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Chase’s community paper for over 20 years! Issue for the week of Friday, April 27th, 2018 • Vol. 23, Issue 16
BYE BYE BIN by Kelsey Snelgrove
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ith China enforcing its new “National Sword” policy, which bans 24 types of solid waste and sets a much tougher standard for contamination, there is now no longer a market for mixed recycling with any level of contamination. R e c y c l i n g processor, E m t e r r a Environmental, recently informed the TNRD that it would no longer be accepting mixed recycling from the district, citing high contamination levels. As a result, the municipal recycling bin located at Art Holding Memorial Arena will be closed and removed within the week. Source separated recycling will be introduced at TNRD operated solid waste facilities, such as South Thompson Eco-Depot in Pritchard. Contamination comes in several forms,
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such as food residues on otherwise acceptable items, household garbage being put into mixed recycling bins, or items that are recyclable but are not part of the mixed recycling program. “The biggest source of contamination is from the municipal recycling depots and curbsidecollected recycling,” says Jamie Vieira, Manager of Environmental Services at the TNRD. “This is to be expected as there is no one monitoring what goes in the bin. It is up to individual residents if we are to avoid sending mixed recycling to landfill.” Because of these drastic changes, the Village of Chase will be conducting random checks of curbside recycling bins. If the bin has contaminated recycling, it will not be collected. Continued on page 3...
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Join us for a Celebration of Life for Rob Simpson at the Chase Legion April 29 at 1 pm
SHUSWAP EXPERIENCE TRADE SHOW
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