Dear Editor:

TE have to agree 100% with Mr. David Bolt,
with regards to the new “Garbage collection reg-
ulations” (Feb. 23 letter to the editor).

It’s absurd to ram this decision down our
throats.

I phoned the recycling depot and the lady
there informed me that the district did not con-
sult with them, with regards to recycling codes
ete.

A gentleman at the district told me that pvo
of the many reasons for che changes are:

@ the weight of the garbage cans has to comply
with Workers Compensation Board regulations;
Mi they will mean fewer injuries on the job.

I explained to him that our 11-year-old
daughter brings the garbage out to the road as
one of her chores and as a means to earn spend-
ing money.

His response was that she will get more exer-
cise having to use garbage cans without wheels. If
a child can handle the current garbage cans, why
can’t full-grown adult males?

. He told me that the big garbage cans that are
acceptable are available for purchase at district
hall for $134.

How convenient that they are only available .

through them and not sold in stores. On top of
this, it is a rwo- to three-week wait to have them
delivered to your home.

The district should offer a reduction in price
when you bring in your current garbage contain-
ers that are no longer acceptable.

——MAIL Box
Upset by trash rules Can new district edict

garbage men would gladly pick them up for you.
T asked, well where would they go?

He told me they went to the dump!

Now, there are environmentally conscious
people for you. All the unacceptable garbage
containers are headed for the dump.

A neighbour informed me that the garbage
men get paid for an eight-hour day no matter
how long it takes them to get through their
route.

The former garbage man that 1 spoke with
told me that this new regulation is driven by
WCB. Makes you wonder!

Recycling pick up is not offered in our com-
munity in North Vancouver.

We purchased many Rubbermaid containers
to assist us with sorting our recyclables. We make
a trip to the depot on our own.

The gendemen at the district could not
believe that we don’t have recycling pick up ser-
vice in our community. They want us to recycle
but the district, WCB and the bigger companies
are making it difficult.

Did you know, for example, that the 1.5L
Heinz Ketchup bottles have a code that is not
accepted at the recycling depot? :

T have been communicating with Heinz for
almost three years on this matter and to date
have made no progress with them.

They are not concerned that their bottles are
not recyclable in the District of North
Vancouver, B.C,

I hope many more people voice their con-

A recycling depot spokesman told me that
s, they don’t recycle garbage cans. .
i. ' E told this to the gentleman and he said the

Adults need to
lead by example

Dear Editor:
Re: A message to youth:
- Grow up (Russ Shelton letter
; to Feb. 18 North Shore
' News). : ;
_ A message to adults: light-
svenupt’ woe
of After. readiiig ‘the above-
. mentioned article I was com-
,. pelled to respond. 1am a 17-
ear-old Grade 12 student. 1
hold: down a part-time -job,
‘commit 2%. hours, three days
“a, week'to be part of my
. schools’. rugby team, and
‘manage to maintain an 80% B
caverage. . :
: Although. Mr. - Shelton
seems to believe that | “owe
.the world something” I am
left. wondering why he does
“pot. nos .
“In. order to keep my
ides up, on top of the six
jours a day I attend school, I
erage two hours or more of
omework every night. like
“most students. This makes my

verage work day, not includ- .

-ing- sports or my part-time
job, the usual cight-hour
work day of any adult. As any

,student works eight hours a

“ day, five days a week, why do

- they owe the world any more

> than an adult?

Youths whe do hold down
part-time job or volunteer
in. their, community, as Mr.

“ Shelton suggested, work even
more hours in a week than

the average adult. In the past
Ihave contributed many
hours volunteering, but it is

‘very hard to'do this on top of . . tat
: youth as the individuals that

school work.’

I'am ‘sure. Mr. Shelton

would also find it hard to vol-
unteer his time on top. of his
job and his family responsibil-
‘ties. es :
<2 Every.. person, regardless
of age, must work “so that no
one, will beat war, or live in
‘poverty. or be sick. or lonely
gain” —- mot just youth. -

~ Adolescents. tend, to. learn _
hw,

Fad

by example.

I am sure that most adults
complain about the way in
which tax dollars are spent
and all have their own opin-
ions as to where the moncy
should really go. ;

Why would this be any dif-
ferent in teenagers? When
they whine about the govern-
ment not spending money on
recreation facilities, is it really
that surprising?

It is time for adults iike
Mr. Shelton to stop preaching,
about how much teenagers
owe the world and start con-
tributing themselves.

After all, my generation is
the one that will have to pay
all the national debt his baby-
boomer generation has accu-
mulated. .

’ The income tax that my
generation must pay will in
turn fund Mr. Shelton’s old
age pension, health care and
more.

We will be the doctors that
keep you healthy, the police
and firemen who protect you,
the political leaders who
decide how much money you
seniors get, the scientists who
find out how to cure your
diseases, the backbone that
your generation will come to
rely on.

Although I have. been
taught to respect my elders, I
have also been taught that
respect is something one
earns. : .
At-is, time for adults like
Mr. Shelton to start viewing

they are. .

Te is. time that adolescents
were given the respect that
they have earned. Adults will
then gain our respect.

Mr, Shelton, I challenge
you to start leading by exam-
ple instead of telling youth
what is wrong with them.
Emily Craig
North Vancouver

cerns over this ridiculous new regulation.
Mrs. 1. Martin
North Vancouver

Dear Editor:

I am writing in full
agreement with your reader
David Bolt (Feb, 23 News —
New trash-can edict is garbage).

When we collected our
cans after the last pickup, we
found a pink tag attached to
our 121-litre can advising us
that our can was no longer
conforming as of Jan. 1, 2000.

1 don’t understand this
since the can was not even full
and certainly not heavy con-
taining mostly food packaging
and tissues. Since the advent of
recycling we seldom fill one
can, let alone the nvo we own.

When I phoned the district
to find out more, I was

Dumped

Dear Editor:

I enclose a photo I took
this month on Welch Street
just cast of Lions Gate
Bridge. I hope that you will
publish this photo, and ask
our citizens please not to pol-
lute the woods with old tele-
vision sets.

We have a garbage pick up
and a transfer station in

Health matters

Dear Editor:

News columnist [lana
Mercer draws an interesting
comparison between the laud-
able private South African
health-care system and the
“behemoth ... Soviet-style uni-
versal indifference” of public
health care here in Canada
(Feb. 18 Fair Comment).

As she rushed through Cape
Town with her sick daughter, I
wonder if it occurred to her
that she must have passed many

-other mothers whose love for

their own children is no less, yet
if faced with a similar crisis
would be greeted with South
African style “indifference,”
simply because such good
health care would be beyond

Survey
questions

Dear Editor:

The (McCreary Centre
Society) Adolescent Health
Survey (Feb. 25 News) was
conducted in 1998 — why is
it being done again only two
years later? ~ ot

What benefit is there in
asking students about issucs
that are largely beyond their
comprehension and that, in
any case, are the responsibil-
ity of parents to teach.

Teachers are increasingly
being asked to take on tasks
that belong to parents.

Students’ time should
not be wasted on such exer-
cises, when we know that
universities are complaining
of a high rate of illiteracy

among graduates applying

for entry.

Let schools teach what
they are supposed to teach
and parents teach what is
their responsibility and right
to teach in accordance with

-their own moral values.

Jessica. White

‘West Vancouver

their economic reach. Is this the
system she recommends we
adopt here in Canada?

Ken Palfrey

North Vancouver

Friday, March 3, 2000 — North Shore News - 9

advised that the only options
now are three 77-litre cans or
the new large green one
(approximately 231 litres)
available from the district for a
mere $134.

The final option was to
leave the filled green bags in
the alley which is not really an
option, given that we share
our neighbourhood with sev-
eral families of raccoons.

I don’t consider any of
these options necessary or logi-
cal given the lower volume of
garbage generated by our family.

My questions to the dis-
trict are:

1) Why should we have to
fork over money for new

junk an
North Vancouver which glad-
ly accepts such human debris,
rather than despoiling nature!

There were also old car
seats and other junk nearby
along the roadside and in the
woods. Shame on us all for

garbage cans when the ones
we have are perfectly fine?

2) And to reiterate what Mr.
Bolt said, why can the collec-
tors not judge if the can is too
heavy to lift’ and leave it
behind if so?

3) Will the collectors pick up
the scattered garbage from our
bags if we decide to opt for the
bags-only option and a raccoon
gets there before they do?

The district also advised
me that council voted on this
and it will nor be reversed. I
think this should be put back
to council for further consid-
eration.

Jennifer Clay
North Vancouver

eyesore

not doing better.

It is high time to learn and
I hope you do your bit to
help educate the public in
this.
Mrs. Nora Coates
West Vancouver

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