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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 • Lakeshore Advance 3
Possible automated collection system in new year
Lakeshore
Francis Veilleux of Bluewater Recy-
cling came to council earlier this
month to make a
presentation on a possible changeo-
ver from the current system of garbage
and recycling collection to an auto -
41ted collection.
3illeux provided Council with
I, rmation on the Blue Box Program
trom inception and advised that
although the current program is quite
successful, problems do occur such as
overflowing boxes creating litter issues,
poor ergonomics leading to employee
injuries, lack of capacity to increase
further recover materials and "scav-
enging" of valuable issues to name a
few,
Ile advised that Bluewater Recycling
has been searching for a better way to
provide garbage and recycling services
to the public, to accommodate the
change in packaging, consumption, a
shrinking and aging workforce, health
and safety concerns and increased
costs and are proposing a state of the
art advanced automated collection
system.
Veilleux outlined several reasons
why the Municipality should consider
converting to an automated system,
such as higher productivity, increased
efficiency, increased worker's and
user's safety and cost savings. Compli-
mentary bins having the capacity of up
to six blue boxes, the bins being easier
to handle, improving neighbourhood
esthetics and lowering costs were just
a few of the he outlined.
Ile explained Bluewater Recycling
Association's commitment to this
upgrade, and provided information on
the service options, recycling and
waste container options, fee compari-
sons for those containers and fre-
quency of pickup.
Councillor Doug Bonesteel inquired
if this new automated system would
eliminate the need for garbage tags
and it was confirmed that the tags are
not needed for the automated system
Alkwever collection is based on user
s as a RFI) tag is built into each col-
lection bin recording who's bin is
being emptied, amount of garbage
being picked up and any contaminants
this bin would contain.
Bonesteel also asked if there would
be flexibility in the pickup schedule
from season to season and Veilleux
noted that a more fixed schedule
would need to be in place.
Councillor Ruth Litman asked what
the procedure would be in notifying
the residents of this newest technology
and Veilleux explained those steps that
could be taken to inform municipal
residents such as sending out notices,
scheduling public information ses-
sions, advertising and relying on media
coverage.
Veilleux advised there would he
occasions when a resident's container
would not accommodate the amount of gar- the Invasion of privacy that some rural resi- and capital costs were also discussed.
bage that person would have and there would dents feel will occur with having a picture Council accepted the Bluewater Recycling
be some flexibility in allowing the occasional taken of their garbage. Association (BRA) proposal in principle to ini-
tagged garbage bag however it might be nec- Veilleux assured the deputy mayor there tiate automated garbage collection in the
essary for the resident to attend the area were ways of dealing with having to drag these Larnbton Shores' community in 2012 and that
Deputy Mayor Davis-Dagg noted that she containers down a long laneway and that any staff supply BRA with an accurate count of the
found this new technology definitely picture taken of someone's garbage and or number and different types of containers to
visionary recycling was done so to ensure proper use of appropriately service our residents and that
however in discussion with rural residents the system only. Councillor John Russell work with staff as
concerns were raised in having to drag this issues regarding renters, public education, councillor liaison on this project.
large container down a lengthy laneway and the results of the on-line and mail in survey
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