Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 3, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba 12 Itei of Iii litsuai3, says dumped waste Oil could be put to better use by King Kearnely every year a estimated billions of thick Blaek Oil fours from the Era la ases of ears in Winnipeg and another 1.4 Mil lion Gallons Are produced by transportation f i r in s and industries in the City. Hut despite nearly two Mil lion Gallons of used Oil that nobody wants the City and province have failed to come up with any policy to sen that it is taken care of. That Means that the companies that pick up the waste Oil have to find their own Means of disposing of it. 0 u ring the summer much of it is used to control dust on roads in the province. During the Winter in is poured into uncontrolled dump Sites or on vacant land usually within a 50 mile radius of Winnipeg. The province and Many municipalities have out la cd dumping of Oil except under special conditions but the practice goes on anyway simply because there is nothing else to do with it. The province recognizes this and covers its eyes pretending it does t see the dumping going on. One of the City s largest collectors of waste Oil de scribes the dumping of Oil in terms that sound almost sinister. The trucks painted Flat Black with Only one Inch High letters on he Side identifying the owner pull up to a Rural dump at night when no one is around. In less than two minutes Over three thou Sand Gallons of Oil pour into the Situ and the truck is on its Way. The Rural municipalities that own the dumps Don t like the situation but they can t afford to person n e 1 to patrol dumping. Their Only recourse is to file a complaint with the province but the disposal company still has to be caught. The Rural municipalities feel hey should t he responsible for paying for the disposal of wastes produced in Winnipeg. Winnipeg itself will Burn the waste Oil in its incinerator but the City charges per ton for the service and the disposal companies find it cheaper to drive to a Rural dump site. At present the City Burns less than Gallons of waste Oil and it s just As Well they Are not asked to Burn it All because it Sim ply docs not have the capacity. Both uncontrolled dump ing and dust abatement programs amount to the same thing pouring waste Oil on the ground and both can have serious consequences on the ecological system. Add value convenience and Beauty to your Home install Barkman Concrete Steps and attractive rails. Lightweight Barkman Steps have a unique raised tread design and finish that makes cleaning easy and Safe footing a reality. Tor details see your local Barkman dealer or Contact Barkman Concrete. Barkman Concrete limited 10 Kent Street Telephone 667-3310 according to a report prepared by or. Brian b. Hasinoff of awl Environ studies indiscriminate dumping of waste Oil on land is environmentally one of the least acceptable methods of disposal for waste Oil. Contact with the soil can result in loss of vegetation temporary sterility of the soil Haz Ards and Domestic prob lems in racking and in addition Oil dumped on the ground whether in disposal Sites vacant land or on roadways can work its Way into the water sys tem through Runoff and seepage with obviously unpleasant effects on the taste and odor of water that comes into the Home. The Oil can also work its Way into the River and Lake systems As recently happened at the r. M. Of East St. Paul disposal site when Oil flowed into the red River when it does it can have serious effects on Plant and animal life by cutting their Supply of oxygen. Instead of dumping waste Oil could be put to a useful purpose. According in or. Hasinoff however Fie City and province would have to enact legis lation to ensure that acceptable disposal methods Are carried out. As yet there is no such legislation and there Are no immedi ate plans for any. One Way to put the Oil to Good use which could be initiated almost immediately would be As an Energy source. Or. Hasinoff estimates that if uie 1.9 Mil lion Gallons of waste Oil in Winnipeg were used As fuel in the Winnipeg Hydro steam Plant it could pro vide 34 per cent of the plants total heat require ments. At a Cost of three cents per gallon for collection waste Oil is about one Quarter the Cost of either fuel Oil or Coal. The use of waste Oil for this purpose could Cut fuel costs about 25 per cent or about collection costs could be lowered by charging the service Sla tons for disposing of the Oil As is presently done by the disposal services. This would increase savings to a lion waste Oil is now being Imp ibid in Hawaii and new York. It has been accomplished without pc treatment of the Oil or modification of equipment and has not led to Environ mental problems. A better use for waste Oil the report states is re refining. Chemically the Oil that drains from an engine is Little different from new lubricating Oil. The main difference is that it contains impurities such As water gasoline and Metalic particles. Through existing technology these impurities can be removed leaving a lubricating Oil equal in Quality in new Oil. A Small amount of re refining about Gal Lons per year is currently being carried out by Impe rial Oil but this will end Money sitting Idle Wake it up with Canada of q 2 for five years o for two three or four years for one year amounts of or More deposited with Canada permanent now earn this attractive interest. Probably a much better interest rate than Are getting from your savings account. Rates subject to change you receive a guaranteed investment Carlin ate and your interest is paid promptly by Cheque half yearly same arrangement for our debentures except interest May by accumulated i use Ymir Idle funds to buy a High interest ct.-. If Cate or debenture today Canada permanent member Canaria Deposit insurance corporation 433 Portage Avenue opposite the Bay Howard p. Miller manager Tony a. Dyck savings manager Telephone 947-0441 when the company s refinery is shut Dow in 1074. T i e province has received some inquiries re Garding the establishment o f re refining operation Here from Turbo resources limited of Calgary but so far hey have not passed inc discussion stage. Talks however Are continuing. The main drawback to the establishment of a Plant is the marginal profitability of Many existing plants. The estimated Cost of a modern Plant with a capacity of nine million Gallons per year is and the Cost of re refined Oil is nearly equal to that of new lubricating Oil diminishing the possibility of High volume sales based on Price. Or. Hasinoff says a sub Sidy would be required to make re refining commercially attractive. This Money could be raised through increased taxation on new lubricating Oil to cover the Cost of its final disposal. A similar taxation system to pay for the disposal of Glass containers and automobiles is now in. Effect in Alberta. In Addi Tion the taxation on new lubricating Oil would make re refined Oil More competitive in Price. Re refining has been going on for nearly 10 years in the . And at present there Are 40 companies in operation. This is Down from 125 plants in 1960. Reasons Given for the shutdowns Are the in creased difficulty of re moving motor Oil additives decreased demand created by a decline in the number of old poorly serviced cars and trucks that often used re refined Oil and perhaps most important the in creased Cost of handling and processing the waste by products of the re refine Jig process. But these problems can be solved through the use of recent developments in tile re refining process. At present the re refining in Dusley for the most part is using outdated methods. Their product is satisfactory for Many Industrial uses but not. For the Modem High performance vehicle but this does not have to be the Case. Modern methods of re refining can produce an Oil that will meet All of the standards set for new Oil. In addition the method most used in the . Produces Large quantities of an acid Clay sludge which poses serious Environ mental problems. The disposal problem gained widespread Atten Tion in 1970 when three Mil lion Gallons of Oil sludge at Schuylkill River West Ginia poured through a break in the holding la goons and into the River. The scene was re enacted last year when Hurricane Agnos overflowed the la goons pouring out 5 million to 15 million Gallons of the sludge. Incidents like these have increased inc demand for tighter controls on disposal of Iii Walc products and outlining Grain shipping Canada grains Council is telling the Story of Bow Prairie grains move to Market to audiences at tending fairs on the West Ern a circuit. The pro Gram started at Weyburn sask. Monday. The movement of Canada s Export crop in 1371-72 will be described in an audio visual display housed in a Large Van. Producers Wilf also see a map of the Grain transportation system in their area. Grain growers will have a Chance to Dis cuss transportation nuts finns with grains Council staff. The Van is scheduled for Esloc Vii july 5, 7 p0r Lac in Prairie july of 10, ii Carman july .12, 13, 14 Yorkton sask., july 15, i 17, 18 Melfort july 20, 21 North bal Letord july 23, 24, 25 Lloyd minister july 2g, 27, 28 j alta., july 30, 3 1 aug. 1 Vermillion aug. 2, 3, 4 Brandon aug. 6-11. I officers named Marty Roche of Bullman bros., has been elected president of the graphics industries Assoc. Mani Toba Don Mcce Universal printers is vice president Dave Fricson .ir., d. W. Ericsen and Sims treasurer and Norm Woods systems equipment ltd., Secretary. Since increased controls re late to increased costs marginally efficient re refiners have been forced out of business. But newer technology is now available that can Cut the amount of acid and Clay by 80 per cent to 00 per cent. According to or. Ila Sinoff re refiners in the . Have been slow in switch Over the the new methods because of the marginal economics of their current operations. This new process however has been in successful operation in Italy since 1968 with a subsidy from the government. West Germany also subsidizes disposal of waste Oil. The government con tracts with Public and Pri vate concerns to collect waste oils. Methods of disposing of the waste Are limited to incineration or reprocessing that avoid water or soil pollution. Re refining is encouraged by a graduated scale of payments 12 cents per gallon for reprocess ing into lubricating Oil 10.3 cents per gallon for repro c e s s i n g into other sub stances such As fuel Oil and 10 cents per gallon for incineration. The program is financed by a tax of cents per gallon paid by producers or importers o f lubricating oils and is in turn passed on to the con Sumer. The report Stales that both burning for Energy and re refining require the establishment of a system Atic collection and storage system first in Winnipeg and later throughout the province where another 1.4 million Gallons of waste Oil Are produced annually. In the Short run the re port recommends and members of the provincial department of Industry and Commerce who have been working on the problem agree that the City Burn the Oil for its heat value. Although or. Hasinoff says he believes this is nol the Best use for the Oil any tiling is belter than the situation we have for the future or. Sinoff says he would like to Sre a re refining operation established. Not Only a null ibis m i n i in i 7, e Environ in b n t a 1 damage but it would also help preserve one of the world s fast diminishing resources. Wings wheels and water the Paris show this year left uie american aerospace Industry somewhat uneasy in spite of the unhappy sales picture fogging the future of the British French concorde the world class show proved that Industrial integration is on the Way in the new european economic Community if it in t there already Here. Collaboration used to be a dirty word 30 years ago but it s become a syn Nom for Success Between the two nations that tenant the English Channel. The concorde and the ill starred rus Sian Tu-144 overshadowed the event with their Promise of supersonic supremacy. However the integrated efforts of the longtime rivals managed to catch the interest of the world leaders in the aircraft Industry. The performance and Progress of the Jaguar was duly noted. Like the concorde it started As a paper plane on the designing boards of Britian and France. It became a joint project of the British aircraft corp. Bac and briquet of France eight years ago. This month the twin Jet starts flying in the Raf and French Force As the first collaborative combat plane Ever to go in Squadron service. A company was formed called repeat to spawn the Jaguar. Not the least of the problems Canada take note was a situation where one company built planes to metric measurements the other to Imperial standards. It proved a useful exercise for Britain which will have switched to the Universal measure ment by 1975. The prototype came out of a Hanger Al Villac outlay near Paris 18 months after work started and it made its first flight in sept. 1968. There Are now 30 jaguars finished and in five years the original and pre production models have logged hours. There is a growing roster of Anglo French aircraft projects concorde Jaguar a joint helicopter production and More in the offing. An official British statement said it is now Clear that without a european club the sheer Finan Cial magnitude of developing a new plane will prevent Many of the dreams of individual companies Ever being converted into reality the . Can either interpret this As a threat or a Chal Lenge to its declining supremacy Manitoban have been slow to realize that they have a weapon against the in Fidelity of Canada with its 10 year record of fragmentation of Winnipeg based facilities. The current Rumor or leak is in its third printing that the finance Headquarters will be moved in Montreal. Loss of the base its personnel and the decimation of management peo ple at the Winnipeg terminal has caused anger and frustration. However retribution May be in reach in our i ism . Trans the it signally based airline is Well established m its routes Lam Mph Northwestern on Tario and inn Canada s busiest nor Perl a i. Toronto. If decided Only in i Nival Between Winnipeg and Toruno by John Mcmanus on its local Carrier Canada May come to realize that Manitoba is a West pm province that can exert some pres sure of its own. A Cut in traffic on this Busy route May be headed by the Mon Treal oriented airline. When shipping people talk about a new development on the Pacific Highway they re not talking about the land route Between Vancouver and los Angeles. The topic is what they Are calling the planet s greatest land Marine Highway Miles of Roll on Roll off run from the Eastern United slates into the deep Pacific. It will be opened in August when the first of two super cargo ships departs san Francisco to Roll off an expected 450 merchandise Laden 40-foot truck trailers onto the highways of Hawaii the two 700-foot vessels which look like aircraft carriers and can travel at 23-knots an hour will carry trailers direct from North american cities and drop its cargo in the Island state in nine the ships were built in Pennsylvania and will be chartered by the Matson navigation company. Matson has two containerized cargoes now in service the estimated time from the Pacific coast o the . To Hawaii is four Days this will rival the supersonic times now being accomplished by planes if you put it m comparable times. Turnaround time is currently 48 to 50 hours. Floating dockside ramps will help Cut this to 12 each ship will be Able to carry a combination of different sized trailers Tiu in Altol to ass Fiir Storcy Long trailers including 100 refrigeration trailers plus 238 automobiles. Pacific was t has introduced its link in the Marine Highway with the arrival of the 23-Knoi Bear u is diff Rah from the Roll on Roll off vessels in that Poi a ought or aboard Pfel also has the China Bear making port at Hawaii on a regular basis they types of to feet shipping Quebec is planning to build a super port on the St. Lawrence. The province claims Montreal will lose its place As the East s Oil refining capital unless it goes ahead with the port. The giant facility is Blu printed for the lower Gulf near Riviere do Loup. Premier Bourassa has said it should go ahead with full Speed even though Ottawa does t seem prepared to give the project its Blessing. He said the pipeline from port land me., o Montreal will i Loo Small m three or four years to handle flip needs of six major refineries. Federal environmental minister la he Davis in a letter in lie editor of hip Globe and mail june 2, said the idea of bringing super tankers up thu Al. Lawrence was he said in. Was wrong nol Only from an View but from a navigational memo to advertisers now Many wuat2 Abe you buying advertising costs Are not based on the number of eyes that see your message the number of fingers turning these or the number of hats a Reader at least they should t be. Some Media projections leave you guessing though. We figure it is the nose that counts one per customer. In fact we feel accurate circulation figures Are so important to you that we have the audit Bureau of circulations do our nose counting for us. Abc sets the standards their specially trained auditors do the counting. And they publish a report on the facts As they found them to be. Your Assurance that you get full circulation value when you advertise in the Winnipeg free press 300 Carlton Street o As a member of the audit Bureau of circulations our circulation records and practices Are subject to the scrutiny of regular Field audits and Tho discipline i Abc statements Aro available from free sales staff of phone Ron Burke retail supervisor no 943-9331 ;