waste disposal

Canada’s electronic waste has more than tripled in the last two decades and is expected to continue rising, researchers have found, prompting calls for better e-waste management to reap its economic benefits and reduce environmental harm. Wires and electronic e-waste is pictured at the North Vancouver, recycle depot, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward

Canada’s electronic waste more than tripled in 20 years, study indicates

University researchers find e-waste per person up from 8.3 kg in 2000 to 25.3 kg in 2020

 

A view of the scene Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, as the cleanup continues at the site of of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that happened on Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Contaminated waste shipments from Ohio derailment to resume

Officials working to clean up hazardous chemicals spilled during train derailment

 

Do you have a question you’d like to see put to the Langley City council? Email your idea to editor@langleyadvancetimes.com.

AT YOUR SERVICE: City’s residential garbage pickup remains status quo – at least for now

Question-and-answer feature calling on those elected to office in Langley

 

Apples speed along as they’re sorted for size and quality at the BelleHarvest packing and storage facility, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in Belding, Mich. This process happens repeatedly throughout the year as apples are taken out of special storage rooms that help them stay fresher. They are then sent to grocery stores. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Fight to curb food waste increasingly turns to science

ReFed: 500,000 pounds of food could be diverted from landfills annually with better packaging

Apples speed along as they’re sorted for size and quality at the BelleHarvest packing and storage facility, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in Belding, Mich. This process happens repeatedly throughout the year as apples are taken out of special storage rooms that help them stay fresher. They are then sent to grocery stores. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Colombian environmental engineer Germán Viasus Tibamoso, owner of Tierra Viva, places beetle larvae on solid waste in Tunja, Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. The company transforms solid, organic waste, with the help of beetle larvae’s digestive microorganisms, that transform the waste into a compost rich in nitrogen and phosphorous. Once adults, some of the beetles are sent to scientific labs and others to Japan where they are popular as pets. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

VIDEO: Hard-working Colombian beetles clean garbage, retire as pets

Larvae can transform food waste into fertilizer

Colombian environmental engineer Germán Viasus Tibamoso, owner of Tierra Viva, places beetle larvae on solid waste in Tunja, Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. The company transforms solid, organic waste, with the help of beetle larvae’s digestive microorganisms, that transform the waste into a compost rich in nitrogen and phosphorous. Once adults, some of the beetles are sent to scientific labs and others to Japan where they are popular as pets. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
869 vehicles dropped off hazardous household materials Oct. 29-30 at George Preston rec centre in Langley. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Fewer drop offs at annual Langley hazardous waste disposal event

Bad weather likely to blame, but residents who missed it still have options

869 vehicles dropped off hazardous household materials Oct. 29-30 at George Preston rec centre in Langley. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Langley Township and City residents can drop off hazardous household waste and recyclables at the annual Household Hazardous Waste Plus Collection Event on Oct. 29 and 30, 2022. (Langley Township)

Don’t trash it, Langley. Take hazardous household stuff to the toxic waste roundup

Langley City and Township co-host event that accepts items for recycling or safe disposal

Langley Township and City residents can drop off hazardous household waste and recyclables at the annual Household Hazardous Waste Plus Collection Event on Oct. 29 and 30, 2022. (Langley Township)
John Hof was at Langley Memorial Hospital on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, when an overflowing garbage container caught his attention.

LETTER: Langley resident irked by overflowing garbage bins

Throwaway society is obsessed with trying to seem green

  • Jan 30, 2022
John Hof was at Langley Memorial Hospital on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, when an overflowing garbage container caught his attention.
Langley residents can dispose of household hazardous waste, such as leftover paint, at the Household Hazardous Waste Event, Oct. 23 and Oct. 24 at the George Preston Recreation Centre (Township of Langley/Special to The Star)

Langley community invited to prevent household dangers by disposing hazardous waste

Disposing of hazardous waste can prevent a fire or explosion in houses

Langley residents can dispose of household hazardous waste, such as leftover paint, at the Household Hazardous Waste Event, Oct. 23 and Oct. 24 at the George Preston Recreation Centre (Township of Langley/Special to The Star)
Six-year-old Aldergrove resident Kinsley Moore has taken to cleaning up the streets with BBQ tongs and garbage bags. (Chelsea Moore/Special to The Star)

LETTER:Langley kids like Kinsley set example for all

Letter writer hopes story on small child who picks up litter inspires adults to do their part

  • Aug 13, 2021
Six-year-old Aldergrove resident Kinsley Moore has taken to cleaning up the streets with BBQ tongs and garbage bags. (Chelsea Moore/Special to The Star)
Trash collectors in Langley City will start refusing to pick up organic waste mixed with plastic. Even plastics that claim to be compostable will not be accepted. (Black Press Media files)

Organic waste mixed with plastic will be left at the curb, Langley City warns

Plastic contamination of green bins called ‘exceptionally high and unacceptable’

Trash collectors in Langley City will start refusing to pick up organic waste mixed with plastic. Even plastics that claim to be compostable will not be accepted. (Black Press Media files)
Jay Corkum and Meghan Rodger filled up several bags with discarded trash from a vacant lot on 198A Street near 72nd Avenue near the Willoughby Heights home on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Tackling trash: Langley family cleans up vacant lot

‘I said, well, let’s take a couple of hours out of our Saturday’

Jay Corkum and Meghan Rodger filled up several bags with discarded trash from a vacant lot on 198A Street near 72nd Avenue near the Willoughby Heights home on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Township crews work on an illicit roadside dump site in the 23500 block of Rawlison Cres. on Sept. 1, 2020, one of six in three weeks that have cost $60,000 in cleanup costs (Special to Langley Advance Times)

Illicit dumping an expensive problem for Langley Township

Six incidents in three weeks have cost $60,000

Township crews work on an illicit roadside dump site in the 23500 block of Rawlison Cres. on Sept. 1, 2020, one of six in three weeks that have cost $60,000 in cleanup costs (Special to Langley Advance Times)
Some of the hazardous waste dropped off during the 2019 event in Langley (Langley Advance Times file)
Some of the hazardous waste dropped off during the 2019 event in Langley (Langley Advance Times file)
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LETTER: Langley woman asks if society can hit the reset switch

The pandemic has people thinking about consumerism and how to change society

  • Jun 25, 2020
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