If Salmon Arm downtown business owners want a recycling program, they will soon have a chance to voice their opinions.
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District will be conducting a survey of the downtown businesses to gauge support for a recycling program for retail stores, restaurants and offices.
“We are trying to accomplish two things by this survey,” says CSRD Waste Reduction Facilitator Carmen Fennell. “We would like to find out what business owners are doing currently for recycling and if they would like to see more recycling options made available to them.”
Downtown Salmon Arm will be sending surveys to their members and surveys are available now on the CSRD website.
“The survey will determine if businesses would find value in a more accessible recycling program, and what kind of monthly cost would be acceptable,” says Fennell.
“We find from our residential curbside programs, the more convenient it is, the more people will recycle.”
The survey results will be compiled by the end of June.
“We are looking forward to working with the business community and developing a recycling program that is both efficient and economical,” she says. “The program will be trialed in 2012 and results will be used to promote a more permanent recycling solution.”
