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Garbage Company Waste Collection

In Uncategorized by on January 22, 2018

Types of Waste Classification by Garbage Company Proper waste management is a concern for all households and businesses all around the globe. Whether you generate large volumes of waste like in construction projects or you are just but a tiny office producing small amounts, you will still have need for proper waste disposal services. All around the world, there are...

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FVRD waste plan approved as Metro backs away from incinerator

In Uncategorized by on January 22, 2018

Fresh on the heels of Metro Vancouver’s cancellation of its plan to build another garbage incinerator, the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) received approval for its solid waste management plant from the Environment Ministry. “We applaud Minister [Mary] Polak’s decision which will allow for the establishment of policy and regulation that will encourage private sector investment, innovation and competition, while...

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PosFocused film recycling effort yields 125 percent boost in volume

In Uncategorized by on January 22, 2018

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 was on the front lines...

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Fly-tipping worries grow amid review of Surrey recycling centres

In Uncategorized by on January 22, 2018

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 them permanently are options on...

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Finance Minister makes stop in Surrey as part of nation-wide budget consultations

In Uncategorized by on January 22, 2018

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 face of this real challenge,...

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Eastern valley chambers of commerce may merge into one

In My Category 2, Uncategorized by on January 22, 2018

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. “We have been actively promoting...

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EA ‘open to reviewing’ ban on street leaf composting

In Uncategorized by on January 22, 2018

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 a ‘low risk’ to human...

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Dispute heating up over soil disposal facility near B.C.’s Shawnigan Lake

In Uncategorized by on January 22, 2018

Opponents of a contaminated soil disposal facility near Shawnigan Lake on Vancouver Island have turned up the volume on their campaign, co-ordinating helicopter flights for media and politicians and urging the province to pull the permit for the site. The helicopter flights, designed to provide a bird’s-eye view of the terrain and waterways around the contentious project, are part of...

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Cowichan Valley springs into action by recycling couches, easy chairs

In Uncategorized by on January 22, 2018

First they went for the mattresses and now the Cowichan Valley Regional District has a proposal to take an estimated 1,800 couches and easy chairs out of its garbage each year. The Vancouver Island region, which includes the municipalities of North Cowichan, Lake Cowichan, Duncan and Ladysmith, is looking for a private contractor to recycle couches, after a similar program...

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County Council ‘must do more to tackle fly tipping’ after changes to community recycling

In Uncategorized by on January 22, 2018

NEW charges for disposing of some household waste could lead to an increase in fly-tipping according to a concerned countryside expert. Planned charges, announced by Surrey County Council on November 24, mean the disposal of tyres, large gas bottles and larger loads of non-household waste such as rubble and plasterboard will now incur a charge at public recycling centres. On...

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