Richmond News
A landfill in east Richmond – that takes in half of the region’s construction and demolition waste – wants to double how much it recycles.
The landfill company Ecowaste hopes a recent decision by the province to remove their 150-acre property from the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) – something done without consulting city council which had already rejected this notion – will provide a pathway forward to build a $50 million recycling facility. …
With the province pulling the land out, however, this has sidestepped city council’s decision.
But the question remains what the city will do next, and Mayor Malcolm Brodie said council is expecting information from its staff “imminently” on how to move forward.
The land, although now out of the provincial ALR, is still zoned “agricultural” by the City of Richmond and only city council can change that zoning. …