[greenyes] paper collection -- AND ORGANICS

[Helen Spiegelman <hspie@no.address>]

Several people have asked followup questions about our bag system for
fibres.

The bags are REUSABLE and very sturdy, made of heavy-gauge LDPE, with a
bright yellow for MWP and bright blue for ONP. They are emptied into
separate compartments on the trucks and the bags left behind. They are
heavy enough that they do not "blow away" into trees and bushes
like t-shirt bags, but they do sometimes "slide away" into the
neighbour's area (i.e. not far).

(Food waste is collected separately only in one community in our
metropolitan region (a small suburb that started the program in the mid
1990s - it is not flourishing). Garburators are no doubt common in our
area -- regrettably, because our sewage treatment system is primitive and
not slated for full upgrade for 50 years despite fast population growth.
Now that our province has established an excellent omnibus regulation for
EPR (text not available yet on line, but I can send pdf to interested
recipients), the NEXT PRESSING PRIORITY for us here in BC is
source-separated organics programs.

The Recycling Council of BC is developing content for our annual
conference (June 1 - 3, in Harrison Hot Springs BC) and I invite anyone
with valuable information to share to contact me about participating in
the conference.

Helen.



H.

At 09:37 AM 2/18/2005, you wrote:
> 1.   
> what happens with the bags?  are they collected, too? or emptied and
> left/returned?
>  
> 2.    what happens
> with food waste?  are food waste disposers common in 
> Vancouver?
>  
> thanks
>