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REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL December 15th, 1972.
SOLID WASTE RECYCLING STUDY

At. the regular Council Meeting held on September llth, 1972 the
foliowing resolution was passed "That as recommended in a report from the
City Engineer, September 8th, 1972 the Solid Waste Recycling Study prepared

by W.R.E. Hickman and Jens C. Jensen be referred to the Public Works Committee

and Environmental Protection Sub-Committee for recommendation and report back

to a forth coming Council Meeting with Mr. Hickman to be in attendance to

formally present the Study and answer any questions."

The Committee and Sub-Committee have met and discussed the Reacyciing

Study on several occasions and now submit the following comments and recom-

mendations to the Council for consideration.
(1) Copies of the Study be made available to the general public in

accordance with the City's sale of documents policy.

(2) Letters of thanks and appreciation be sent to the authors of
the Report, W.R.E. Hickman and J.C. Jensen, to Dr. R. Cameron
and his collegues at U.B.C. and to the Poilution Control Board
in Victoria. ;

(3) The 1973 Council consider applying the residential garbage pick- .
up standard (2 cats per week) to all commercial and industrial
establishments. This would mean that most if not all of these
establishments would have to arrange their own private garbage
pickup. One of the reasons for this recommendation is contained
on page 6 of the Report. Another reason is the fact that with-
out a reduction in the volume of garbage now collected, the City
will soon be faced with the purchase of aa addition Garbage Packer
Unit because of the continuing rapid residential growth in the
City.

(4) Perhaps the most unique part of che report is the preparation
and the results of the Reclamation Survey. Every effort should
be made to implement some form of solid waste recycling as a

result of the favourable citizen response to the Reclamation

Survey.

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