Federal Gas Tax Fund supports increased recycling options for Cowichan Valley residents
March 12, 2014 – Ladysmith, British Columbia – Infrastructure Canada
The Cowichan Valley Regional District's newly expanded and renovated recycling centre provides residents with access to one of the most innovative residential recycling facilities in Canada.
The new Peerless Road Recycling Centre accepts hundreds of products for recycling, most of which can be dropped off free of charge. As well, residents can visit a "Free Store" where items that were dropped off in good or repairable condition can be taken away free of charge.
The new facility's environmentally friendly design features included the full reuse and refurbishment of an old incinerator building on the site, as well as recycled metals and concrete. The facility reused 45,000 cubic metres of ash generated by an old incinerator on the site by using advanced technology to safely enclose it within the base of the new recycling centre. In addition, locally processed food waste will be used to nourish native, drought-tolerant grasses, bushes and shrubs planted around the site. Locally sourced wood was also used in the construction.
This $4.2-million project was made possible thanks to $1.68 million provided through the federal Gas Tax Fund. The Cowichan Valley Regional District provided the remaining funds.
Michele-Jamali Paquette
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and
Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
613-943-1838
Bob McDonald
Manager, Recycling and Waste Management
Cowichan Valley Regional District
250-746-2530
Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development
Communications
250-888-1462
Paul Taylor
Director of Communications
UBCM
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Infrastructure Canada
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