ElectroRecycle Ambassadors Krisandra Reid and Stephen Morgan visited 100 Mile House on July 16 as part of a province-wide tour to encourage more British Columbians to recycle their small household appliances and power tools.
While here, the ambassadors were to meet with the District of 100 Mile House operations director Garry Laursen to collaborate and brainstorm new and innovative ways of inspiring residents to recycle local products. They were also going to gain insights into the District’s current recycling behaviours and outlooks to learn how ElectroRecycle can better serve 100 Mile House in order to reach its waste-reduction goals.
Unfortunately, that meeting was postponed due to conflicting time commitments, so Reid and Morgan will stop in 100 Mile House during the back end of their tour in August.
However, they did visit local recycling depots the Bee-Line Courier, at 201B Seventh St., and Gold Trail Recycling, at 694 Sollows Cres.
Reid said she supports the program because it reduces what is typically going into landfills.
“Small appliances are easy to throw out and often end up in the landfill.”
Morgan noted they are working towards a greater goal of being able to recycle everything.
“Anything that has electricity going through it has metal and it has value. If it's portable and you plug it in or uses batteries, it's recyclable.”
It was noted that to date, 100 Mile House residents have collected more than 173 kilograms of electrical products.
Said Gold Trail Recycling co-owner Leslie Glen: “We need a lot more programs like this in the community.”
ElectroRecycle is the not-for-profit, province-wide recycling program that provides a friendly alternative for a variety of electrical products, such as toasters, blenders, irons, sewing machines and electric toothbrushes, that would otherwise end up in landfills.
ElectroRecycle was launched in October 2011 to meet a recycling mandate from the provincial Ministry of the Environment. It is the first recycling program of its kind in Canada, and the only government-approved recycling program in B.C. for electrical appliances.
To find out more about ElectroRecycle and where to recycle your small appliances and power tools, visit www.electrorecycle.ca.