BowValleyWasteManagementCommission & The Francis Cooke Landfill

Canmore recycle center where cans originate from



Huge pile of concrete

Paint and varnished wood waiting to become mulch

Odd mangled structures designed to trap blowing garbage

a few seconds of digging and the hundreds of cans are exposed .

The above images illustrate what is stated below .

BVIG : One of our readers submitted these photos after a weekend outing at our local landfill ( Francis cooke ) in Exshaw . She was appauled at the misconception of the Bow Valley Waste Management Commission and our municipalities . I suppose she expected to to drop off her material and have it recycled instantly .. well of course not ! Be realistic . She certainly didn't expect to see no one working at the landfill except a young girl at the entrance office . The town of Canmore drops off aluminum cans ( thousands ) weekly at the landfill . Thinking they will be recycled ?? Who knows . As of Saturday thousands of aluminum cans were buried & semi buried into the ground at the landfill. ( pictured above ) . Free mulch and woodchips are yours for the taking Bow Valley ! Look what recycling does ! Little do most of us know the chips contain toxic paint and varnish chips in large quantaties . How can this be overlooked ??? No wonder the free pile is so huge !

The concrete pile and ashphalt recycle heap were shocking also , especially after a recent Rocky Mountain Outlook story featured comments by the director of the commission Darcy Edison claimming the landfill recycled almost 100% ! etc , etc ... ??? garbage blowing out of the landfill and into trees only added to the disgust . Additional photos available .

Where is this material supposed to go , when and for what ???
BVIG will be looking into this more ... keep you posted . Anyone wanting larger more defined images email us at bowvalleyig@gmail.com