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Jean Martin
addresses concerns over Recycling – present City dump needs expansion ( see my earlier) |
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Status or Hazard??
High back chairs –
see below |
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In
theory putting electronic goods into dump (and not recycling) is illegal –
but like much in Rupert ‘everyone’ just turns a blind eye --- in fact about
2/3rds stuff in this bin could be recycled ---- see my earlier where a local
grocery store putting all its cardboard etc into dumpster (again owned by
same company) |
Saving tax
payers $$ and saving the planet --- recycling is a paradigm change |
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While I have asked
rhetorically before ‘how accountable is
recycling’ – we usually get from Mussallem etc that we leave that either
to SQCRD which runs the program (there are historical reasons for this – as I
remember Mayor Lester opposed – so went through back door) – Rupert still
pays for most of the funding While Rupert has a ‘Solid
Waste management Plan’ it is very out of date (2006)--- in more open
municipalities like Vancouver they have revised their plan to target 70%
diversion rate from landfill by 2015 --- (See
V Sun article) And they take the added step of fining those who abuse
privilege – thus putting cardboard, recyclables and lawn clippings etc in
waste stream |
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As I read the current By-law the City may not collect --- but private collector can – I will return to this later when have more current info |
The online Bylaw
missing the attached schedules of ‘Prohibited waste’ and ‘Controlled’ wastes ----
I do not see any mention of cardboard, electronic goods (computers,
televisions, etc)---- I suggest this Bylaw needs ‘Greening’ – with diversion
targets and penalties etc |
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While there may be
some present fee – I am dubious it is ever collected from ‘commercial’
garbage collectors etc |
This from the 2008
Amendment which dealt with fees (increases of course) – but even the
private collector would be subject to added costs if cardboard, electronics
etc included in controlled or
prohibited or another category created
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This Bylaw
fraught with problems – I will return to it Friday |
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Will the City
be held to same high standards – We have acres of Forests and miles of
sidewalks etc |
So are
Cabbage caterpillars in one’s garden to be included?? |
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Where have
all the Benches gone? To the Cemetery |
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Philip
who must be in his 90’s complained that all those benches bought and
dedicated by different people are now out at the Cemetery – (except these 2
left) --- Philip needs to sit down every block or so when out walking --- and
now has to find concrete ‘fences’ etc outside businesses to sit on (as in
front of Zellers etc) |
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Along with
the funding shortfall – City has steadily ignored the ‘real issue’ – feral
cats etc --- we just attack the symptoms by throwing taxpayer $$ at it See earlier Feral 2008 and Feral 2 and background page |
While SPCA
has been looking for predictable funding for years (see my file from earlier
in year)– I like the added notice that seems to think that Watson Island
situation might change within year |
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And then
there are the chairs |
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Here
I thought those high back chairs were a status symbol with Councillors Garon
and Thorkelson (and some staff) getting the lower backed versions --- but a
conversation with Dan Rodin before last Council meeting brought out that the
high back chairs are actually a safety hazard – that easily tip – and must be
replaced --- more later |
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More on this next week ---
Greening of OCP or ‘business as usual/’
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Created by LG on 27/5/2010
Last updated on Thursday, May 27, 2010