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Vancouver got hit by a garbage tsunami last summer, especially downtown. The combination of a tourism boom and an exceptionally hot season created the ideal conditions for litter to proliferate. It did, increasing in volume by almost 20 per cent, officials say. Added to that, a new ban on organics in garbage prompted more people to leave bags of them...
Read MoreA Vancouver cyclist riding on the city’s seawall has died in what investigators are calling a bizarre event. Const. Brian Montague says in a news release that the 46-year-old man was riding on the False Creek seawall at about 8:30 Wednesday night. Montague says the unnamed cyclist passed a trash bin just as another man was rummaging through it, tossing...
Read MoreVancouver city staff are researching possible methods to cut down on the number of coffee cups, plastic bags and polystyrene food packaging that often end up in the city’s litter. The options on the table include banning their use, applying deposits or fees, and mandating recycling or take-back programs, according to a staff report. Albert Shamess, the city’s director of...
Read MoreThe Plastic Bank, a Vancouver-based social enterprise that encourages people living in poverty to collect and exchange waste plastic for goods, services and cash, has won the Sustainia Community Award at the COP21 Climate Conference in Paris. The international award, given to a solution, technology or initiative with significant potential to build a more sustainable future, recognized the Plastic Bank’s...
Read MoreIt is incomprehensible that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been recognized by the CEO Roundtable on Cancer for its efforts against cancer when the Chamber has helped the tobacco industry fight life-saving and cancer-preventing tobacco control policies around the world, as recently revealed by a multi-part investigation by The New York Times. Far from helping to reduce cancer, the...
Read MoreNumber of problems which are created by paper cups and such disposable items In the city of Vancouver, everyone is trying to reduce the use of disposable items such as paper cups, paper shopping bags and other items. This city is part of greenest city action plan and its aim is to reduce solid waste up to 50 percent from...
Read MoreThe Dawn Of Junk Removal Services We all know that Greater Vancouver is the epicenter for everything trash removal. Brian Scudamore from 1-800-GOT-JUNK pioneered the junk removal industry locally and success breeds copycats. While imitation may be the greatest form of flattery for some, what the stereotype of what junk disposal companies do is nothing short of appalling. What was...
Read MoreTrash Bins Rental in Metro Vancouver, BC Our goal is to be your preferred trash bins rental company. We strive to deliver affordable trash bins with professional delivery and customer service focused rentals to homes and businesses in the entire Greater Vancouver area. We accept materials like garbage, clutter, debris, rubbish, rubble, litter, waste, refuse, scrap etc. We even are...
Read Morecurated from ns news Whether it’s in the council chamber, or in front of the chamber of commerce, the conversation sounds much the same. Traffic, infrastructure and residential development were the top issues at this year’s annual North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce mayors’ luncheon. Though North Shore residents often place blame for traffic on the development they see locally, their...
Read MoreThe Township of Langley and the City of Langley will offer the first joint Household Hazardous Waste Plus Recycling Event to provide all of Langley’s residents a convenient site to dispose of hazardous waste. The annual drive-through, drop-off event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 18, from 8:30 a.m. to...
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