Spring Has

Now that Spring is finally here (it is,

we oy .
isn’t it?) our thoughts are turning to our

Backyard Composting

Organic Gardening

yards and gardens. It’s time to get out Mulching

there and do something, anything, to % Grasscycling

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Yard ‘Trimmings

Drop-Off

make them look good.

Weekly Yard Trimmings Colleerion
Please enjoy the articles and keep
this newsletter handy. If you would
like additional copies please give us a
call at 984-9730.
One of the major initiatives for the
North Shore Recycling Program this year
is to promote “Waste Wise” yard and
lawn care designed to decrease the
amount of yard trimmings and food
waste from entering the waste stream.
Did you know that over 33% of house-

hold waste consists of organic material?

In this, our second newsletter, we
would like to help you reduce your
garbage and ‘help us achieve Our goal of
50% waste reduction by th : year 2000 by

Just one corner of the beaurifiel Park & Tilford Gardens where they practice a “no bare earth” policy
and use mulch actively throughout the site.

information on the following subjects:

RECYCLING FOR ALL ON THE NORTH SHORE
® single family residents * multi family residents

international Paper industries Ltd. specializes in collecting, processing and

marketing various paper fibres, glass, tin, aluminium and plastics.

e businesses

* Servicing the North Shore’s three municipalities curbside blue box and multi family residents
® Collecting Garbage/yard waste for West Vancouver residents

® Providing a business collection for paper/cardboard

® Accepting and paying for cardboard by the truckload on account

North Shore residents have set standards for the rest of the country to meet - through high participation in
recycling — keep up the goud work. We are here to help and assist ~ any questions or concerns on your

collection, biue box and bag requests, please give us a call —
132 Riverside Drive, North Vancouver 9 Freq P 3 929-3416

Where fe reach us...

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Recycli t . Yard Trirsmings:

City of North Vancouver