RecycleBC

Whereas rural areas within the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen have unique challenges associated with curbside collection of recyclable materials including many long rural driveways, concerns of animals getting into unsecured materials and higher than average senior population; And whereas the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has determined that the use of clear bags and other customer supplied containers allows for the most efficient collection of residential recycling in their existing collection areas by increasing ease of use, increasing the volume of materials collected, reducing total program costs, reducing contamination as compared to cart collection, limiting windblown litter and protecting recycling from rain and snow; And whereas Recycle BC intends to require that all participating local governments ban the use of clear bags and other customer supplied containers for their residential recycling by July 2020: Therefore be it resolved that the Ministry of Environment intervene with Recycle BC in allowing clear bags and other customer supplied containers to remain an option for existing local government collection programs.