. Housing RECYCLING: - Bottle battle brewing SOFT DRINK COMPANIES are denying a charge they’re trying to bail out of the 25-year-old container deposit program, The accusation comes from the Recycling Council of B.C. which says the companies want taxpayers to be primarily responsible for collecting containers through. ‘blue box’ pro- giams. | That could threaten bottle depots such as the newly-established Terrace Bottle. Depot which opened this spring, says council spokesman Helen Spiegelman, “The ‘companies are trying to do what they. have done in Ontario,”’ said Spiegelman. ‘There is no deposit pro- gram there. ‘Instead, by law, every municipality over 5,000 people has to operate a full service recycling pro- gram. The companies pay one-third of the costs but the province pays a third | and local taxpayers a third. In effect . taxpayers pay two-thirds of the cost,”’ she added. Spiegetman said beverage container companies are stalling on a provincial Revised plan gets approval THE SKEENA-KALUM - ‘society has received conditional ap-- proval for the revamped ver- sion of its expansion plans. Late last year the society got similar approval for the addition of 18 units at the Haugland ‘Ave, complex. “That was based on a plan - that followed the pattem of -two “and: “townhouses: used for the -three bedroom s first 32 units, oe pushed the cost up. os “approval by December, al- ~~ lowing construction to begin fin the spring. -mitvits: application . because! building. and the proposed - playground plus the extra - Management -"“having conditionally okayed the redesign, “‘We're back “on track,”’ he said. “the site surveyed and have “ 7 =the necessary drawings done «for the.final application, - However, explained presi- .. dent Keith Goodwin, a look ~ al the size of families on its * list“of applicants convinced “the society it needed larger units." * It. therefore bad to. resub-° ‘the’“imereased® size of the-'~ land needed to accom-~ modate both had abviously “With the B.C. Housing Commission The next steps are to get - “Goodwin expected final. - % oy cabinet initiative dating back to 1993. to expand the deposit program to in- clude all containers. ‘‘What’s happening is a shift of re- sponsibility for garbage from the com- panies that manufacture the packaging to the consumers,” she said, The recycling council’s campaign includes petitions and requests by bottle depots to organize public support. “In effect taxpayers pay two-thirds of the cost.” But John Nixon of the Canadian - Soltdrink Association says it believes the most effective way to encourage © recycling is to expand the deposit pro- gram to all material, not Just con- tainers. © “We say the concentration on con- lainers is a narrow perspective on who © ‘we should be recycling material, ” “he 2 _ hensive recycling scheme, he said. sa id. The companies want the provincial government to put a fee on each piece of packaging sold and use those revenucs for an expanded system, “The fee would be minuscule given the billions of pieces of packaging Materials used each year,” (said Nixon. . - “We believe that the simple deposit system doesn’t teach people about the environment. It just-says that if you take. a can back, you. get your . deposit.’” Nixon admitted that beverage | com- panies fell they’ve been” unfairly singled out as the only industry to- have deposits placed on its packaging. He said it would be years, if the multi-deposit system is adopted, be- fore local bottle depots would be af- fected. : Nixon noted that depots are receiv- ing financial help through Encorp Pa- cific, a company owned by pop com- panies and grocery stores.it was set up to divert empties from grocery stores. 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