The Ministry of Environment has declined to grant Metro Vancouver an environmental assessment certificate for a landfill in the B.C. interior. Minister Terry Lake says the refusal comes in part to Metro Vancouver finishing their solid waste management plan which doesn’t include landfill plans. Lake says as far as Metro Vancouver’s Ashcroft Ranch property they could re-apply in the future.
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CKNW Vancouver News
Lake refuses grant for new landfill
September 10, 2011 by