Wednesday, April 19, 2000 —

North Shore News - 27

.G. yet to meet solid waste reduction target

BRITISH Columbians
and their local govern-
ments have reduced
the amount of solid

waste headed to land-
filis.

Further effort will be
required to meet the 50%
reduction target,
Environment, Lands and
Parks Minister Joan Sawicki
said recently.

The minister’s comments
follow the release of the
1997-1998 B.C. municipal
solid waste tracking report
indicating that — British
Columbians have achieved a
total reduction of 36% in the
per. capita amount of solid
waste requiring disposal
compared with the disposal
rate in 1990.

In 1990, the province
implemented. a 10-year strat-
egy with the goal of reducing
that amount by half by the
year 2000.

‘The target for solid waste
reduction in tha province
remains at 50% of the 1990
‘levels, and the ministry’s
continued expectation for
each regional district is that
it will continue to pursue
new ways to reduce its waste
stream.

The 3R efforts of reduce-
. reuse-recycle by producers

~and sellers of products, con-
sumers and all levels of gov-

-<@rmment have provided the

basis: for the largest reduc-
tions so far.

* Examples of voluntary
and. government-regulated
industry product stewardship
programs implemented . in
the province include:

@@ used car and truck tire col-
fection and recycling pro-
gram,’ which’ has diverted

nearly: -24 million scrap tires _

since 1991; .
HB used vehicle battery recy-
g program, which has

erted close to’ six million —

used batteries since.1991;

@. used oil ‘collection and”

recycli rogram, which
diverts . about 40° ‘million

litres of used oil every year;
@ paint collection and recy-
cling program, which has
diverted the equivalent of 14
million litres of unwanted
paiat since 1994;

B used farm pesticide con-
tainer collection and recy-
cling program, which is a
voluntary collection program
for both pesticides and
empty containers. Gver
20,000 used containers were
collected in 1998, and
increased numbers are antici-

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pated when the report comes
in for 1999,

@ collection and recycling
programs for leftover phar-
maccuticals, solvents, fuels
and domestic pesticides,
which report diverting more
than 17,000 kilograms of
pharmaceuticals, 235,000
litres of flammable liquids
and 64,000 litres of pesti-
cides;

@ beverage — container
deposit/refund program,
which has kept more than

1.2 billion empty beverage
containers out of landfills
annually.

In addition, a previous
cross-country survey indi-
cates 38% of B.C. households
are composting their waste

— the highest percentage of
any province.

In 1991, British
Columbians only recycled 2%
of the organic waste they
produced.

“In addition to imple-
menting new programs, we

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should work to maximize the
effectiveness of existing 3R
programs in communities
across B.C.," said Tim
Reeve, executive director of
the Recycling Council of
B.C. “We must continue to
shift the priority from recy-
cling to reuse and waste
reduction. A problem avoid-
ed is better than a problem
solved.”

The report was prepared
under contract to the min-
istry by the Recycling

Council of B.C. Its primary
goal was to monitor the
amount of solid waste which
is disposed of (landfilled or
incinerated) in cach regional
district and the province as a
whole.

The report also covers the
amount and type of materials
recycled where this informa-
tion is available.

A copy of the solid waste
tracking report is available by
calling the ministry in
Victoria at (250) 356-9834.

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