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such an agreement to be struck, the Committee would have probably recommended
it for the simple reason that it would be in the best interst of the City to
clearly state and have a written agreement from SHARE/IP| regarding the terms
of reference under which their proposed Curbside Pickup Recycling Program for
newspaper is permitted to be implemented in the City.

How will this recycling program affect the normal garbage co! lection? .

It*is not expected at this time that the implementation of this curbside
recycling program will have any significant effect on the normal garbage
collection. The three North Shore communities did not experience any
Significant changes in this respect. Unless the proposed curbside recyleing
program proves to be an overwhelming success with significant reductions tn
the total weight and volume of domestic wastes generated from local
residences, the size of our garbage collection section will not be reduced,

Are there other recycling companies offering this service?

There 1s apparently one other company which offers this curbside pickup of
newspaper service. The name of the company is Belkin Paper Board Ltd.
formerly known as Community Paper Recycling. They have recently entered into
an agreement to provide this service in Richmond commencing in May or June
this year, Discussions with the Divisional Manager revealed that this company
is primarily into operating a large number of recycling depots for newspaper
and have in fact provided financing for a number of non=profit organizations
to start up their program to collect old newspaper and sell such products back
to the company for their consumption. The company have been forced into
providing a curbside pickup of newspaper service by International Paper
Industries. Their agreement with Richmond provides for the initial and
subsequent supply of plastic bags by the company at no cost to Richmond. In
addition, they will pay Richmond $5.00 per ton for the recycled newspaper
collected with the understanding that this money be used for advertising to
promote this Recycling Program in the future. The company is not in a
particularly good position now to offer a similar service to Port Coquitlam
because they are currently In the midst of making preparations to implement
this service In Riehmond. At this time, the company Is not sure whether or
not thelr agreement with Richmond ig economically viable. For them, the
experiences gained from operating In Richmond wl! provide them with answers.
Belkin Paper Board Ltd. has also submitted proposals for curbside pickup of
newspaper in the three North Shore communities and Burnaby, but they were not
successful. When asked whether or not they will submit a proposal to provide
a similar service to the City of Port Coquitlam, the Divistonal Manager said
that he wil! have to take a hard look first.