a

but

32 Terrace Review — Wednesday, December 4, 1991

Regional district gives recycling society hearing

The Regional District of Kiti-
mat-Stikine has invited the
Skeena Valley Recycling Society
to their December board meet-
ing. It has been brought to the
board’s attention that the society
‘is in need of money, and direc-
tor Les Watmough says he
would like to discuss the
society’s operational strategies
and sales and marketing plans.

The regional district. has a
number of other solid waste

~ issues to deal with, primarily the

availability and timing of prov-
incial funding for solid waste

' management, the future of cur-

rent sanitary landfill operations,
and the planning of an overall

_tecycling strategy.

For those reasons, the regional
board members have joined their
counterparts in the Cariboo
Regional District in asking the
government for a meeting with
appropriate ministries to discuss
provincial funding for solid
waste management planning. The
province has placed the respon-
sibility for developing solid
waste management and recycling
Strategies on regional districts,
according to Cariboo
Regional District chairman
Wayne Reeves, provincial fund-
ing is inadequate.

"It is becoming apparent that

“cost of things like utilities. and

snow removal.

ities in the future," says Brady,
who also suggests that half a day
Should be set aside at the 1992
North Centrat Municipal Associ-
ation convention to discuss
waste management issues.
"Costs escalate quickly at
refuse sites," says Kitimat-
Stikine regional district adminis-
trator Bob Marcellin. And in the
future, he warns, "The costs are
going to be very high." A fact,
Marcellin says, that many muni-
cipalities and regional districts
are learning the hard way.
_ "People who jump too quick-
ly," says Marcellin, "soon find
out that needed financial assist-
ance is not necessarily avail-
able... Some regional] districts
are saying the costs are far more
than they were led to believe."
An example of one solution

might be found in New Hazelton
says Marcellin. The regional
district has allowed the fledgling
New Hazelton Recycling Society
to set up their operation at the
New Hazelton landfill site, and
that approach might offer the
best in economic efficiency and
recycling customer convenience.

‘It doesn’t, however, address the

problem of distant or non-exist-

ent markets for reclaimed
material and the high price of
transportation.

Even without the additional

burden of finding recycling
‘solutions,

landfill. operations
themselves are becoming a prob-
lem. According to Brady, they
are all undes-funded and that’s
something that is going to have

to be addressed in the regional .

district’s 1992 budget.

"We're going to have to come

up with something through the
ministry to pay off deficits and
put this function on an annual
paying basis," says Brady.

Marcellin says there are no
user fees at regional district-
operated landfill sites, and sug-
gests that perhaps there should
be charges. But -he adds that
there might be other solutions.

For example, long hours and.
seven-day-a-week operations
might be reduced as a cost-cut-:
ting measure. Also, combining
the Thornhill and Terrace

landfill sites might be more
efficient. As far as funding is
concerned, says Marcellin, tip-
ping fees for commercial cus-
tomers and increased taxation
might provide some of the

overpackaging

needed revenue. .

At its monthly meeting: this
Saturday the board will consider
a resolution from the Columbia-
Shuswap Regional District re-
garding the cost of recycling.
That board is urging the govern-
ment to make manufacturers bear
some of the cost of recycling
their products.

Their correspondence states,

"Consumers would not only be
educated in the morals and
ideals of waste reduction, but,
because of the economic impli-
cations attached to difficult-to-
dispose-of products and packag-

ing, would become the driving

force in the elimination of costly
and. environ-
mentally questionable products
in the market place."

oe gyn rien are aa TOL ig Sr

the Solid Waste Management (&
Planning function imposed upon $3<
all regional districts has been \y
inadequately funded," writes (&
Reeves. And Kitimat-Stikine $x
director Ray Brady agrees. "This ») ies
2 . : a
is going to be very costly for e) a @)
regional districts and municipal- 3% S M T W T . EF — S$ . aS
Recycling— @y|T 2 3 es es 1 7 )
Continued from page 1 __— (5) 9,00 am-11:00 am| 5:00 pm-7:00 pm [5:00pm -9:00pm | S:00pm-9:00pm J 5:00 pm- 7:00 pm | 5:00 pm-7:00 pm 412 noon - 1:00 pm (9)
oe : x6 [Breakfast with | “Face Painting” _|/"Pictures with Santa” “All You Can Eat” || Christmas Crafts | Terrace Community | Christmas Parade, | 2G
__ Change will take place as soon @) Ronald McDonald” | yovie: Frosty the || Movie: Simpsons 99¢ Hotcakes Movie: How the | Band Free Cookies @
as. Victoria approves the bylaw Ne Movie: Fantasia Snowman Christmas Special Movie: A Garfleld J Grinch Stole Movie: Charlie Movie: The Rescuers ts
-, amendment, He suggests that the >) Christmas Christmas Brown Christmas | Down Under Wo.
- best way for interested members ey @
_- of the public to keep up to date 33% x
| ‘on society activities is to attend &) 8 9 10 11 : ; . 12 13 14 ©)
-". their monthly meetings on the cS Free Cookies 5:00 pm 7:00 pm 45:00 pm - 7:00pm =} 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | 5:00pm -7:00pm | Free Cookies S)
second Monda Ss ») Movie: Fantasia | “Face Painting” “Pictures with Santa” “All You Can Eat Christmas Crafts Terrace Movie: The Rescuers y
y of cach month. ox . Movie: How thi Community Band | Down Under | SAR
At these meetines. he says & Movie: Frosty the Movie: Simpsons 99¢ Hotcakes ovie: How the ty @)
. BS; ys; 8) Snowman [Christmas Special Movie: A Garfield # Grinch Stole Movie: Charlie one
people can become more aware ©) Chistmas Christmas Brown Christmas @)
_ Of. the workings of the society, a eS
 and.if they decide they want to (@& +e
_ get involved, they can buy a x 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 es
- membership. The next meeting i) Free Cookies 5:00 pm- 7:00 pm [5:00 pm-7:00 pm | 5:00.pm-9:00pm | 5:00pm_- 5:50 pm | 5:00 pm- 7:00pm | Free Cookies @
is Dec.9 oe (3) Movie: Fantasia | “Face Painting” | “Pictures with Santa”} -“All You Can Eat” | “Caledonia - Terrace Movie: The Rescuers ()
With this change in the works, $36 Movie: Frosty the Movie: Simpsons 99¢ Hotcakes School Cholr” Community Band | Down Under Ss
the ‘city will pay $7,000, one- @® Snowman Christmas Special ] Movie: AGarfield | Movie: Howthe | Movie: Charlie — Y
half the rent owed to Progressive (6) | Chistmas — ae Brown Christmas - >
_ Ventures for 1991, and $21,600 2% en 1K
for 1992. The 1992 tease is (@) 132 93 94 %)
Ne. .
= bas ed on $4.50 per square foot (oe . Free Cookies 5:00 pm- 7:00 pm | Movie: Simpsons J:
"= per“year for the 4,800-square- $36 7 siovie: Fantasia | “Face Painting” | Christmas Special
_ foot space currently being used 5) a Movie: Frosty the - eB,
- by the society. eS Snowman |
-. The city will send a letter to w)
* Progressive Ventures confirming @)
a $21,600 grant in aid to the $x
society, and will then issue an &
$1,800 cheque directly to Pro. (>)
-gtessive Ventures each month. $x
In tum, the society «will; be >)
cexpecied to submit. frotithty 5)
‘financial statements to ihe city, x
aitentd quarterly meetings with (@)
'* ¢lty council, and make & place at eS
thelr board table for a council XY
liaison person. The society will (@)
also be expected to cover the es