12 ~ Friday, February 16, 1990 - North Shore News

REDUCING HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE

Plenty of places to recycle waste

“1 KNOW it’s important to recycle,”

say many baffled

readers who have telephoned the News. ‘But I don’t know

where to Start.””

This column is dedicated to all
you potential planet preservers
who, having dipped your toes into
the rising sea of environmental
awareness, are ready to jump in
with both feet and start making
some concrete contributions to the
recycling movement.

Believe me, once you've set up a
few recycling bins in your kitchen
and are in the habit of using them,
you'll find yourself cuttins down
on waste drastically some
dedicated recyclers [| know are
down to a half-full brown paper
bag of garbage per week, and they
say it’s a great feeling. Here’s how
to find out for yourself....

Most depots ask that you
prepare your recyclables in the fol-
lowing manner:
© Glass: Bottles and jars should be
rinsed out and have the neck ring
and cap/lid removed. Labels need
not be peeled off. Most depots will
ask you to separate your bottles
into different bins according to the
color of the glass. Depots do not
accept window glass, ceramics,
Pyrex or lightbulbs.
¢ Tin and aluminum food and
beverage containers: Cans should
be rinsed out, have the labels
removed (an easy task), and be
flattened (parents tell me that kids
are enthusiastic can-flatteners). In
case the depot asks you to separate
tin and aluminum cans, remember
that tin cans will have a weld in
them; aluminum containers will
not. Most depots will also accept
aluminum foil (wiped clean) and
foil dishes such as pie shells.

Once you're ready to take a load
of recyclables into a depot (can

you arrange to take in) your

neighbors’ as well?), check out the
list below to find who will accept
what.

Follow all the depot’s
posted instructions faithfully to

Note:

avoid ‘‘contaminating’’ a whole
bin of goods. For more informa-
tion, call the Recycling Hotline at
736-8636.

NORTH VANCOUVER
International Paper Industries
(IPI), 132 Riverside Dr.:
® Tin and aluminum food and
beverage containers
® Glass bottles and jars
© Plastic milk jugs and plastic pop
bottles, caps off
© Newspaper and newsprint flyers
N.V. City Depot, recently opened
in the unit block of Bewicke
Avenue, south of Marine Drive:

e Metal food and beverage con-
tainers

® Glass bottles and jars

© Plastic milk jugs and pop bottles
© Newspapers

Peggy Trendell-Whittaker

WEST VANCOUVER
Clyde Avenue depot just past Park
Royal Hotel:
Gleneagles depot off Marine Drive
in overflow ferry parking lot:
© Metal food and beverage con-
tainers

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© Glass bottles and jars.
© Newspapers.

BURNABY

Depot on Stride Avenue, halfway
between Marine Drive and 19th
Street: Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. every day

© All plastics (hurrah!) except
those that have contained gas or
solvents, including all rigid plastics
and bags

© Metal cans

* Scrap metal

© Glass jars and botues

© Cardboard

© Mixed paper, including glossy

© Newspaper

© Used engine oil

¢ Clothing

VANCOUVER

Depot at 377 West Kent. Hours:

6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., 7 days/week

¢ Rigid plastics — no bags

e Newspaper

* Corrugated cardboard

© Mixed paper, including glossy

© Metal cans

© Glass jars and bottles
Paperboard Industries, 85 W. Ist
St.

Paperboard Industries will pay
for paper. They will accept news-
paper, cardboard and batches of
mixed office paper, which includes
computer paper, colored paper and
white ledger paper (separate out
any glossy paper). If your
organization wants to recycle
paper as a fundraiser, phone 875-
1635 for more details — you may
wish to raise more money by
separating your mixed office naper
yourself, into computer, colored
ledger and white ledger. Scales are
open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon-
day to Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
on Saturday.

: SUCCESS STORIES

Congratulations to the 27 Grade
4 children in the Bowen Island
Community School who recently
came up with an innovative way to
raise money for a good cause. Ac-
cording to teacher David Ruzycki,
the kids were given a $50 restau-
rant gift certificate after donating
their Christmas murals to a Bur-

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They took a vote, and decided to
raffle off the tickets to raise funds
for the cash-starved Wildlife
Rescue Association, which helps
between 2,000 and 2,500 Lower
Mainland animals cach year. By
the time the winning ticket is
drawn next week, the children ex-
pect to have up to $300 raised.
Good work!

EVENTS

Free lecture on home recycling
by Karen Patrick of West Van-
couver. Saturday, Feb. 17 at the
Lucas Centre in North Vancouver
from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. To regis-
ter, call North Shore Continuing
Education (986-8888) and quote
course 4#MW91.

Train to be a volunteer at the
Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre and
learn about focal natural history
and the environment. The orienta-
tion session is on Monday, Feb. 19
from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. For in-
formation on training sessions, call
the volunteer coordinator at 987-
5922.

Send your environmental tips,
events and success stories to
Ecolnfo, North Shore News, 1139
Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver,
V7M 2H4,

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