REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON MULTI-MATERIAL RECYCLING
IN THE TRI-CITIES

Sapterber 30, 1938

The Committees endorses this report and recommends to the three
Municipal Councils the following:

1.

That each municipality set as a medium term goal (to be
achieved within two years) the recovery through recycling of
16% of all residential waste; and, as a longer term goal
(within 5 years), the recovery through recycling of 15% of
all residential waste.

That the Municipality of Coquitlam initiate e curbside
newspaper-only recycling program at the earliest possible
date.

That each municipality deveiop a residential waste recycling
plan, as soon as provincial funding is available.

That each municipality consider implementation of a pilot
multi-material curbside program within 12 to 24 months.

That each municipality be prepared to cover the costs of a
multi~material curbside program, equivalent to the real
savings obtained through diversion of residential waste from
landfill or equivalent sites.

That each municipality participate, both financially and
otherwise, in the development and implementation of an
educational and promotional campaign on behalf of recyciing.

That each municipality pass a bylaw requiring mandatory at
home separation of specified recyclables from residential
waste, if this bylaw dees not already exist. The By-Law is
to be contingent on the provision of a recycling service for
the specified recyclable materials.

That each municipality adept as a principle that any
municipally sponsored initiatives in recycling attempt to
accommodate the interests of those community groups and
organizations currently engaged in recycling, including such
groups as the Scouts and schools.

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