November 27 – December 3, 2008 - Vol. XXXI, No: 12
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mechanical separation. With Tim Horton’s aplenty on campus, one has to wonder to what degree the U of T community is contributing to the ‘contamination’ problem. Do students know to separate lid from cup when tossing the latter into the blue bin? Are they even aiming for the blue bin at all? I spoke with Vig Krishnamurthy, a representative of the U of T Sustainability Office. He expressed his support for the city’s latest measure by asserting that the action “should be applauded, it’s well overdue …[The city] is finally taking a stance.” When asked whether Toronto should attempt to dictate the actions of a national company, Krishnamurthy conceded that it is understandable that Tim Horton’s would be “digging its heels.” However, he believes that the problem is best solved by creating a more responsible cup design, especially since a wide variety of cup types are available, including ones that are biodegradable or compostable. “If you change the cup,”
he says, “you solve the problem in every community... Toronto might eventually be able to afford the sorting machine, but an [immediate] change in [overall] packaging is a change for the better across the board in all contexts and all communities.” With regard to the latest ‘in-house’ recycling system at Tim Horton’s, Krishnamurthy affirmed, “It’s a smokescreen.” He pointed out that the majority of people toting takeaway cups will be doing just that: taking it away. A recycling program at Tim Horton’s won’t change what people do off the premises. And although the U of T campus accommodates recycling, there seems to be a lack of awareness of both the problem that these lids present, and sometimes of general recycling practices altogether. Krishnamurthy explained that because recycling regulations are frequently in flux, it is difficult for the average person to keep track of the changes. Continued on page 4...
Coffee crackdown Toronto needs to put a lid on it JODIE SHUPAC Community Concerns Bureau Over the past several weeks, Toronto has played host to a face-off between City Council and the renowned goliath of Canadian coffee, Tim Horton’s. On November 12th, the city’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee released a set of proposals aimed at reducing wasteful consumer packaging. Among these proposals is a plan to ban the sale of to-go paper coffee cups with plastic lids by June 2009, as the lids contaminate Toronto’s paper-recycling process. Also, customers sporting their own reusable mugs are to be rewarded with a 20 cent discount. Separation in the recycling process is a more contentious issue than one might think. Nick Javor, senior vice-
president of corporate affairs at Tim Horton’s, maintains that in municipalities outside Toronto, plastic lids are mechanically separated from the pulp during processing. In what looks to be an effort to appease, Tim Horton’s has announced a plan to institute its own recycling system in stores across Ontario. However, Toronto officials argue that it is naïve to assume that Torontonians will manually separate cup from lid at their own accord. Javor insists that manual separation should not be the focus of debate, and points to what he upholds as the greater issue: Toronto’s refusal to financially invest in the necessary machinery for
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tion, the “Dream Machine,” which he believed would revolutionize human consciousness. Great artists like William S. Burroughs, Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, DJ Spooky and Kurt Cobain all had a “Dream Machine” of their own; now its OUR turn! The concept is simple – a bright light is placed inside a rotating cylinder with patterned holes until a pulse of between 8-13 Hz is achieved. This is the exact frequency of alpha waves in the brain – the brain waves associated with creativity and dreaming. Subjects report
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