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. April 30, 1990

Ministry of Environment L y

Legislative Buildings
Victoria, 8.c.
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Attention: Mr. R. J. Driedger, Acting Director
ie , Municipal Solid and Biomedical waste
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Dear Sics:

Ro Re: Proposed Region-Wide Household Hazardous
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Waste Collection Program

Q This letter is further to our recent discussion concerning the highly

— tC Successful household hazardous waste collection program recently held by the
a City of Vancouver and the proposed program to be held in Port Moody, and

| " your advice to the undersigned that the Ministry is prepared to assist other
— } GVRD municipalities fund similar programs. We have set out below logical
| &s groupings of municipalities for delivery of a household hazardous waste

pol ‘ Program to other GVRD municipalities. The estimated costs are based on the
Pes - expected cost of the Vancouver program, and the relative number of

— | households in each group of municipalities, namely:

— Area. Estimated Estimated Total Estimated

Bee Advertising and Transport and Costs

— Packaging Costs Disposal Costs

— | Nocth Shore -$ 24,000 $ 63,000 $ 87,000

Ba : _— : Burnaby/

—_— . New Westminster - $ 30,000 $ 87,000 $ 117,000

fe _ : | : CoquitlamyPort

— Coquitlam - $ 18,000 $ 42,000 $ 60,000

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i Richmond/Del ta/

— White Rock - $ 28,000 S$ 83,000 § 111,000

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Po Surcey/Langleys - $ 37,000 $ 125,000 $ 162,000

Maple Ridge/

Pitt Meadows - $ 7,000 S$ 28,000
$ 144,900 $ 565,000