Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd just like to point out that this very important initiative was created late in the life of the 14th Assembly and was seen as something that was put into place before that Assembly finished. The 15th Assembly has picked up that challenge, and we're moving on that. Mr. Speaker, through this program, we estimate that we discard about 25 million containers over the course of a year. That's over 500 containers for every man, woman and child in the Northwest Territories. We've picked a date of November 1st that we want to try and roll out this program in all the communities that are ready. We have coverage for, we believe, over 80 percent of the Northwest Territories population. The specific communities that will have depots are Yellowknife, Hay River, Inuvik, Fort Smith, Fort Simpson, Behchoko, Fort Resolution and Nahanni Butte. We're in active discussions, as we speak, with Gameti, Paulatuk, Holman and Tuktoyaktuk, as well. So we're making every effort to make sure that we're ready. We're going to be starting this program November 1st, and we're going to be working actively up until then and beyond to ensure that every community has capacity to have a depot. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 119-15(4): Implementation Of NWT Recycling Program
In the Legislative Assembly on October 14th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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