(left to right): Emily Harrison, Manager, Sustainability with the 2015 Canada Winter Games; Allen Langdon, Managing Director of Multi-Material BC; Lyn Hall, Mayor, City of Prince George; Brooklyn Pollard, Grade 7 student; and Mike Davis, Director, Marketing & Communications with the 2015 Canada Winter Games.-photo submitted

Prince George, B.C. – Multi Materials B.C. has become the latest official supplier to the 2015 Canada Winter Games and  it will open the door  to recycling  for  multi family dwellings in Prince George.

MMBC will  provide  550 recycling bins to  the Games,  so there will be recycling receptacles at all  Games venues.

Once the Games are over,  MMBC will  gift those receptacles to Emterra Environmental so the recycling program instituted in September to single family homes  can be expanded to  4,300 units  in multi family  buildings in Prince George.

“Multi-Material BC is pleased to be able to contribute to the 2015 Canada Winter Games and their legacy,” says Allen Langdon, Managing Director of Multi-Material BC. “Through this contribution we are not only assisting the
2015 Canada Games in maintaining its sustainability objectives, but we are also then able to expand opportunities for Prince George residents to recycle more materials, an essential step to help us increase the amount of packaging and printed paper that is diverted from landfills.”

Mayor Lyn Hall  says MMBC’s  involvement  with the Games will have  a positive impact  in Prince George “As a community, having these bins in place during the Games will dramatically decrease the volume of waste
going into our landfills. However, the true impacts will be experienced long term as multi-family dwellings will have access to the same curbside recycling program as single family homes.”