10 - Friday, October 6, 1989 - North Shore News Local municipalities agree in principle to recycling program NORTH SHORE residents could have a curbside pickup recycling system in place as early as this year. Mayor Don Lanskail, chairman of the Greater Vancouver Regional District Recycling Committee, said the three municipalities are cur- rently in negotiations for a North Shore-wide multi-material curbside pickup system. “This program is definitely overdue,’” said the West Van- couver mayor. ‘“‘It’s too bad we weren't doing this five ycars ago.”* The mayor’s cominents came on the heels of a GVRD action plan to promote recycling in the Lower Mainland. On Sept. 27 the GVRD board of directors gave overwhelming ap- proval to the plan, which covers a wide range of activities including residential multi-material curbside pickup, packaging regulations, composting, participation of in- dustrial, commercial and _ institu- tional operations and collection of household wastes. The GVRD’s goal is to divert 30 per cent of the region’s garbage from the waste stream within five years. About 10 per cent is pres- ently being recycled. Lanskail said the North Shore has not yet worked out what specific form its recycling system will take, but added his personal preference would be for a two-box system, one for glass and metals and another for paper. - “We want the householder to take responsibility for cleaning and sorting material right at the begin- ning,” he said. ‘“‘That way we'll improve the quality control, par- ticularly for glass.” North Vancouver District Mayor Mariiyn Baker said she is waiting for a report from staff, due within the next two weeks, before com- menting on a plan for the area. ““Whether it will be a two-box or three-box system I don’t know,” she said. ‘‘I’ll go on the recom- mendations from staff.’’ Most municipalities already have curbside pickup programs for newspaper. Delta, White Rock and Surrey now have multi-material pickup programs, which include mixed paper products such as old telephone books, glossy magazines and junk mail. In North Vancouver, Interna- tional Paper Industries (IPI) picks up large amounts of newspapers only. West Vancouver has one 24- hour drop-off bin for glass, metals and newspapers at its Gleaneagles depot, and Lanskail said a new depot will open within the next two weeks at Clyde Avenue near Taylor Way. Both sites will be maintained un- til pickup service is in place. Both Baker and Lanskail said a major concern of the program is successful marketing of recycled materials. Earlier this year, B.C. recycling companies announced that an international glut of old newspapers had reduced the price paid for the product to a point where it was threatening the finan- cial viability of newspaper recyc!l- ing. “If we can get a contractor to do collection and marketing that will be one solution,”’ said Lan- skail, adding that the North Shore is currently in negotiations with IPI. Baker said the provincial gov- ernment should step in and assist municipalities in developing mar- keting strategies. “This is an issue we've raised repeatedly with the provincial gov- ernment, that leadership is needed at the provincial level to deal with Sstrategies,’’ she said. ‘‘I feel there needs to be a coordinated lead- ership role to put some stability in- to such a program.”’ She said North Vancouver District will take steps cautiously before signing any contract that would tie it down to a set price while the market for recycled paper continues to fluctuate. “We're not,’”’ she said, ‘‘going to get ourselves in for life. Any contract we sign has to be flexible and allow for changes in the mar- ket and the implementation of regional strategies.”’ The GVRD plans to develop a regional facility for the marketing of recycled material in cooperation with the municipalities. The entire program is expected to cost the GVRD $600,000 for 1990, said GVRD spokesman Bud Elsie. That total covers the cost of marketing recycled materials and education and promotion pro- grams. Cost to the municipalities, who are responsible for implementing collection programs, will be $116,370 for North Vancouver Ci- ty, $352,470 fer North Vancouver District and $171,978 for West Vancouver. Elsie said the cost is close to what municipalities currently pay for landfill garbage disposal. “‘The major point, however, is that we want to eventually get rid of our landfills which are already used to capacity, as is our incinerator.”’ He said. Greater Vancouver municipalities produce about one million metric tonnes of garbage a year. October has been designated Recycle Month by the GVRD. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO OUR ADVERTISERS Please note the following changes to our regular hours and deadlines to accommodate the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend. 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