AG - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 15, 1996 And gov't tightens up the regs Paint coilection THE PAINT industry's ¢x- cess paint collection pro- gram in Terrace has had a poor response so far. _ Only 50 cans of paint have been tumed in since Janu- ary, says Shirley Middleton of the Terrace Bottle Depot which is collecting paint un- der contract from the B.C, Paint Care Association. “It's going very poorly,’’ said Middleton of the col- lection program which is part of a province wide ef- fort to avoid paint being poured down drains or dis- posed of in garbage dumps. The mite of collection works out to barely two cans a week since the pro- gram began. The paint care association has as its members the major paint manufacturers who are helping finance the collection program through a 50 cent a can tax on paint sold in stores, Middleton feels there isn’t enough publicity being gen- erated in the area to make people aware that the bottle depot does collect unwanted paint. She also noted that some non profit groups have come looking for paint donations but failed to find exactly what they needed. The lack of response here lo the paint collection pro- gram was one of the reasons for new regulations imposed last month by the provincial environment ministry. Tt now requires the paint Care association to better publicize its collection pro- gram by advertising and by putting signs in stores that sell paint. The association was formed by paint manufac- turers and sellers in response to the provincial government’s position that more should be done to pre- vent paint from being dumped, jones Penenrae 5 The. coylronment sministry Eso determined enough collection depots were being opened. It also wants collection depots to begin taking paint conlained in aerosol con- tainers beginning next Janu- ary. And, by Jan, 1, 1998, the ministry wants the paint care association to reach a reuse or recycle goal of 70 per cent of suitable paint being collected. The new regulations don’t make the president of the “that not - @ BC, Paint Care Association WHT IS cert s ies tag th Getta Jet ates By * AEN Fhe HAVE SIGN will collect is the plea at the Terrace Bottle Depot which is the local atkags 1985 Ba Hideg repository for surplus paint. That's Shirley Middleton of the depot sitting atop the large plastic container in which paint is kept prior to being shipped south. B.C. Paint Care Association happy. Paul Iverson says the en- Vironment minisiry failed to recognize the complexity of what's involved. “This is the fourth version of the regulations we've had in 20 months. It’s difficult as it is to set up this pro- gram,” he said, The association would have preferred being given enough time and breathing room to establish its collec- tion depots around the pro- vince and then concentrate on other tasks, Iverson added. He’s also miffed because the paint. care associalion “has. .received--jnternational recognition for its efforts at - the same time as it is being criticized by the environ- ment ministry. Iverson says the associa- tion objects in particular to being made responsible for aerosol containers and for empty paint containers. This introduces a whole new dimension, requiring a completely different ap- proach because it now in- volves different miaterial,’’ he said, “When a paint container It'll get better AN ENVIRONMENT ministry official isn’t surprised there’s been a low response to the surplus paint collection depot set up here in January. Ron Driedger says the winter isn’t a prime painting sea- son and that activity should pick up with spring and sum- mer painting projects underway or planned. is empty and dried out it’s equivalent to a soup can and now we’re being asked to be responsible for that,’’ Iver- son continued, kkikkk One recent change in the paint recycling industry is having Home Hardware join the paint care association. It had earlier attempted to run its own collection and recycling program but that met wiih limited success. TERRACE REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SOCIETY INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SERVICES son Mlils Memortal Hospital Is it a REAL Medical Emergency? Use Your Emergency Department Wisely Your hospital EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT is organized for sudden, serious health problems, The hospital has a fixed budget, however, and unnecessary use of the emergency department diverts resources from other areas of the hospital. 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