Garbage in, garbage out: Vancouver to send trash to U.S.

Environmental | 638 hits | Apr 25 7:22 pm | Posted by: mtbr

"We have to find a solution to our garbage problem, and the only one that's left standing is exporting to the United States," she said Friday. The move to the U.S. would allow the region to export more than 600,000 tonnes of waste annually until an altern

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by herbie
Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:11 am
The real question: will the garbage have to line up for five hours too?
by ShepherdsDog
Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:16 am
A fair trade...they send us deserters we send garbage back.
by Woodhead
Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:16 am
Hey, if we can dump it south of the border, go for it. They don't want softwood, so give em garbage.
And its only US customs guards that have to smell it for the 5 hours. I really see no down side to this
by raydan
Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:17 am
No wonder BC was named the greenest province.
They export their garbage.
by Anonymous
Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:20 am
"raydan" said
No wonder BC was named the greenest province.
They export their garbage.

gawd damn cheaters

same reason why Ontario got second place.
by ShepherdsDog
Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:34 am
But what'll Ontario do with its garbage now that the oil patch is shutting down??
by commanderkai
Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:22 am
"Woodhead" said
Hey, if we can dump it south of the border, go for it. They don't want softwood, so give em garbage.
And its only US customs guards that have to smell it for the 5 hours. I really see no down side to this

You forgot the fact we PAY them to take it.
by RUEZ
Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:43 am
"raydan" said
No wonder BC was named the greenest province.
They export their garbage.

Well to be fair Vancouver isn't BC.
by Ripcat
Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:01 pm
Well Toronto was dumping their garbage in Michigan until it became a political issue for residents of Michigan and they put a stop to it. Now Toronto is busy converting Southern Ontario into their dumping ground.

The same will happen in BC if smaller, poorer municipalities can be paid off to approve garbage dump zonings.
by Anonymous
Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:54 pm
I remember when Vancouver wanted to load up the coal cars returning from the terminal with their garbage and send it back here to dump in one of the abandoned open pit mines right on the continental divide.

Right in the heart of the watershed,it would have affected the drinking water on both sides of the border.
by commanderkai
Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:56 pm
Why don't we build incinerators? Or something. Seriously, a good shitload of garbage can be recycled, while food wastes can be turned into compost, what about the rest of the shit?
by Anonymous
Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:00 pm
"commanderkai" said
Why don't we build incinerators? Or something. Seriously, a good shitload of garbage can be recycled, while food wastes can be turned into compost, what about the rest of the shit?

At camp in the arctic we burn everything and haul the ash out,same with metal,you cant leave any garbage.

We had a portable unit that fit on the lid of a 45 gallon drum.You can burn allmost anything with jet a
by commanderkai
Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:01 pm
"ziggy" said
Why don't we build incinerators? Or something. Seriously, a good shitload of garbage can be recycled, while food wastes can be turned into compost, what about the rest of the shit?

At camp in the arctic we burn everything and haul the ash out,same with metal,you cant leave any garbage.

We had a portable unit that fit on the lid of a 45 gallon drum.You can burn allmost anything with jet a
But metal, plastic, paper, and even food wastes can be recycled into something, and medical waste is burned, so why not burn what's left? Hell aren't there waste to energy incinerators? We should build a few of those in Sarnia or Hamilton.
by Alta_redneck
Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:07 pm
These guys make some big claims, considering they only have 1 plant in Ottawa. We are getting the second one.

And their free.

http://www.plascoenergygroup.com/?The_Plasco_Advantage