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What do you do when your old boat won’t float anymore?
KELOWNA – The Okanagan is a mecca for boating enthusiasts who revel in the thrill…
iN VIDEO: How this woman is leading the way to zero waste in the Okanagan
KELOWNA – Shayne Meechan is as close to a zero waster as anyone could reasonably…
Regional district adds ‘flexible plastic packaging’ to recycling program
KAMLOOPS – Thompson-Nicola Regional District Eco-Depots and transfer stations have a new category of recycling.…
Blue or clear plastic recycling bags on their way out of the regional district
PENTICTON – The use of plastic bags to contain recycling materials is being phased out…
City offers tips to Kamloops residents on how to sort through their holiday waste
KAMLOOPS – This time of the year, your home is most likely filled with plenty…
New regional district program takes used appliances off your hands
NORTH OKANAGAN – When a stove or microwave is broken beyond repair, it's hard to…
Waste not: North Okanagan regional district looks for recycling alternatives
NORTH OKANAGAN – The Regional District of North Okanagan is thinking outside the garbage can…
Central Okanagan residents need to clean up their recycling act
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – If Central Okanagan residents don’t stop contaminating their blue recycling bins, they…
Why so much Interior recycling will end up in landfills
PENTICTON – Commercial recycling has become a major issue to waste handlers in the region,…
Asbestos concerns put a halt to drywall recycling at Westside transfer station
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – Problems with drywall dust contaminated with asbestos has prompted the Central Okanagan…
Regional District will be inspecting your recycling cart by the end of the month
CENTRAL OKANAGAN – The Regional District will soon be sending inspectors out to neighborhoods across…
Kamloops residents appear to be getting message about recycling changes
KAMLOOPS – After more than a month under new recycling regulations, Kamloops residents are beginning…
How a practical home-made gift is making nights a little easier for a homeless Kamloops woman
KAMLOOPS – Living on the streets of Kamloops for two months now, Diana Gallagher and…
City councillor thinks Vernon would support a curbside compost program
VERNON – Interest is growing for a city-wide composting program in Vernon. The idea is…
More road work on Highway 1 near Chase this spring
KAMLOOPS – Expect delays on the Trans-Canada Highway this spring as crews resurface a stretch…
Valleyview, Juniper Ridge residents to have input on Owl Road Landfill future
KAMLOOPS – Residents in Valleyview and Juniper Ridge are being asked to sound off on…
Garbage and recycling over the holidays: What Vernon and area residents need to know
VERNON - Between all that wrapping paper, tinsel and empty eggnog cartons, garbage and recycling containers are bound to get filled up this holiday season. Luckily, there aren’t too many changes to local landfill hours and garbage pick-up schudules over Christmas time. The Regional District of North Okanagan says its recycling and disposal facilities will...
Why Kamloopsians will be paying more for their recycling
KAMLOOPS – The cost of processing the material collected in the Kamloops recycling program is going up and that cost is being passed onto homeowners in the city. Residents will be paying roughly $17 more per year in recycling fees in the New Year. The city is citing the recently renewed recycling contract with Emterra...
Utility rates on the rise in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Taxpayers will have to dig a little deeper in their pockets in 2016, utility charges and property taxes are set to increase by an average of nearly $60 per household. Council was presented with a preliminary budget report and asked to authorize an additional $2.95 million to the combined operational and capital budgets...
Cost of recycling may increase as Kamloops looks to renew contract
KAMLOOPS – Emterra Environmental may be awarded the City of Kamloops’ recycling contract even after this summer’s labour dispute and a new bid almost double the cost of the previous one. A report by city staff will be coming to council tomorrow, Dec. 1, recommends Emterra get the contract. The current contract with the city...
Kamloops may see new company sorting recyclables in 2016
KAMLOOPS - Recyclables collected by the City of Kamloops, both at depots and curbside, could be sorted by a new company come the new year. “We have already gone out to (request for proposals) to renew the contract essentially. To look for processors who can do the same work starting Jan. 1,” Public Works Director...
More questions about Vernon blue bin recycling program
VERNON - Vernon city council is embarking on a blue bin fact-finding mission. Spurred by a pair of motions brought forward by Coun. Scott Anderson, council agreed to investigate concerns — and possible solutions — around the Multi-Material B.C. blue box recycling system which came into effect in May 2014. "Numerous people have expressed dissatisfaction...
North Okanagan locked into recycling system, says MMBC director
VERNON - Those demanding changes to the North Okanagan’s recycling system appear to be out of luck. Allen Langdon, the managing director for Multi-Material B.C., says the new program is working well in the North Okanagan Regional District and, overall, generating few complaints. “We had some around the launch but in the last few months...
Kick it to the curb: Vernon councillor says get rid of new recycling program
“I HAVEN’T HEARD ONE PERSON SPEAK IN FAVOUR OF IT” VERNON - A Vernon city councillor is saying put it back to how it used be when it comes to recycling pick up. Coun. Scott Anderson says he’s heard hundreds of complaints from Vernon residents about the new Multi-Material B.C. system, which saw plastic bags...