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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Recycling gives youth opportunity
Bottle Depot now accepting electronics
Rebecca Watson Omineca Express
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RECYCLE: Nechako Valley Secondary School Bottle Depot manager Don Sukkau stands in front of the recycling facility that now accepts electronics including computers, printers, non-cellular phones, and electric instruments to name a few. A full list of acceptable electronics can be viewed at return-it.ca/electronics.
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Some technological changes have been made to the NVSS bottle depot in Vanderhoof. The recycling hub now accepts electronics, among other things, which is a huge step in the right direction, Ken Young said, principal at Nechako Valley Secondary School. “As a community member it’s huge because until now our electronics were hauled away. This now helps to ensure the bottle depot is more then just bottles and will create more funding flow into the school for our sports and academic programs,” Mr. Young said. Since mid December 2014 the bottle depot on Bute Ave has accepted televisions, laptops, printers, electronic toys, electric instruments, non-cellular phones and medical monitoring devices to name a few. The service will continue to accept all recyclable plastic and glass bottles/containers along with paint and juice boxes. A full list of items accepted can be viewed at return-it.ca/electronics. Everything recycled at the NVSS bottle depot is shipped to Encorp, a not-for-profit stewardship corporation. Although they have accepted electronics for a few years, there was simple no room at the depot and there still isn’t, Don Sukkau said, bottle depot manager of six years. “Encorp is now allowing us to ship the electronics in mega bags that we leave outside. This way we don’t need as much room to store them before we ship them,” Mr. Sukkau said. (Residents are reminded not to put electronics directly in the bag but to bring them inside to the manager first so he can assert they are acceptable electronics.) When any electronic is bought an eco fee is paid at time of purchase. Although residents will not be compensated for recycling them with the depot, NVSS will receive a reimbursement measured by weight. Continued on page 2
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