Wire Service Canada (press release)
Metro Vancouver today announced revisions to the tipping fees charged for disposing of garbage at regional waste management facilities…
Metro Vancouver today announced revisions to the tipping fees charged for disposing of garbage at regional waste management facilities…
Regional politicians hope a decrease in the “tipping fees” garbage haulers are charged is enough to entice waste collection firms to keep their trash within the region — instead of travelling to the U.S. to dump it on the cheap…
In preparation for a ban on putting food waste in the garbage in 2015, Metro Vancouver in collaboration with member municipalities has launched a fun-filled region-wide campaign featuring food scrap characters with the message that food scraps belong in green bins and not the garbage!..
Metro Vancouver directors defended their push to build a new garbage incinerator for the region Friday and criticized Fraser Valley Regional District politicians for refusing to participate in consultations so far…
The firm that runs the Cache Creek landfill wants to build a $30-million highly mechanized plant in Coquitlam to pull recyclables from garbage before it’s dumped or incinerated…
Metro Vancouver is considering a proposal to build a $500-million garbage incinerator on Squamish First Nation land at Port Mellon…
Four potential sites — including one in Vancouver — have been pitched for Metro Vancouver’s proposed waste-to-energy plant, which could include mass burning of 380,000 tonnes of the region’s garbage…
Metro Vancouver will vote today on whether to create regional garbage-sorting plants that would extract recyclables from waste. The move follows concerns that commercial garbage haulers were taking their waste to Abbotsford because of lower tipping fees in the Fraser Valley. Metro estimates it loses $5 million a year in tipping fees — local charges for dumping garbage…
The City of Richmond’s new recycling program was launched today, with collections from the newly delivered green carts scheduled to begin next week. Weekly curbside food scraps and yard trimming collection service will now be available to more than 40,000 homes in Richmond…
Members of Metro Vancouver’s zero waste committee were dismayed when told by staff Thursday of the proposal by Multi Material BC to eliminate glass collection at curbside after the industry-led stewardship agency takes charge of the residential recycling system in mid-2014…