EXCLUSIVE: The Environment Agency has said it is “open to reviewing” its ban on the use of street-swept leaves in PAS 100 compost if there is “clear evidence that new technologies and approaches” can provide material of consistently high quality. This follows tests carried out by the Surrey Waste Partnership (SWP) last year which found […]
Three eastern Coachella Valley chambers of commerce could soon be one. La Quinta, Indio and Coachella, along with the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, are close to forming the Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce. Supporters tout cost and other benefits for the nonprofit business organizations and their members as the impetus for the merger.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau made Surrey his last stop in his pre-budget consultations with Canadians today. Morneau spoke at the Surrey Board of Trade on Saturday morning, at the end of a week traveling across the country to discuss the upcoming federal budget. “The Canadian economy is going through a difficult period, but in the
THE clamour is growing that closing recycling centres will lead to a plague of fly-tipping in our countryside. Cash-strapped Surrey County Council is scrutinising the future of its recycling centres, which include those at Horley Road in Earlswood, Chaldon Road in Caterham and Bond Road in Warlingham. Cutting opening hours or even closing some of
New Orleans — Education and access works. Just ask the city of Vancouver, Wash., which has seen plastic film recycling significantly rise and contamination problems at a local recycling facility drastically decline. Results of a campaign in Vancouver dubbed “Recycle Wrap/Beyond Bags” was unveiled at the Plastics Recycling 2016 conference in New Orleans. Rich McConaghy
Broken power line closes the Foothills Blvd Regional LandfillIn a recent development, a statement was released by the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, in which it was stated that the Foothills Landfill has been temporarily closed. The reason for this closure is that a power line near the Foothills Blvd Regional Landfill had broken down.
