Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The department looked at a number of options on how to set up a program to recycle beverage containers. We are trying to have a system that would be similar to neighbouring provinces. I don't know the exact cost offhand but we can provide that for each option. The biggest problem was, particularly in fly-in communities which are most of our communities, it would mean having to fly the stuff out unless we were to just put it in the garbage dumps, which is not recycling. It just didn't seem feasible, in most of our communities, to have a system which would be a true recycling program for most of the communities. As the Minister said, we then turned our attention to other issues
which are much more pressing such as the disposal of hazardous waste. Thank you.