham District Ontario Physiotherapy Association and she sits on the board of Whitby's Living Weil Program. "This is a great program," says Russell. "We train~ seniors in the communîty the philosophy of wellness and offer lectures and classes in nutrition, exercise, and stress management." for, a flrst ckiss communityf this space pro'vid(eýfas a'public ýervic by the!B'yîÎ' 'r f one considers that ini 1986, only 150,000 homes had an opportunity to recycle," said. Bob Flemington, president of OMMRI. "There are now 190 municipalities representing -a major portion of our population with recycing programns already in place and more than 40 more coniritted to launch prograins in the near future." OUMI is a not-for-profit corporation created in 1986 by Ontario's soft diink industry, its container and container materal supppiers to encou~rage, su pport and fund -municipal curbside recycing programs. It works in close cooperation with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and with committed municipalities, each partner sharing one third the capital costs of program start-up. OhMRs data bank also reveals that: 0 the total nuniber of vehicles in use in Ontario for recycing has grown to 329 from 22 in December 1986; 1 e the average annual weight of materials collected per single family household in curbside recycing progranis is newspaper, 230 lbs.; glass, 44 lbs.; steel, 23 lbs.; aluminum, 2 lbs.; plastic soft drink containers (PET), 1 lb.; for a total of 300 lbs. per household diverted annually from the municipal waste stream; 0 by fali 1989, 50 per cent of blue box householda will also, be collecting other types of plastic containers in addition ta, PET soft drink containers; '0 nine municipalities and/or regions currently have composting progranis. MDec.1986 - e.18 Dec.1988 June 1989 WHO GETS RECYCLING SERVICES ............................. .... ... ... ... ...................................... In Toronto Percentage of units served at O92%r 98 I54% ln Ontario Percentage of ail units served. Includes apariments and rural October 1989 February 1990' * (projected)' 57% 49%