46 - Wednesday, August 22, 1990 — North Shore News hanks to the work of the professional Eco-Heroes at the North Shore Recycling Program, our anxiously awaited Blue Box curbside collection program is soon to become a reality. North Shore Recycling Pro- gram coordinator Al Lynch, who has headed the program since early April, was nominated an Eco-Hero by avid recycler Chrislon Robinson of North Vancouver. Over the past four months, the North Shore Recycling Program, which is funded by the three North Shore municipalities and housed in offices at 148 E. 2nd St. in North Vancouver, has been busy working out the details of the multi-material program. Materials accepted by the pro- gram — glass, metal and plastic milk jugs and pop botiles — will be picked up by International Paper Industries Lid., while the blue boxes themselves are being sponsored by North Shore Credit Union, who has chipped in $100,000 towards the purchase of the boxes. According to Lynch, the North Shore program its unique throughout the Greater Van- couver Regional District in its in- clusion of multi-family com- plexes in the pick-up schedule. OUR OZONE An ounce of Prevention ... could save your life! Just tike any appliances your Notural Gas turnace needs regular maintenance to keep it tunning safely and efficiently. This maintenance may not have been carried out by the previous home owner. If you are unsure of any of the following maintenance and safe- ty procedures for your furnace contact your furnace technician to be safe. BE SURE TO SHUT OFF THE ELECTRICITY FIRST. 4. Insure adequate air circulation through your furnace by chang: ing the filter two or three times a year. 2. While you are changing or cleaning your filter also inspect your blower belt for wear or cracking and reploce it necessary. 3. If your blower motor has coiling points. apply two or three drops of SAE 20 oil every three to six months. Avoid over oiling! 4. Know where to find the gas shut-off valve for each ap- pliance, and know how to use it. The gas is “off” when the valve handle is perpendicular fo the gas pipe. 5. Moke sure that the area in front ot all gas appliances is clear of combustible material such os laundry, paper. paints and solvents, prcpane cylinders and barbecues. 6. Moke sute ihat there is an ade- quate supply of air to your gas apptiances. Simple tips like these will help ensure a smoother operation ot Lo ECO-HERO Al Lynch, coordinator of the North Shore Recycling Program, has been working along with assistant Bryn Johns to get the blue box multi-material collection program up and running. The first blue boxes will be delivered next week. While single-family homes will be receiving their blue boxes, aiong with an explanatory brochure, over the month of September — with pick-up start- ing the week following delivery of the blue box to the residence — central drop-oif depots will be installed in multi-family resi- LAYER ?iti your heating system, although. an expert can analyse the technical aspects of your furnace which should be inspected regularly. B.C. Furnace Service Ltd. has developed a unique ser- vice, safety inspection and a cleaning program for residential heating systems. With their modem equipment they will check and make sure your fur- nace is not emitting carbon monoxide poison to protect you. your family and the OZONE LAYER. Carbon monoxide poison has become an inherent danger 9s the result of a cracked heat ex- changer, blocked heat ex- changer, blocked flue or even lack of Gir. B.C. Furnace Service Ltd. has been servicing the Lower Maintand for a number of years with professional reliable service. All of their vehicles carry parts to repo over 90% of residential natural gas furnaces which eliminates the usual wail for tre arrival of inese ports. They have offices in North Vancouver and Greater Vancouver. B.C. Furnace Service Lid recommends an inspection also when buying or selling your house. This Could reduce high hydro bills and repair costs in the future, and ot $69.95, we think an inspection comparctiively speak. ing. is a good investment. Call 984-6166 or 253-6166 for an appoiniment IN PROFILE by Debbie Yeh B.C. Furnace Service Ltd. 24 hr. 984-6166 - 253-6166 dences throughout October. If everything goes according to schedule, all North Shore resi- dents will be multi-material recycling by the beginning of November, ‘i'd love to get a 100 per cent participation rate,’ Lynch said. He expects that the recycl- NEWS photo Terry Peters ing program will result in the removal of 15 to 20 per cent of the materials currently part of the North Shore waste stream. The work of Lynch and assis- tant Bryn Johns doesn’t stop at recycling, however. “It's better to reduce and reuse than recy- Lynch emphasized. ‘‘One Hoetascat the provramn STO ake Deon mane aware Of thee copttans sahen they are SSOLETSTSISArSS To thcemd ie cass he wall be leune tage a Maron emuronment erlageahon cCampann oon the North Shore once the recycling provrintis under way. Heth also be Focusing on the recycling of goods from industrial, commer- crab and insttunonal sources, working with the GVRD on estabhshing a Central Composting ste and continuing his tiaising wath Vdhious environmental Broups, Lynch. who says he has been a committed envuanmentalist: and athome recycler for a ‘long, long time,” also intends to make changes to the current North Shore urop-off depots. Possibilities include staffing the depots and expanding them to include products that are cur- rently not accepted, such as cardboard and mixed paper. The recycling of a greater variety of plastics, nowever, is definitely not on his list. While he does get phone calls from local residents asking why the North Shore does not collect all soft and rigid plastics, as do some other GVRD municipalities, his answer is unequivocal. ‘“‘Because we want to discourage the use of plastics. We want to encourage people to use alternative products and put pressure on manufacturers to stop using plastics. Unlike glass and metal that can be recycled over and over again, plastics cannot.” On Friday. information on precisely what materials will be accepted in the blue boxes, how they should be prepared and where they eventually end up will be included in Peggy Trendell-Whittaker’s Ecolnfo column. On Tuesday, Aug. 28, the delivery of blue boxes to single- family homes will officially begin. For more information about the North Shore Recycling Program, call 984-9730. neighborhood near you! ENSURING OUR FUTURE North Shore Recycling Program eo py Ma o . Pa