ENTERPRISES

2402 St. John’s Street, Port Moody, B.C. V3H 2B1 Tel.: 931-2451

February 9, 1987

TO: MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
RE: PROPOSAL REGARDING NEWSPAPER RECYCLING

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In response to the Situation described in SHARE Enterprises report on
recycling, SHARE Enterprises has drafted a strategy to impreve the
Newspaper Recycling program in Port Moody and Port Coquitlam, ‘The key
components of this strategy are:

* Approach the Boy Scouts to have them deliver their newspaper
to us. This would enable us to better monitor the amount of
newspaper actually recycled as well as consolidate recycling
in the area.

Expand the use of the Blue Bags as a promotional device.
This would entail leaving Blue Bags at houses that are not
currently participating in the program, IPI uses this
technique in Burnaby and will be trying it on a plot basis
in Port Moody and Port Coquitlam. The cost is 20¢ a Blue
Bag, with an estimated need for 8,000 bags a year (total
cost. = $1,600.).

Distribute flyers every 3 months. This entails door-to-~
door delivery of 12,000 flyers. The estimated cost is
74 cents a flyer, $900. per distribution and $3,600. per
year.

We have talked to the two local newspapers, and they are
willing to improve their coverage of the recycling progran,
Starting in FEBRUARY.

We have initiated a School program which will entail class
visits to all schools in Port Coquitlam and Port Moody.
This began the first week of February.

Seriously investigate the possibilities of multi-material
recycling (newspaper, glass and metal) in Port Moody and
Port Coquitlam, We Suggest that a member of Council be
assigned to work with SHARE Enterprises in exploring the
feasibility of this matter.

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