PLEASING PICKY EATERS FAMILY COOKBOOK AUTHORS SHARE ‘FAST FOOD’ RECIPES {page 15}
TIMBERLAKE, BIEL ON AGAIN? {page 14}
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JOBLESS IN JULY? YOUTH-CENTRIC ORGANIZATIONS CAN HELP {page 19}
BRINGING SEXY BACK
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Summer. Sonic
City may soon take in more of your scraps
Proposed plan would introduce weekly compost and biweekly garbage collections
Zachary Gray of Vancouver duo The Zolas plays a set during the Summer Live festival at Brockton Point in Stanley Park on Saturday. TERRIS SCHNEIDER/METRO
Indie acts tune in for Vancouver’s 125th Summer Live attracted around 75,000 attendees over the weekend, celebrating Vancouver’s 125th anniversary. The Zolas were one of many fantastic acts to be featured — others included Mother Mother, Dan Mangan and Neko Case and the New Pornographers. Story, page 4.
Vancouverites may be forced to become composting keeners if an expanded curbside-composting program rolls out city-wide in 2012. The proposed plan, which will come before council Thursday, includes cutting back single-family property-garbage pickup to every two weeks and increasing compost collection to every week. The $383,000 pilot program would accept all types of food scraps in composting bins, such as meat, eggs, bread and dairy. Previously, people could only add raw fruit and vegetable scraps to their yard-trimmings cart. The test pilot will be done in the Sunset and Riley neighbourhoods during the fall. If successful, the program could be imple-
“It’ll just be done in a way that allows us to turn it into value instead of treating it as though it were waste.” VISION COUN. ANDREA REIMER ON FOOD COMPOSTING
mented across the city next year. Vision Coun. Andrea Reimer said Vancouverites shouldn’t be worried about garbage stench. “You’re moving (the food) part of the garbage that smells and attracts flies (to the compost) that will be picked up weekly,” she said. NPA city council candidate Mike Klassen said he supports the program but wants the city to get as much public input as possible. PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS