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Welcome to our February newsletter! This was a busy month at Metro Vancouver, which hosted a signing ceremony with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation for Belcarra Regional Park and the first of our Council of Councils for 2020.
Options are also being explored to modernize the region’s snowpack monitoring while public engagement is ongoing on major initiatives such as Metro 2050, and Climate 2050 and the Clean Air Plan. Metro Vancouver is also assessing the value of having advanced levels of treatment at each of the five wastewater treatment plants.
New bins were installed in Vancouver for disposable coffee cup recycling and the Think Thrice About Your Clothes campaign rolled out for the second year, reminding residents to donate old or unwanted clothes rather than throwing them in the garbage.
Metro Vancouver is a federation of 21 municipalities, one Electoral Area and one Treaty First Nation that collaboratively plans for and delivers regional-scale services. Its core services are drinking water, wastewater treatment and solid waste management. Metro Vancouver also regulates air quality, plans for urban growth, manages a regional parks system and provides affordable housing.
First Council of Councils for 2020
Metro Vancouver hosted its first Council of Councils for the year at the Anvil Centre in the City of New…
Think Thrice About Your Clothes
Metro Vancouver is encouraging residents to “think thrice” before tossing that ugly blouse, ripped jeans or socks with holes into…
Metro 2050 engagement launched
Metro Vancouver held a series of regional dialogues this month as part of its work to update Metro 2040: Shaping…
Coffee Cup recycling pilot launched
Millions of coffee cups end up in Metro Vancouver’s garbage every year – mostly in coffee shops, restaurants and office…
Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Metro Vancouver sign co-operation agreement for Belcarra Regional Park
Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Metro Vancouver Regional District celebrated the signing of an historic co-operation agreement for Belcarra Regional Park, recognizing…
Precipitation monitoring helps prepare for potential flooding, impacts to infrastructure
Metro Vancouver experienced near-record rainfalls across the region in January, straining the region’s sewer, water and community infrastructure. Seventeen of…
Metro Vancouver modernizes snowpack monitoring
Metro Vancouver is seeking to modernize snowpack monitoring across the region in an effort to more effectively adapt to climate…
