Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a question today for the Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. In the past, there has been considerable debate take place in the Northwest Territories and in this House, as recorded in Hansard, with respect to the recycling of containers in the Northwest Territories. There are reports that would indicate that based on our per capita, consumption of soft drinks in aluminum cans, that there are approximately six million cans of pop consumed yearly in the Northwest Territories. These cans presently are all going into landfill sites because we do not have any form of deposit system or a way that people will have an incentive to return these to be recycled. I would like to ask the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development why this is the case and why, like other provinces in Canada, nothing has ever been put in place in the Northwest Territories to recycle these products. Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 1-13(8): Absence Of NWT Recycling Programs
In the Legislative Assembly on September 7th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Question 1-13(8): Absence Of NWT Recycling Programs
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