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as to how they can ‘help the
service survive.

The recyclers have never
made a profit since they
started following around the
District garbage trucks to
collect newspapers. which
residents leave out
separately bundled on
garbage days. The service
got a substantial’shot in the
arm when it began: ‘making
collections in West Van-
couver three months ago,
where the- munincipality
pays New Life $33.60 a ton
for ao multi-material
collection service which
includes glass and metal
products as well”
newspaper.

The basic problem all
along has been that not
enough households involve
themselves in the plan by
bothering to separate their
newspapers - which make up
to 20 percent of the District’s
garbage load.

Cyclist
injured

A {4-year-old West
Vancouver youth suffered
head and shoulder injuries
Wednesday afternoon when

he fell off his bicycle at 19th
Street and Mathers Avenue.

A West Vancouver Police |

spokesman: said Alex
Charalambous was injured at
about 7:17 p.m. when he
tried to move his bike from
the sidewalk to the roadway
and the dike “took-a dive”.

Charalambous was taken to
Lions Gate Hospital and is
reported in satisfactory
condjtion.

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ling blow was the
CUPE strike when,

2 ry municipal staff,
the supply of newspapers for
ing-by New Life all but

But: ‘the real crunch came
recently when the bottom
fell out of the market for
recycled newsprint in South
Korea. Canada as yet has no
de-inking plant to recycle
newsprint and all of New
Life's material goes to South
Korea, which relies totally
on imports for raw materials.
And now the price they pay
for recycled papers has been
slashed in half.

Both District and West
Van are: enthusiastic about
the recycling operation and
are anxious to see it con-
tinue, considering it
ecologically - if not
economically - sound. and a
significant factor in reducing
the ‘garbage volume which
has to be cleared by the
municipalities.

Culver says he has ap
proached the District
various times about the
service's financial plight and
has been told each time to
come -back with a specific
proposal.

New Life is currently
losing $200 a day. An

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evaluation of the District
Collection service which had
been'-due to be varried out

after.a six month trial period
was: never made.
Culver issued a final

ultimatum July 30 which was
considered at last Monday's
meeting: Hand over $24,740
immediately ($10 per ton for
each of the 2,474 tons
collected to date) and pay
$15 per ton for all newspaper
collected in future or the
service would close Friday,
August 14.

However, the council was
advised .that the Municipal
Act prohibits 1t from
assisting an industrial or
commercial business and
that wu would not be able to
pay vetroactively for services
received in a former budget
year.

Culver thought council
was giving him nothing more
than “verbal sympathy” and
as such was being “near-
sighted”.

A report from Mayor Don
Bell to District council
stated he felt the request for
future assistance was
reasonable and that he
would support a contract for
services over a three-month
period, to be followed by a
full reveiw. He also thought
it reasonable for District to

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West Vancouver Mayor
Derrick Humphrtys has also
contacted Bell and = ex-
pressed concern over the
demise of New Life, which
sill has an ongoing contract
with that municipality.

This week the two mayors
have been clamoring to see
what assistance they can
offer New Life on a legally
accepted basis. Bell hopes

any shortfall might be picked |

up by the provincial
government through the
Resources Renewal Branch,
which 1s par: of the Waste
Managemen Branch.

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Victoria wants to ascertain
that the plight of the
business is due to market
conditions rather than bad>
management and Culver is
confident they will find this

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see if they can help him out. —

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can help us out and in mood
faith “we will continue to

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We adds as % cautionary
note: “I am. really quite

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are. going now. Is just a
matter of whether we can
-hang on jong enough.”

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