You Can’t Throw That Out! Garbage Rules to Change across MVRD By JJ McCullough but these will now be more strictly defined. “Blue Box” recycling bins, traditionally used just for newspapers, cans, and plastic bottles, now must be used for the disposal of any form of paper waste, including office paper and cardboard, as well as any drinking reciprocal other than milk jugs. All organic garden waste must now be disposed of in special “yard trimming” bags, while chemical-based items such as medicines, paints, and computer parts will only be disposable through special Peas living in the 21 municipalities of the Metro Vancouver Regional District (formerly known as the Greater Vancouver Regional District) will no longer be able to throw away most forms of paper, organic waste, or chemicals alongside their normal garbage come January 1". New rules passed by the MVRD—the supra-governmental organization that controls waste standards in its member municipalities—have recently tightened restrictions in an attempt to reduce the amount of potentially recyclable trash that winds up in landfills. The initiative is part of the district’s “Zero Waste Challenge” and the new restrictions are currently being promoted in an awareness campaign across member cities. Garbage in the MVRD is already segregated into three distinct categories, pick-up. According to MVRD officials, enforcement of the new rules will who control garbage pickup. The MVRD itself, however controls landfills, and will begin fining cities who attempt to deposit waste that contains over five percent banned materials. remain up to the member municipalities, Facebook Redefines Privacy, Says Prof Social-networking goes beyong connecting with friends By Alex Bill, The Muse (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Profile edit Friends ¥ View your Causes {1) View Your Books (1) Edit My Profile You are online now. “ey cca ee ST. JOHN’S (CUP) — While Facebook. com is arguably one of the most popular websites among students, the overwhelming amount of personal information available on the site has raised privacy concerns and new questions about what we consider private. While Facebook users do have some privacy settings available to them, such as limiting who can view their page, Facebook maintains the right to use the information in almost any way it chooses, including selling it to the highest bidder. Lyle Wetsch, a professor of business at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and computer science professor Ed Brown argue that people are mistaken to believe that their Facebook information is private in the first place. “There is really no expectation of privacy in areas such as Facebook, as the terms of use are Networks ¥ ¥ Mini-Feed Displaying 10 stories. ,ged in: A SAMPLI inbox (¥ very clear. 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Employers have caught onto the act as well, realizing that there is much more personal information available about applicants than there was a generation ago. A recent survey by the Creative Group found that half of advertising and marketing executives search online for information on potential hires, usually through MySpace or Facebook. Of those, 14 percent claim to have decided against hiring a candidate because of what they found. And while students may not fret over the sensitive information they expose now, publishing on the internet is a nearly permanent move. “Unfortunately, you can’t [delete] the information once it’s out there. So the stupid things you’ve done when you’ re a teenager are now going to be retained in cyberspace well into the rest of your life,” said Brown. Wetsch said that the utilization of Facebook and similar social networking sites is possibly changing what newer generations define as private. Many users, though, do not understand that what they are sharing with their friends is likely viewed by others, as well. The proliferation of the site has also forced some academics to question why individuals may choose to reveal so much information about themselves, often to lists of 500 people or more. “I’m sure there’s a certain amount of voyeurism in everybody, and if you're in an environment where it’s an accepted practice than it would tend not to be questioned,” Brown said. Wetsch said that the motivation may not be as benign as sharing between friends. “In many cases it is a status thing that has nothing to do with friendship or trust. Sometimes it is like a house party that got out of control, and sometimes the more it grows, the more an individual may feel more important.”