Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority to Consider Bike Recycling Program – AM800 (iHeartRadio)
The Essex Windsor Strong Waste Authority is contemplating a partnership To current previous bikes new life.
Board member Kieran McKenzie says 200 to 300 bikes are Delivered to space landfills Yearly That are despatched off as scrap metallic.
A report going earlier than the authority’s board of directors on Tuesday recommends Getting into an settlement with Bike Windsor-Essex to refurbish these bikes Instead.
He says This method Will not solely assist the biking group, however would additionally assist scale again The financial waste involved with refining the scrap metallic.
“To reobjective them, reuse them and recycle them So as that people can use them for The distinctive meant objective,” he says.
McKenzie says the transfer will assist the authority meet its mandate, whereas serving to Bike Windsor-Essex meet its mandate as properly.
“Definitely It is going To assist them When it Includes The current To fulfill their mandate To promote biking throughout The complete area,” he added.
Every bike that goes by way of the landfill has one factor left to supply, Based mostly on McKenzie.
“Repairing the bikes themselves or stripping them down for the parts That additionally Might be usable and permitting them to be redistrihowevered again by way of The complete area,” he says.
In accordance to the report, The advantages to the group out weigh prices to create This method and any misplaced income Inside The Sort of scrap metallic.
The board meets Tuesday at 4 p.m.
— with information from AM800’s Rob Hindi.