Liberal Aug 25 Crown Speech limits Metro Vancouver’s waste exporting options
It is a very interesting development, the Liberals will limit the ability of Metro Vancouver to export waste in the short term. Why is this such a big deal? Well it is quite simple, with the Cache Creek landfill scheduled to close in 2010, there will be no where to send an estimated 600,000 metric tonnes of Metro Vancouver waste (that is waste that you and I create in our daily lives). Alternate plans for disposing of this waste, will likely not be available until 2015 (Waste to Energy facility) and this presents a major problem for us all. Where is the extra waste going to go?
Increased material bans will likely be introduced starting in 2010, this means that whatever it is they decide to ban, will have to be diverted to recycling facilities and not sent to landfill sites. This is a great start and likely will help divert some of the waste … but I really wonder is it too much to achieve in a very short while?
Radical change is a tough pill to swallow for most of us. What if suddenly, someone told us that our personal cell phone or texting time had to be reduced by 25% a day? Well, I think I can speak for most, that would be a difficult change to make! In fact it might be almost impossible in this day of over communicating and social networking. Sadly I think the same is probably true in this day of consumption, reducing the waste we all consume means a serious change in our habits and a 25% reduction in waste would mean a fairly committed effort! I am not suggesting that we are not up for it, I am just stating that this kind of reduction would mean serious and careful thought to one’s buying, driving and consuming habits.
So what will Metro Vancouver do? We have a serious problem on our hands with some very limited options. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. I will make sure to continue my commentary on this subject as more information becomes available.
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