The B.C. government has money
available to help localities start
their own recycling programs. It’s
not being offered to municipalities,
however — only regional districts
are eligible to apply. |

An official with the Ministry of
Environment in Victoria said last
week the provincial government
will provide successful applicants
with funding for development
plans and will foot the bill for up
to one-third of the capital cost of
establishing what he termed a
"multi-material recycling program"
—- commonly known as a "blue
box program".

David Brown said assistance is
also available for regional districts

to remove auto hulks and "white
goods" — large, defunct appli-
ances — from dumps, and money
is available for regional districts to
close down small, unregulated
dumps and open or expand regu-
lated landfills. ,

Brown said the complete process
can lake up to two years, depend-
ing "on how much the regional
district wants to drive it". Regional
districts, he explained, are the
preferred agency because by nature
they are best suited to deliver a
wide-ranging, comprehensive stra-

SKY HIGH. The problems created by landfilling solid waste are
numerous, and recycling programs are one way to reduce the
amount of garbage that needs to be dumped. In the long run,
Ministry of Environment officials believe recycling is the cheaper

alternative.

_ Recycling advisory
commission coming

open dialogue with Newstech
Recycling Ltd. As was reported in
the Terrace Review last week,
Newstech intends to set up a pro-
vince-wide purchasing and trans-

TERRACE — A Recycling Advi-
sory Commission will be in place
by the end of this month, accord-
ing to city alderman Rick King.
King says operational funds have

tegy. The process begins with the §
regional district hiring a consultant

been included in the city’s 1991
budget and they will be advertising
for membership on the 12-member
commission "almost immediately".

According to King, for the
balance of 1991 the commission
will investigate the possibilities of
regionalization, determine the cost
of a blue box system, develop a
public awareness strategy, and
begin lobbying for local business
support.

In addition, says King, the Re-
cycling Advisory Commission will

ANUS FD

portation system to work in con-
junction with a newsprint de-inking
plant presently under construction.

Newstech president Stuart Belkin
says the paper recycling plant is
scheduled to begin operations on
Nov. 12 and estimates his com-
pany will be paying $50 per ton
for loose paper. All that’s required
of individual communities or
regions in the province is the
establishment of a collection and
storage system.

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to start recycling program

to draw up a draft solid waste
management plan, and then trying
to get the public to respond to. the

proposal.
This portion of the process is

funded in advance by the Ministry

of Environment, he noted, based
on the number of municipalities in
the regional district and the popu-
lation of the unorganized areas.

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