PM Wet cal municipalities agree to transfer station drop-off fee Riverside facility to adopt new policy starting Oct. 12 | _I®’S OFFICIAL. North Van City has given its awaited blessing; the three North Shore municipalities will now be charging for residentiai garbage drop-off at the transfer sta- -tion on Riverside. This, as 1 explained a few weeks. ago, was never a “‘free’’ service, The GVRD, which operates the transfer station, charges the municipalities $69 per tonne for the garbage left there, a whopping _, cost that is passed on to us courtesy of our tax bill. : To a great extent, we've all been’ sharing the cost of people who.” abuse the system. Most people don’t have the : need to take trash to the transfer “station, or at most they make the. , trip once or twice a year. . ‘Many of the clients using the ‘free’? residential drop-off have in fact been small business opera-— ‘tors who show. their North Shore river’s licencé to prove they’re residents, and pretend their gar- bage i is from home to avoid Pay- ig cominercial charges. “As of Oct. 12, the North Shore ransfer station will be joining all other Lower Mainland transfer * stations who already charge for residential drop-off, both to stop system abusers and to motivate le- gitimate users to duice their : The North Shore municipalities - are also in various stages of con- idering restricting the amount of garbage that can be left out at the curb on garbage day: : While the option under discus-". o sion is not drastic (a three-bag limit), restrictions will likely : ighten | up as more waste reduc-- ion and recycling facilities, such ‘as. the‘planned North Shore os drop-off f. Senet come’ cn our garbage outpat for en-— ironmental reasons, there will oon be an economic incentive.’ eggy Trendel- Whittaker ECO INFO Program researched various means by which people could reuse and “repair their various household goods, rather than throwing them out. _” While the fruits of their labors have not yet been published in booklet form (stay tuned, I’ll let you know), the following is a i 7 fea preview of some of the in- _ formation they dug up. | @ . Carol’s Cosiume Corner at 55 Lonsdale Ave. accepts used vin- tage and eccentric c lothing, hats -and jewelry for use as costumes. They also take interesting velvet, brocade, drapes and fabrics .- for costume construction. Phone 986-4880. os -@ — Cash’s New and Used Home - . Furnishings, 139 Lonsdale Ave., -accepts a little bit of everything, * including used home appliances, antiques, books, records, dishes ‘..; and ornaments. Call 980-1912 to see if they have the space to accept your oe donation.” © Vacuuin Supermarket at.1717 Lonsdale Ave. accepts used vacuums for refurbishing and tesale, Call 984-9356. @ The Salvation Army Thrift Store wiil pick up your household goods and clothing. It does not accept cheap TVs, waterbeds, torn or soiled beds or box springs, appliances more than 15 years old, sterco equipment or © building supplies/material, ° These guys also nave a huge © - garbage pickup bil! thanks to peo- ple leaving donations of junk in their back alley, so please don’t do that. Phone 980-4413 for more info. @® Diapers Naturally Diaper Ser- vice at 1537 Welch St. collects used baby items and donates them to the Pregnant and Parenting Teens program at the North Shore Neighbourhood House. Phone 980-7167 for pickup or - delivery information. @ Silver Harbour Centre at 144 E, 22nd St., North Van, accepts donations of good used clothing, footwear, jewelry, bric-a-brac and small white elephant items for ' re-sale, lt also welcomes donations of crafts or craft supplies for re-sale or use in their craft Programs. Call 980-2474, @. . Calder Music, 1757 Capilano Rd., repairs and sells saxophones, clarinets, trumpets, flutes, trom-. bones, violins, accordions, man- dolins, guitars and acoustic basses. Call 988-9974, @ Woodagen Restorations, 262 - E.lst St., is just one of the North Shore companies that repairs and refurbishes all types of furniture, from chairs to pianos and kitchen ' cabinets. Call 988-0160. @ . 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