inquiring reporter Elizabeth Collings SCPE 10 - Wednesday, December 20, 1989 - North Shore News Herman Adler North Vancouver Good idea. Provincially it would be nice to have a third party — ctherwise you have a choice be- all. tween left and riglit. for. NVD COUNCIL APPROVES PLAN Curbside recycling should start in spring THE NORTH Shore should have a joint recycling program in place by June, Approval of a. North Shore-wide curbside pick-up was passed by North Vancouver District Council Dec. 18. By PAMELA LANG Contributing Writer Along with North Vancouver City and West Vancouver staff, - the North Vancouver District staff will recruit and hire a recycling coordinator and apply for a GO B.C. grant, to be used for the pur- chase of recycling containers and for program promotion. As well, the newspaper subsidy of $35 per tonne was confirmed — with expenditures up to $30,000 — to cover the district’s estimated costs for the period Aug. I to Dec. 31, 1989. District engineer John Bremner said the contract for curbside pick-up should be awarded in early February, with equipment pur- chase taking approximately four months. This means an estimated start date of early June, a two- month delay over the previous plan, which was not a North Shore-wide project. The key to a successful recycling program is a law which compels manufacturers to purchase por- tions of recyclable items as ‘‘raw material,’’ rather than seeing the collected material being ‘‘stacked in warehouses,’ according to Ald. Ernie Crist. Without legislation, he said, manufacturers have no incentive to buy or use recycled goods. In a letter dated Nov. 30, En- vironment Minister John Reynolds responded to Mayor Marilyn Baker’s recommendation that the province institute such a law. “ft am discussing this recom- mendation and others with my. department officials in our efforts to develop more effective waste management alternatives,’’ Reynolds wrote. “I hope to get back to you on this matter short- ly. Crist a'so calied the curbside recycling program ‘‘inefficient’’ and a ‘health hazard,’’ saying that the blue boxes cause problems with odors and rodents. A joint collection of all recyclables with a plant for mechanical separation would reduce these hazards, he said, cail- ing on Baker to have ‘shown more leadership’’ at the Greater Van- couver Regional District (GVRD) level to demand another plant. _ Baker, however, said thai the GVRD and the district examined current recycling programs in Seat- tle and Toronto, which showed none of the problems mentioned and prove that the blue box system is superior to the joint collection method. The rate of contamination of the recyclables by other garbage when mechanically separated was five per cent in Seattle, whereas source WY to put contract to tender WEST VANCOUVER has decided to follow North Vancouver City’s lead and put a North Shore recycl- ing contract out to public tender. Council voted Monday night to put the contract, which has all three North Shore municipalities footing the bill, out to public tender, something North Van- couver City decided to do last month. In November the Mayor’s Task Force on Recycling, made up of representatives of the three North Shore municipalities, recommend- ed proceeding with a contract with International Paper Industries Ltd. (IPI) for the collection of recyclable materials without put- ting that contract to public tender. Ald. Andy Danyliu, who pro- posed sending the contract to public tender, said council was try- ing to be fair and honest in awar- ding the contract. Free Tax Money! Wouldn't you love to receive $1000 every month tax free when you turn 65? Call Mike Prueter for details. 294-0702 London BRITISH COLUMBIAN politics have long been ciarac- terized by a two-party system. Several minor parties or splinter groups of late, such as the Green Party and the Liberals, have tried to get a foothold in provincial politics but have met with little success. Even the Alberta-based Reiurm Party has been making noises about trying its Would you like a viable third party B.C.? William Gilles North Vancouver it wouldn’t make any I think two is plenty. It might be a good idea. 1 think it’d be interesting difference to me — 1 There are too many A middle-of-the-road one to see an active Liberal don’t follow politics at splinter groups. I perhaps. I don’t know if party in B.C. and Van- Even with a third wouldn't want one strong there are any at the mo- cOuver. It certainly party, you still might end party. ment. doesn’t hurt to have more up with no one to vote separated materials had a con- tamination rate of one-half per cent. process the separated materials cannot handle higher Icvels of con- tamination, 4 dacorator consuttonts. fortunes in B.C. politics. Advocates say a viable third party or parties in B.C. might make politics less polarized and give the electorate more choice at the polis. The middie ground could use more representation, they say. But others have not found our party system wanting. In- quiring Reporter asks: John Verver North Vancouver A. 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