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Some of that money is later paid cyclers. McKenzie suggested they
out in transportation credits that may be removed on backhaul trips

with the waste products of its own and non-profit societies can also be partially underwrite the cost of by the company trucks that deliver

activities. Examples include mak- eligible for financial assistance, but getting the tires from the disposal new tires. He added that there may |
The Regional District of Kitimat- ing the petrochemical industry their projects must be endorsed by point to a recycling plant, and be a business opportunity for

Stikine will start work this fall on responsible for the disposal or the regional district and be com- some of it is used for private sec- someone to start a mobile shred-

a comprehensive solid waste man- recycling of waste oil, and the patible with the regional district’s tor research — and development ding operation to reduce the bulk

agement plan for its entire geo- mandatory retum of used tires and overall plan. incentives to create new ways of problem of transporting tires.

‘graphic area and population. The batteries to retail outlets that sell Every stage of the planning using the worn-out tires. Credits Aside from tires and other speci-

Ministry of Environment has set those products. process will be subject to public are also paid to businesses that fic products that industry will

December 1995 as the deadline for Municipalities and non-profit involvement, and each stage will actually use the tires. handle, and hazardous and

all regional districts in the prov- societies will have the option of also be subject to approval of the . McKenzie said the tires can be biomedical waste, the regional

ince to have their plans complete playing a role in waste manage- provincial government. tumed info a number of products district is going to have to devise

and operational. ment, but only if their plans and The Ministry of Environment is successfully made and marketed by the master plan that will look after
Regional district administration proposals fit into the comprehen- attempting to solve a number of enterprises outside B.C., products everything. They have four and a

people here are in no hurry to start sive whole of the regional district waste problems simultaneously, that include flower pots and truck half years to do it.

— it will be a monumentally huge planning. while at the same time encourag- bed liners. Presently in B.C, the ;

project. Administrator Bob Mar- The regional district will have to ing secondary industries to re-use tires are put through a shredding —_ Immediate concerns expressed by

cellin said ‘last week that the determine the quantity of and some specific types of waste to machine and used by Tilbury the Ministry of Environment

regional district board, at his current disposal method used for make marketable products. Mc- Cement Lid. in Ladner for fuel in recently to the regional district are

request, decided to hold off start- virtually every kind of waste gen- Kenzie says the opportunities in its cement kilns, replacing some of clean-up and elimination of un-

ing the project for a few months to’ erated in the area, from Kemano to some of those unformed commer- the fossil fuels normally used for authorized dumping sites in rural

allow staff to complete a number Telegraph Creek and Terrace to cial areas are “wide-open” markets, the ultra-high temperature plants. areas, and removal of auto hulks

of other items of unfinished busi- Hazelton. They will have to ident- and the govemment is hopefully Using the tires for fuel is not the and "white goods" — junk refrig-

ness. ify authorized and unauthorized waiting for businesses to step in ideal end-use for them, McKenzie erators, washing machines, dryers

The responsibility for compre- landfill sites, draft a process for and take advantage of them. The admitted, but Tilbury is being and kitchen ranges — from the ‘

hensive management ofsolid waste public participation in the new undeveloped state of used material allowed to bum them and collect- countryside. Varying levels of t
was placed with the regional dis- management program, and assess markets has created some uncer- ing an end-use credit of $1 for financial assistance will be avail- :
tricts through an amendment, Sec- all options for recycling and dis- tainty as regulations increasingly each tire because the government able for those matters.
tion 16.1, of the Waste Manage- posal presented. restrict disposal methods for indus- doesn’t want them stockpiling It’s a big jab," Bob Marcellin
ment Act in 1989, Fraser Mc- Although the regional district tries and local governments while while waiting for a better recycling said in reference to the manage-
Kenzie, the senior solid waste will have to do the research on all alternatives remain nebulous. industry to get up and running. ment plan. "Long, drawn-out and
management officer forthe Skeena wastes, the management program The disposal of used tires, Mc- "The government hopes the market expensive. It’s going to require
Region of the Ministry of Environ- will not have to include hazardous Kenzie says, has become the res- will take care of it. There’s money time, and money.” But he adds: :
ment, said’ further refinement of and biomedical wastes; those will ponsibility of tire retailers in to be made, Our consultants “There’s a lot of things that need
that legislation is pending toclarify be taken care of by other govern- keeping with the government’s believe the credits will move the improving, and this will be a good
details. The provincial govern- ment-led programs. chosen philosophy of getting in- tires." exercise through which to do that."
ment’s strategy has numerous The provincial government will dustry to deal with iis own post- In the mean time the City of Marcellin estimates that the
components in addition to ils contribute to the costs of each consumer waste products. Pur- Terrace has stopped accepting tires planning stage alone will take two

region management program. Mc- stage of the program according to chasers of new tires pay @ $3 at the municipal landfill. Local years.

Kenzie said further responsibility a set of formulas issued with the
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