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Metro Vancouver Waste to Energy Facility photo by Mike<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n in the Vancouver area generating elelctricity from our garbage. I knew that British Columbia has programs that make producers responsible<\/a> for costs associated with the collection & recycling of the goods they produce at the end of their life cycles. I knew that our province handles a great deal of our recycling right here while other areas rely more on shipping their waste to other countries. I knew that the area’s main landfill site is in Burns Bog, which also contains a large area of protected wetlands. But I was unaware of Metro Vancouver’s waste to energy plant<\/a>, which, it turns out, is located right here in Burnaby.<\/p>\n Not only was I unaware of the plan’t existence, it seems like every person I mention it to has been similarly in the dark. Maybe that points to a larger problem. We son’t notice our trash much after we throw it away,<\/em> when really there is no away<\/em>. We produce a lot of waste, and maybe if it were more visible we’d pay more attention to it.<\/p>\n There is no simple solution to our waste problems, but paying attention seems like a good way to start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Until the start of this school year, I had no idea that there was any program in the Vancouver area generating elelctricity from our garbage. I knew that British Columbia has programs that make producers responsible for costs associated with … Continue reading