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SFU wastes no time joining food waste ban

Following Metro Vancouver’s recent ban on organic waste in landfills, SFU is gearing up to push for better recycling habits within the university community. The ban went into effect on Jan. 1, 2015, imposing a new year’s resolution on the region’s 21 municipalities. The goal is to have everyone sort out all of their organic waste from their trash. In order to aid the transition, Metro Vancouver has allotted the next six months as an “education period,” and will not be administering fines until July. Carrie Hightower, Metro Vancouver’s technical advisor for Zero Waste implementation, noted the harm that comes…

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