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Item 2 (C) 1
Proposed Region-Wide Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program

Water and Environment Committee Meeting - May. 10, 1990

CoquitlamyPort

Coquitlam -~ $ 18,000 S$ 42,000 $ 60,000

Richmond/Delta/

White Rock - $ 28,000 $ 83,000 $ 111,000

Surrey/Langley -~ $ 37,500 $ 124,000 $ 162,000

Maple Ridge/

Pitt Meadows -~$ 7,000 S$ 21,000 $ 28,000
S$ 144,000 $-42T, 000 $ 565,000

The Ministry of Environment has advised (but not confirmed) that it is
prepared to financially assist other GVRD municipalities carry out a household
hazardous waste collection program similar to the vancouver program and
proposed Port Moody program (Ref. attached District letter of April 30, 1990).
As noted in the letter, the proposed region-—wide collection program does not
pre-empt the role and objectives of the comprehensive permanent household .
hazardous waste program proposed to the Ministry in February, but rather fills

a need until such a system becomes a reality.

The above table identifies two classes of costs, viz., costs for advertising.
and packaging and costs for transportation and disposal. The Ministry has
advised that it plans to share 50-50 with the Region in the costs for
advertising (ie., about one-third of the total cost shown for advertising and
promotion) and pay all of the costs for transport and disposal. Based: on. the
above cost sharing formula, participating member municipalities of the .
District would be obliged to pay about $96,000 of the estimated total program
cost of $565,000. It is proposed that each participating municipality’s..share
of the $96,000 be recovered based on the number of drop-offs from each

municipality.

Besides the contractor’s personnel, it takes considerable staff to man such a
program and to meet these requirements it is proposed that each participating
municipality provide at least 2 resource people and the GVRD at least 5. 7
Allowances for the costs of staff are included in the table under "Advertising

and Packaging Costs”.

As noted in the attached letter, the collection program proposed herein is not
an alternative to the permanent program proposed to the Ministry in District
letter of February 21, 1990, but is complimentary to it as it fills a need
until a permanent program is established. The costs shown in the table assume
all municipalities will participate. However, should some mmicipalities
decide not to participate, the program can proceed with those that wish to

have a program.

RECOMMENDATIONS :

1. That the report titled "Proposed Region-Wide Household Hazardous Waste
Collection Program" dated May 10, 1990 be received and forwarded to the
Administration Board.

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