Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Where to put the Civic Centre site recycling bins now?

Laura Hubick empties her recyclables into one of the
recycling bins at the southwest corner of Sobey's parking lot.
The bins were formerly located at the Civic Centre site.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Laura Hubick doesn’t have any immediate issues with the new location of the old Civic Centre recycling bins.

“It doesn’t seem too bad,” said Hubick. “I don’t think this one is terrible because we always shop at Superstore and we could bring our recycling up before we went grocery shopping.”

But not everyone is okay with the location of the recycling bins. The new location of the recycling bins from the Civic Centre site was a hot topic at Monday’s regular council meeting.

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The placement of the recycling bins was facilitated because of a license agreement with Sobey’s. The agreement stated that the city, at its own cost, would build a fence enclosing the bins. The city plants to build an eight-foot chain link fence enclosing the bins to reduce littering.

Other city commitments include inspecting the site on a daily basis Monday to Friday and to respond to any management concerns that may arise regarding ongoing maintenance issues. It was also stated the agreement could be terminated by either party on 30 days notice.

In an answer to Coun. Don Mitchell’s enquiry regarding the history of the bin location, administration stated in a report that the criteria for the location of the bins was easy access, a solid base for the bins to sit and be accessed by Loraas disposal trucks, adequate lighting and security as well as fencing or other provisions. 

Administration has been examining the feasibility of other places for a workable venue, including green space beside Westrum Lumber, the Kinsmen Sportsplex, the Town ‘n’ Country Mall, Neslia Place between the Salvation Army Church and Lynbrook Golf Course, Laurier Street beside Canadian Tire as well as High Street West beside the city complex, Grayson Industrial Park and the west side of the Hillcrest Sports Centre parking lot. All of those locations were eliminated in the spring for reasons such as prohibitive costs, access concerns and public safety concerns.