Council Grapples with Future Biomedical Waste Rules
Chetwynd council raises concerns over Bill 58 Waste Management Amendment Act requiring regional districts and municipalities to prepare and implement biomedical waste management plans by end of 1992 with no clear funding or tool support. Debate centers on scope for non regional districts, provincial cabinet regulation, and potential impacts on local cooperation. The issue slated for next meeting after noting hospital daily biomedical waste around 16 tonnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chet““sqai
Bruce Strachan
Epare
Rpal
Ministry of Environment
British Columbia
Chetwynd
West Fraser
Breakthrough in Choing trees boosts interior spruce cloning
British Columbia scientists announce a tissue culture method to produce thousands of embryo capable tissues from top parent trees. The BC Research Corporation and Forests Ministry outlined cloning of interior spruce seedlings for faster growth, with small-scale tests this year and full field trials planned in 1991.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Frank Oberle
Dave Parker
Terry Howard
British Columbia Research Corporation
Oberle
Canada
Petawawa National Forestry Institute
Parker
The
Forest Biotechnology Centre
Vancouver
British Columbia Forest Service
BCFS
Kalamalka
Vernon
Howard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council
Maureen Gammon
Lasser
Bedell
Parson's