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Jess Sashaw and Charlotte Swanson of Vancouver’s Science World are touring the province giving 45-minute shows about science to school kids and appeared Tuesday morning at Nelson’s Hume school. This presentation was about weather. “It’s so great, we meet new kids everyday,” says Swanson. “It is usually a short interaction but we try to bring open inquiry into our shows, asking lots of questions to get them thinking about the science all around them.” The most startling demonstration of the morning was a recreation of a huge fireball (which had dissipated somewhat by the time the camera caught it) from heat, oxygen and a very tiny amount of fuel. Grade 4 student Ava Montgomery helped out with the demonstration. See more photos page 30.
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Rural recycling bins to have larger openings BILL METC ALFE Nelson Star
The Regional District of Central Kootenay has decided to change its new recycling bins in rural Nelson by making the openings larger and by joining the hole and slot to allow for the insertion of awkwardly shaped items. This decision at Wednesday’s waste recovery committee meeting follows the introduction a month ago of new closed bins with small holes and slots for insertion of recycling items. Those replaced open bins into which residents put full blue bags of recycling. “The transition has been problematic,” resource recovery manager Mike Morrison told regional directors at the
meeting. “We saw a lot of dumping of blue bags, although this has subsided somewhat. We have received negative comments from residents having trouble adjusting.” Morrison said his staff recently surveyed 438 rural residents about the new recycling system and found that 11 per cent are satisfied, 39 per cent are neutral, 20 per cent don’t like it, two per cent said they are no longer going to recycle, and 19 per cent had no comment. Enlarging the holes in the bins will cost the regional district about $5,000. It was revealed at the meeting that the sizes of the holes are not consistent among bins at different locations, making some more inconvenient for the
public than others. A staff memo presented at the meeting presented the pros and cons of increasing the sizes of the bin openings: Pros: • Perceived convenience • Larger items can be disposed of without breaking them down • May reduce time taken to dispose of recylables. Cons: • It may allow more uncompacted material so bins fill up quicker will less material, raising costs • Increased probability of contamination which can result in garbage, dirty materials, excess moisture, and hazardous waste which in turn lead to materials being rejected at the pro-
cessing facility and loads being taken to the landfill • Attraction of wildlife to the bins. • Cost to the RDCK to modify the bins. The recent bin changes have taken place in the rural areas around Salmo, Nelson, and Kaslo. Other areas in the regional district — the Creston Valley, East Shore, Slocan Valley, Arrow Lakes, and rural Castlegar — have used closed bins with small openings since 2011. Some directors from those other areas seemed puzzled by the problem. Directors Larry Binks (rural Creston) and Andy Davidoff (rural Castlegar) said when their area switched to closed bins in 2011 there were few complaints. CONTINUED ON A12
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