Export of Landfillable Solid Waste

WHEREAS managers or collectors of local government solid waste in BC are permitted to export landfillable solid waste to the United States, resulting in the export of jobs in the solid waste management industry; AND WHEREAS the export of local government solid waste from the province detrimentally affects the economy of communities and the province as a whole due to the loss of jobs: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM lobby the provincial government to take appropriate action to prohibit the wholesale international export of British Columbias local government solid waste.