Large woodchip/mulch containing lead based paint chips , vanish , stain , and various other
material . This is the recycle answer ? Provide free mulch to valley residents with this material mixed in ?
No staff at main dump area & no one operating machinery .
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BVIG : It has been brought to our attention after several telephone conversations and emails that the Bow Valley Waste Commission and the Francis Cooke Landfill " brass " are definately not providing accurate information to the public . One simply has to drive through the landfill to see the deception .
This is what we have found : All clean wood material is supposed to be dumped at the wood section ( illustrated above ) which in turn is recycled . Only a portion of wood brought into the landfill is recycled though , into useless contaminated mulch and woodchips . Allowed in this clean wood section is : painted wood , stained wood & varnished wood in massive quantaties . No one is actually sure of the chemical makeup of the paint and stains etc . Lead based paint etc is not a good product to have in mulch . Apparently this is overlooked . Oddly enough pressure treated wood is not allowed to be dumped anywhere in the landfill .. it has a special container which residents much use at a fee of $20/ arm load . The container is then shipped by a trucking firm into the city of Calgary . The theory - Pressure treated wood can leech into the ground in time & at a faster rate due to downward pressure / weight from soil if buried . The fear is arsnic a chemical used in the treatment process thus allowing the wood to become rot resistant . . At the Francis Cooke landfill pressure treated wood it is a big money maker . Why do they allow varnich , lead based paint , allpainted wood , & stained wood to be made into mulch ?? Is this a safe recycling practice ? Plastics , ceramic , mattresses , tar paper , fiberglass , glass and many more material is allowed to be buried at the landfill .. all of this is recycleable .
The massive pile of concrete mixing with the pavement pile is also recycleable and is done on a regular basis according the the powers that be . It's not though .. Why is the pile so big ? It has never been recycled . Why are aluminum cans of all shapes and sizes dumped at the landfill metal area and smushed into the ground ( as illustrated above ) ? These aren't being recycled as stated by the powers that be . Why is wood with all kinds of bizzare chemical compounds soaked into it being sold and given away as mulch and woodchips ? Why is the pile / piles so big ? This isn't recycling as it is meant to be ! Why is there so much material blowing out of the lanfill and into trees ?( as pictured above ) . Luckily for the commission the summer leaves hide a great deal of it . Fall and winter are coming though . Why is there never enough staff to get things done properly and in an efficient manner atthe landfill ? Do the local construction companies realize what is happening to their waste ? They are being charged hefty fees for it .
These questions and more were put forth to the powers that be via a mass email request . Amazingly enough no response at any level has been given . The only response went to the Google complaint dept thus putting our original address site down and under content review . It will be back up in 48hrs .. not to worry . Guess we touched a nerve . Good . That is our main objective - POSITIVE CHANGE .
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