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After an extensive search by the board of directors of the Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce selection committee, Elio Furlan was appointed as the organization’s new executive director on Nov. 20. “We are excited to work with Elio to continue to support our members and champion economic prosperity in Richmond Hill and ultimately improve the quality of life for the...
Read MoreRecipients of Richmond Chamber of Commerce awards from left: Craig Williams of the Kentucky Environmental Foundation and the Chemical-weapons Destruction Citizens Advisory Board, Wallace G. Maffett Award; Rick Winn, Agriculture Award; Mindy Shat of Madison Middle School, B. Michael Caudill Educator of the Year; and Jeff Baker of O’Charley’s Restaurant, Business of the Year. Recipients of Richmond Chamber of Commerce...
Read MoreReid’s Automotive Recycling has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the Burnaby Board of Trade Excellence Award in the Environmental Sustainability Award Category. The Burnaby Business Excellence awards honour and celebrate businesses, entrepreneurs and not-for-profit organizations for their contributions to the local economy and community. The Environmental Sustainability category is for a business that has made protecting, sustaining and...
Read MoreThe curbside collection of glass in Greater Victoria could be halted. The Capital Regional District environmental services committee is re-examining its glass pickup policy following submissions from local breweries and recycling centres. Staff will compile a report before a final decision is reached, said CRD director Ryan Windsor. The CRD board will meet for further discussion Dec. 9. Much of...
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A high-tech, Richmond-based company is hoping to make some noise in the electronics recycling world. Actually, it’s using sound waves to break down materials in cellphones and computers in the hopes that one day soon all electronic devices will be made from recycled plastics and metals. “Two years. I give it two years,” said Peter Holgate, founder and CEO of...
Read MoreBlythe-Oldfield Community Association making statement in the neighborhood and community BLYTHE-OLDFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION President Julia Porter and Vice President Shirley Knight stand with the recently installed sign promoting the association’s recycling program. Organizers hope the environment-friendly program will grow through the moving of recycling bins outside the Blythe Avenue Family Support Center and the addition of a sign. The sign...
Read MorePORTSMOUTH — The City Council will soon consider whether to change the trash and recyclable collection times in the city’s historic downtown. Trash in the downtown currently isn’t picked up until late afternoon, which causes issues, according to Jacob Levenson, recycling and solid waste coordinator for the city. “It’s difficult because you get a blend of business and residents downtown,”...
Read MoreThe Best Utilization of Dog Waste! One of the most innovative methods of disposing off dog waste has been introduced by Bill Droeske and his team of workers. With just a pair of scissors, a table and some buckets, he has made sure that the local community in British Columbia is made free of dog or any other pet waste....
Read MoreMETRO VANCOUVER — Nearly a year after Metro Vancouver banned kitchen scraps from the region’s garbage bins, some multi-family residences have yet to start separating their organics into the green bin. But neither Metro Vancouver nor individual municipalities are pressing the issue, saying it will ultimately be up to garbage haulers to enforce the rules because they will penalized if...
Read MoreWhen the votes were counted in the Metro Vancouver Transit Plebiscite, Langley – and some of its residents – proved to be a deciding factor. It wasn’t just that Langley, both Township and City, voted against the proposed 0.5 per cent sales tax increase by sizable margins. It was that local residents were prominent in the battle for votes –...
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