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Poppy Runs to Big Win
Study calls for end to garbage incineration By KEVIN MILLS Aldergrove Star
HARRY HUNT PHOTO
Luca Agostini of DW Poppy Secondary School runs with the ball in grade 8 rugby versus RE Mountain School in the Langley school district wide Sevens Tournament. The tourney was hosted by Langley Rugby Club at their Crush Crescent park on a wet and windy Friday, April 12. More photos inside this issue.
Man sought on assault charges Aldergrove Star
Langley RCMP is seeking the assistance of the public to execute an arrest warrant for Richard Franks. On March 27 shortly past 8 a.m., police were called to a residence in the Aldergrove area after a report of a male having been stabbed in the neck. It is alleged that Franks broke a beer bottle over the head of his male victim and then used the broken bottle to cut his neck. It
is believed the two were arguing over property and money. To date, Franks has not been arrested for this charge of aggravated assault and police are asking for the public’s assistance to locate him. Richard Sydney Allen Franks is a 26 year old Caucasian man of no fixed address, however, it is believed he frequents the Langley
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area. Franks is 6’2”, 190 pounds, with a heavy build and fair complexion with brown hair and brown eyes. If you have any information that would assist police, please call Langley RCMP at 604532-3200. Should you need to remain anonymous, please call Crimestoppers: 1-800-222TIPS (8477).
A new report urges Metro Vancouver not to build any new waste-to-energy plants and that its existing garbage incinerator in Burnaby be phased out. It’s a sentiment that members of the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) are echoing. The recommendations are contained in a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Its paper titled “Closing the Loop” examines solid waste policy through the prism of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and encouraging green industries. Author Marc Lee takes aim in part at Metro Vancouver’s advancing strategy of building a new waste-to-energy plant to consume 370,000 tonnes of garbage annually by 2018, ending the region’s use of the Cache Creek regional landfill. The Burnaby incinerator, which burns 280,000 tonnes of waste per year, is a heavy carbon emitter, even using disputed official estimates, according to the report, making it a considerably worse source of electricity than burning natural gas. “Incineration has adverse consequences for health and GHG emissions, and requires a steady stream of waste that is inconsistent with zero waste objectives,” the report said. In particular, it notes plastics and paper – key materials that should be diverted for recycling – contribute the most energy when burned. “Programs that succeed in reducing waste could, perversely, be a challenge for incinerators needing to run at high enough temperatures to reduce the formation of toxic compounds.” Abbotsford Coun. Patricia Ross, who is vice-chair of the FVRD and a strong opponent of burning garbage, said she doesn’t know what else it will take to convince Metro to “give up on incineration,” at least in this area. “It’s interesting, this keeps happening over and over. We keep getting confirmation from scientific and technical experts who back up our position,” said Ross, adding she is becoming frustrated with Metro. “It doesn’t seem like the science and the facts are persuading them.” Ross and the FVRD have been vocal that an incineration plant should not be built, especially if the emissions drift into the Fraser Valley air shed. “We’re the recipients of their pollution.” The new report goes on to say that, from a climate change perspective, landfilling plastics and wood products would be preferable to incineration, because it would be a form of carbon storage, even though other strategies to reduce, reuse and recycle would be better. SEE: Page 3
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