It was refreshing to see proactive democracy at a recent meeting regarding the future of the region’s landfill sites.
Campbell River’s dump is fast filling up and is due to close next year along with much smaller landfills on the West Coast of the Island.
That leaves Pigeon Lake near Cumberland as the only viable landfill in the region, and that too will fill up within the next five years.
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