On July 13, Metro Vancouver issued an air quality advisory after ground-level ozone readings exceeded targets in the eastern parts of the region. The advisory was lifted two days later, but this short-term smog event underscores the importance of Metro Vancouver’s efforts to reduce air pollution…
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…
Metro Vancouver is sticking for now to its estimate that it will need to incinerate an extra 370,000 tonnes per year of garbage, despite concerns the regional district is poised to over-build a new waste-to-energy plant…
Burnaby’s waste-to-energy facility is prepared to spend another $8 million to reduce its number 1 emitted pollutant – nitrogen oxide…
As Metro Vancouver considers building new incinerators to handle future garbage, the list of opponents is growing, with some jumping in to fight the plan. Few have been as bold or influential as Metro Van’s regional colleague and next door neighbour who recently launched an aggressive $50,000 TV and billboard ad campaign to fight the incinerator…
Burnaby’s neighbour wants to bring in an advanced material recovery and recycling facility, but the waste diversion alternative will most likely never replace incineration in Metro Vancouver…
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…
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…
Progressive communities worldwide have determined — as have we — that converting waste to energy is the most environmentally responsible and cost-effective means of dealing with residual wastes that cannot be avoided or diverted from disposal…
The company that operates Metro Vancouver’s existing garbage incinerator is one of several bidders now short-listed by the regional district to build a new waste-to-energy plant…