18 - Wednesday, May 8, 1985 - North Shore News

' Garbage decision irks mayor

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ment. Henry made use of the
resource people in each
municipality and in February

‘of this year a draft pian. was

released. .*.
“At that

had been. recognition ‘that:
there would have to be’ sev-
eral landfills. Landfill-is an
integral part of garbage
disposal. You can’t get away
from it.”
of several: incinerators ‘ was
also ‘seen as an. important
part of Lower ‘Mainland
waste management, :
an 2 The report recommended
; ‘two landfill sites: a western
one, the already established
‘Burns Bog site, and an

‘eastern landfil‘on’a site not

yet determined. ..:
* Although... ‘North : “Shore,
oy Tefuse will be ‘shipped’ ‘to

Burns. Bog: once the. Premier.

‘St. landfill is shut down in
December, the establishment
‘of an eastern landfill would

ion instead.”

Sos ossible sites. in’ Langley.
The report recognized. full

ronmental considerat
“Nobody | was: ee

be: ve aad .
) ners < drwers :

“success.”
Jette "asks

he dates listed above,

Jette said, \0 reduce thefts

_ “junction. with. Ports Police,
x ,
UC on bonts.

time,’*. Says”
Baker, “and all” along, there’

The construction™

have seen North Shore gar-.-
age: dumped at that “loca-..

‘Pelton, .
.Dewdney,.

‘identified -four .

sure. of what: will happen: to-
_.The' G.V-R:D,-meets to-

”. This is the second-year of |
the program given in ‘cun- :

vironmentally safe, and I
certainly wouldn’t have
voted for anything along
that line,'’ Baker said.
Henry told those involved
there’ had to be deadlines,
and programs had to be im-
plemented according to a
schedule. But he recognized

the need to look at alter-
Native methods of waste
‘ disposal such as resource re-

covery.

By this time the group ‘re- .
alized they had .to set goals
to reduce waste, that. there
were time considerations and
that. they would have to
move toa particular process.

Through it all, ‘says Baker,

“all the players realized that

there had to‘be compromise
on such a sensitive’ subject.
“But we were.all part of the

-process and, I. think, com-
mitted to the process,”?> -
~On. April 29. the members om
of the Lower Mainland. Ref-°.. §
. use Project met: with: Pelton.”

for the first time since he

assumed responsibility for.

the environment ministry.

had‘ been made ‘by. the pro-
vincial. cabinet over the

weekend.

The. rest. of the Waste

---Management Plan. was. not -
di

decide:what happens next.
North Van District council

“ has‘-not ..yet’ discussed: the °

.theMLA for: : §
distributed the ~. x
press release. The decision ~

implications of the gov-
ernment’s actions but Baker
says plans to close the
Premier St. landfill site by
the end of the year and start
using Burns Bog have not
changed.

“If these are the way en-
vironmental issues and polit-
ical decisions are.going to be
made, we’re going to have to
lay it on the line 2s to what

the alternatives are for the ©

Fegional district *’:

_nience caused.

‘she says, that there are some

CORRECTION NOTICE

| Boots Drug Stores: wishes | to
f apologize for. inadvertantly in-
§ cluding Topex. Lotion i jin the May-
8th Advertising Flyer: Topex lotion:
is a restricted access product. and
“p-may nb be. advertised in British

We are sorry. for. any inconve- .

Baker says waste
management has reached a
turning point. Lower
Mainland politicians realize,

hard decisions.and some big
dollars that will be involved. _
North Van District council

has shown that with the
closure of the Premier St. J Carnations
landfill site, it is prepared to

¢ with fern
pay the cost to dispose of :

garbage in an environmen-
tally acceptable manner.

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