The communities of Metro Vancouver have adopted an approach to the management of garbage that puts waste avoidance and reduction at the forefront. Existing and planned recycling and reuse efforts are effectively removing resources from the waste stream before disposal, and organics programs are finding ever more innovative ways of recovering materials and energy from discarded food and green wastes…
Local mayors have defended the drive to go green. Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, chair of Metro Vancouver’s zero-waste committee, said projects, like the incinerator, may cost a lot up front but have long-lasting impacts that are not just good for the environment, but good for the economy…
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie speaks at the podium, while, from left, Delta-Richmond East MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, BC Minister of Transportation Mary Polak, …
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie says it’s troubling. “You can be anywhere in the city, you’re at the wrong place at the wrong time and there’s problems.
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie and other city officials tour the inside of a new district energy facility in West Cambie in September.
“We have to have an open, fair and transparent process that considers all technologies and sites in and out of the region,” Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, …
Linda Barnes and Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie display the various sizes of green composting and yard trimming cans to be distributed locally next year.
Lisa Coltart of BC Hydro, presents a BC Hydro 2012 Leadership Excellence Award to Mayor Malcolm Brodie at city hall recently. By Matthew Hoekstra – Richmond …