Metro Vancouver - Solid Waste Options for the Region

November 18, 2009 07:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Executive Plaza Hotel
405 North Rd., Coquitlam 

November 19, 2009 07:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Coast Hotel and Convention Centre
20393 Fraser Hwy., Langley

November 20, 2009 07:30 AM to 9:30 AM
SFU Wosk Centre for Dialogue
580 West Hastings St., Vancouver

November 20, 2009 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Hollyburn Country Club
950 Crosscreek Rd., West Vancouver 

Background:

On behalf of the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors, and in co-operation with the Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade throughout the Metro Vancouver region, we cordially invite you to the next in a series of Future of the Region Sustainability Dialogues on Solid Waste.

About 3.5 million tonnes of garbage are produced each year in the Metro Vancouver region. A little over half is recycled. Up to 500,000 tonnes is being shipped to a Cache Creek landfill scheduled to close in the next few years.

With our population continuing to increase, we have to face some difficult questions. What policy and regulatory changes are required to reduce the amount of garbage we produce and what are the financial impacts of doing that?

What are the opportunities and the barriers to more sustainable product design, and to increases in recycling? If, despite all these recycling and reduction efforts, we still have over a million tonnes of garbage to dispose of, what should we do with it?

Presenters:
Andrew Weaver, Canada Research Chair in Climate Modelling and Analysis, University of Victoria, and IPCC representative

Paul Gilman, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Covanta Energy

Brock McDonald, Executive Director, Recycling Council of BC

Len Laycock, CEO, Upholstery Arts

Tony Sperling, President and Landfill Design Specialist, Sperling Hansen Associates

For more information: http://www.metrovancouver.org/REGION/DIALOGUES/Pages/default.aspx