CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Oct. 6, 1966 SMALL WORLD 4.5 Pounds of Garbage Por Bay Garbage Serious Canadian Problem It’s difficult to realize to what extent a community de- pends on public serices. Diffi- cult, that is, until antl tthe services are ‘suddenly curtail led. ing up than there are fires to consume it. Some $50 million will-have to be spent on incer- ation during the next four years just to keep up with the present of garbage. Canadians, according to the] flow following report from Maclean’s Magazine, produce more per capita garbage than any other nation, They also mke more telephone calls and buy more life insurance, Europeans re-use their gar bage. This is not her As things ‘stand now Mon- treal is spending $8.7 million to ed by most city councils because they only dispose of part of the garbage and still leave the rest to be treated and handled in the sewage system. 0, Toronto's Com- . F. Atyeo, missioner of Streets, says he is| @ bein; with more plastic and aluminum wrapping. “The new approach to packaging has increased costs tremendously,” Atyeo, who says t by reusing it. ‘There is build one of North 8 | ult most modern incinerators, In Toronto, where subur- ban North York has a $4.5 million incinerator under con- because of the high cost of the machinery, and the readily avail able alternate sources of fertil- er, A summary of the Maclean's article by David Crane follows: Vancouver's garbagemen were on strike for 44 days earl- ier this summer but they made the alimentary point in ebout 44 44 ar $150,000 study on metropolitan garbage problems by a Kansas City con- sulting firm. One guess is that e an- mouely. awaiting a Toronto will need to spend at| @ least $19 million to meet its gar- bage commitme: ents. is ney isposing of garbage is ju: partie of the problem.. The cost volved in the whole process of ihe wee me a reage it out: of ie , Barbage ou trash cans, encroached-on living space and spread itself menac- beck across the city’s parks and es.