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RISKING IT ALL: Fans react as Kaler Marshall of Walla Walla, Wash., crashes during one of Tuesday night’s wet Grand Prix races in downtown New Westminster. This race is considered by some as the toughest of the Superweek races due to our city’s hills – both for the climb up and the speeds riders reach while coming down. See more photos on page 13, plus full sports coverage on page 26. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
City looks to fill recycling gaps when depot is gone Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca
Pop-up recycling opportunities are one of the ways the city is considering to fill a gap left by the closure of the recycling depot. The City of New Westminster recently announced that the recycling depot at East Sixth Avenue and McBride Boulevard would be closing because of construction of a replacement for the Can-
ada Games Pool and Centennial Community Centre on the site. Instead, residents will have to take recyclables to the new Coquitlam transfer station that’s being built at 995 United Blvd. Since news of the closure of the recycling facility in New Westminster broke in May, many local residents have voiced concerns about the plan and asked council to reconsider the plan. “I just don’t think that we can
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live without that facility,” Queen’s Park resident Brad Clarke told council Monday night. “Every neighbour I speak to, every family member I speak to in New Westminster are opposed to it being shut down.” Clarke believes the decision doesn’t jive with the city’s support on green initiatives, such as planting more trees. “Shutting down the recycle centre will increase the citizens
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of New West’s carbon imprint. There is no question about that. The drive to the Coquitlam transfer station is just miserable.There is fuel involved.There is emissions.There is traffic jams to get over there.There is dust and dirt so when we come back we have to wash our cars so we are wasting water because of this decision as well,” he said. “Many citizens will stop recycling and just add to their garbage.”
In her 31 years as a homeowner in New West, Donna Ballyk said she’s never felt strongly enough about anything to appear before council – until she heard the recycling depot was being closed. She thinks the decision “does not make sense” for a city that has a core value of sustainability. “I beg you to find some way to keep a recycling depot in New Westminster,” she said. Continued on page 3
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