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THE COLBORNE CHRONICLE â€" Thursday, July 23, 1998 â€" 3 CommuniIty NEws > _ â€" _ __ k â€" User garbage January 1/99: serâ€"pay « $1.50 a bag, $25 per household Town of Campbellford, January 1, 1999 and hired a _ the former Murray Township By Manoy MaRTIN Alnwick Township, Hope â€" consultant to "prepare the _ east of Brighton. Murray left Srare Wrirer Township and the Towns of _ way" for the userâ€"pay sysâ€" â€" Northumberland County to CASTLETON â€" Userâ€"pay â€" Port Hope and Cobourg are tem. form part of the new Quinte garbage collection will cover _ not currently on the userâ€"pay "One idea is that those West municipality last Janâ€" all Northumberland system. However, at the July _ municipalities not currently vary.. ® ; County municipalities 15 county council meeting, â€" on userâ€"pay be issued free Still to be ironed out is a effective January 1, 1999. the last holdâ€"out, Hope bag tags to use from Septemâ€" â€" system to incorporate indusâ€" Householders will pay Township, was brought into _ ber through December to get _ trial and commercial operaâ€" $1.50 per tag of wet garbage, â€" the userâ€"pay fold. them used to the practice. . tions. 5 plus a $25 per household With Canadian Waste Serâ€" â€" Those municipalities have Presently barred from levy added to the tax bill. vices Inc. purchasing F.W. already paid the cost of county service, mf}sl comâ€" "In Cramahe Township, â€" Cunningham and Sons earlier garbage collection on their mercial and industrial operaâ€" we‘re glad to see countyâ€" _ this year, county garbage colâ€" â€" tax bills, so it would not be tions contract their waste wide userâ€"pay," Deputy reeve â€" lection is now the responsiâ€" _ fair to charge again for pickâ€"up to private contracâ€" Jim Williams told Bryanne bility of a single company. bag tags," Ms. Tait . tors. H Tait of the Northumberland _ With 13â€"15 trucks available, _ explained. "However, on Janâ€" "It doesn‘t seem fair that County waste management â€" the company noted Monday uary 1, 1999, they would â€" the contractors get the money department Monday night. collection saw the company â€" move to userâ€"pay." for the cardboard and recyâ€" We already have it and feel serving municipalities scatâ€" Outlets for the sale of bag â€" clables and we get the wet it is an effective way to â€" tered throughout the county. _ tags are being sought. waste in our landfill sites," reduce the amount of mateâ€" Redesigning pickup routes Garbage collection on priâ€" _ Stu Oliver concurred with rial going to our landfill sites. _ along major roadways, the â€" vate roads costs more money _ Ms. Tait. We‘ve _ really seen a company can reduce the curâ€". than on public thoroughfares, "We will work with them decrease." rent fiveâ€"day collection Ms. Tait noted. In addition, to hear what service they The Village of Colborne is â€" schedule to four days. the county system is still hanâ€" _ need and how we can provide already on a userâ€"pay tag sysâ€" "That will Mondays for _ dling garbage collection from _ it," Ms. Tait said. tem for wet waste and, like special circumstances and Cramahe, the recyclables collections or other exigenâ€" sent to the Municipal Recyâ€" _ cies," Ms. Tait reported. cling Facility at Grafton. Originally planned for a & Not all county municipaliâ€" September 1, 1998 impleâ€" ties have been as positive. In mentation date, the county fact. the Town of Brighton, has pushed the date back to Brighton Township, the dates and sites for collection BRIGHTON â€" A household hazardous waste collection will take place in Brighton Saturday, August 22, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. C That‘s the day you can drop off toxic cans and bottles of cleaners and household products, including paints and other building materials, at the Brighton Works Yard. And, the 1998 pesticide containet recycling program has established Phillips Farm Supplies in Brighton as this area‘s j 1998 collection site until the end of October 1998. Ontario farmers and commercial pesticide applicators have 6 returned over two million agricultural pesticide containers through the program since 1992, Clean, tripleâ€" or jetâ€"rinsed plastic and metal â€"pesticide conâ€" tainers, 20 litres or less in size, are accepted for recycling throughout the growing season. The designated recycling facility is open until the end of October. Each container is inspected, upon delivery, for cleanliness. Plastic containers are chipped and made into plastic fence posts for rural use. Metal containers are crushed and made into reinforced bar for construction. The Ontario Pesticide Container Recycling Program is cooperatively organized by growers (through AGCare), pestiâ€" cide manufacturers, dealers, and Ontario‘s ministries of Enviâ€" ronment, and Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.