Issue 11

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One man’s garbage

Esther Tung March 26, 2012

The quest for zero waste at SFU Photo By Mark Burnham   In step with Metro Vancouver’s plans to divert 70 per cent of its waste from landfills by 2015, SFU has launched its most comprehensive waste reduction strategy to date, with a strong focus on composting. If you’ve eaten at McKenzie Cafeteria or Tim Hortons in the past month, you’ll have noticed that four-bin sorting stations have replaced traditional trash bins, with waste sorted into organic matter, recyclables, refundables, and one more bin for anything that doesn’t fit into the first three categories. Twenty-two such stations are located across…

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Living in diaspora

Ljudmila Petrovic March 26, 2012

"Welcome home."” The woman at YVR customs hands me back my Canadian passport and smiles warmly. Home? Where is home? I wonder, glaring at her for starting this internal conflict again. Is it Vancouver, the city I have grown up…

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