fier ac New recycling bags handed out by NV realtors MOST RESIDENTS of. the city and district of North Van- couver have recently received new blue bags for the curbside pickup of their old newspapers. They come courtesy of Sussex. Realty, which has been granted the right to sponsor the blue recycling bags. Of the 55,000 bags printed by ‘Sussex, half were delivered doo~- to-door by the Upper Lonsdale company’s 112 salespeople, and half by International Paper In- dustries (IPI), the firm that picks up the paper from participating households each week. Andres Choy, manager of !PI’s North Vancouver plant, estimates his corapany picks up 3,000 tonnes of newspaper annually from North Vancouver streets, and that 30 per cent of North Van households cur- rently participate in the program. The number of families recycl- ing, however, is rising. Unfortunately, he says, it’s the growing popularity of such recycl- ing programs that are making it difficult for some companies to unload recyclable material. Choy notes that with more and more people turning in their news- papers, the international market for the material has become over- supplied. While a tonne of paper would have brought between $80 and $100 per tonne at the end of 1987, the same amount now brings be- tween $20 and $25. Choy is not worried that IPI will be stuck with bales of non- marketable newspaper, however. ““We've already established a net- work of clients.”” He says that most of the paper collected is sold to the United States and Pacific Rim countries. “Because of the vast (forest) tesources here, they are not using Gardening DELBROOK RECREATION Centre will once again host a number of exciting gardening ‘workshops this spring session. Learn proper pruning techniques in this half-day workshop. Spring Time Pruning will run Saturday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Correct methods can accelerate natural growth of shrubs and trees. Reasons for pruning, techniques and tools will be covered. If you’re ‘‘Wild About Mushrooms’’, this day-long workshop will be of interest. An educational fi eld trip will explore the edible species and par- ticipants will learn about different varieties. Register now for this Saturday, April 29 workshop. Learn Patio/deck design, mate- rial selection, installation and how to co-ordinate with your garden in the half-day workshop, Deck and Patio Gardening, offered Satur- day, May 6, from 9:30 a.. to 1:30 p-m. Each participant will receive one container of blueprints for deck design. No time for a garden? Learn - Low Maintenance Landscapes in this half-day workshop. Learn to design a yard or patio; how to install irrigation systems; Jay brick or build a deck and reduce landscape maintenance. This workshop will be offered Saturday, June 10, 9:30 a.m.. to 1:30 p.m. Delbrook Recreation Centre is that much recycled paper (in Canada),’’ Choy noted. Choy believes the coming trend is multi-material — paper, glass and metal — curbside recycling, and he says his company is up for the challenge. “We can do that no problem. We have the expertise and the cap- ital.... We've been pushing for it. We're just waiting for the politi- cians to go ahead.”” IP], which also has plants in Surrey, Victoria and Nanaimo, is already operating a ‘‘blue box’’ multi-material curbs’de pick-up in Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay and Esquimalt. For every tonne of recyclables picked up in those areas, IPI receives $50 from the Capital Regional District. Currently, North Vancouver District pays $40 per tonne for refuse to be hauled away as garbage. Chey was unable to estimate what the recently implemented program would cost the regional district annually. He does say, however, that the markets for tin and glass are not very profitable, Wue largely to the cost of transporting the goods long distances and investing in equip- ment to pick up and process the materials. it was easier, he said, before Dome Glass in Burnaby shut down a few years ago. “Since they closed their doors, it’s very difficult lo find a market for glass.”” 5 - Wednesday, April 5, 1989 - Capilane Chronicle photo Nell Lucente RESIDENTS HAVE been receiving new newspaper recycling bags ai their doorsteps. Sussex Realty is sponsor- ing the bags, and has printed up 55,000 of them to deliver to homeowners, who are encouraged to leave their newspapers out for pick-up on their regular garbage day. North Vancouver District Mayor Marilyn Baker says the three North Shore municipalities are studying various: means of implementing a curbside multi-material program. A committee is reviewing a tender submitted by the GVRD in September, the contract with IPI, and the possibility of a program similar to Seattle’s, in which resi- dents pay a pro-rated garbage col- lection fee, so that those who have recycled most of their waste are rewarded. Choy says the government should encourage recycling by for- cing industries {9 use recyclable materials and by putting up funds for research into improving the market for recycled material. He also believes government depart- ments should set an examp!e by us- ing recycled paper in their offices. For more information on the curbside newspaper pick-up, call IP{ at 929-3416. workshops offered now accepting registration for all spting programs. 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