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<div class="ExternalClass37AE8D897FBB4312914EC74C00C57C3D">It's shaping up to be a hot summer! This edition highlights Metro Vancouver's lawn watering regulations and how it plans for the summer high water demand season.Metro Vancouver has also released the results of its 2018 waste composition monitoring study, which analyzed the composition of the waste stream across 161 material categories, as well as its year-in-review for regional parks. Not surprisingly, visitor numbers at Metro Vancouver regional parks continued to climb last year, underscoring the important role regional parks play in connecting residents and visitors with a diversity of natural spaces and the need to provide more outdoor recreation spaces to serve the region's growing population.For those getting outside, the good news is that Metro Vancouver still has fresh, clean air to breathe. The 2019 Caring for the Air report, also released this month, suggests that while unprecedented levels of wildfire smoke have affected Metro Vancouver's air quality in recent years, smog-forming pollutants are expected to continue to decline in Metro Vancouver over the next 20 years.In other news, construction will start this summer on a Biogas Cleanup System at Metro Vancouver's Lulu Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, while the National Zero Waste Council has made some recommendations to deal with 10 priority plastics that could end up as litter, in wastewater or in the oceans.Metro Vancouver has also secured three keynote speakers for the ninth annual Zero Waste Conference, to be held later this year in October, and launched a Love Food Hate Waste Canada spring campaign.For a closer look at what's being done around the region in terms of housing affordability and community gardens, check out the Metro Vancouver Close-Up videos.Enjoy! Metro Vancouver is a federation of 21 municipalities, one Electoral Area and one Treaty First Nation that collaboratively plans for and delivers regional-scale services. Its core services are drinking water, wastewater treatment and solid waste management. Metro Vancouver also regulates air quality, plans for urban growth, manages a regional parks system and provides affordable housing.</div>

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2018 in Review: What a Year for Metro Vancouver Regional Parks	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-54/740/2018 in Review: What a Year for Metro Vancouver Regional Parks	2018 in Review: What a Year for Metro Vancouver Regional Parks	<div class="ExternalClass4BB56641D7384D51964EEF6610A16360"><p>Smoke from B.C.’s wildfires last summer didn’t deter visitors to Metro Vancouver’s regional parks and greenways. Total park visitation increased to 11.7 million last August, with 10 sites setting new record highs in 2018. </p></div>	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue54-mvparks.jpg	Read more...	Full
Metro Vancouver’s waste composition monitoring program delves into 2018 waste	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-54/741/Metro Vancouver’s waste composition monitoring program delves into 2018 waste	Metro Vancouver’s waste composition monitoring program delves into 2018 waste	<div class="ExternalClass35CE4B47D1324142930527118670CC81"><p>Compostable organics, followed by paper, plastic and non-compostable organics such as treated wood, were the most prevalent materials found in Metro Vancouver’s 2018 waste composition monitoring study.</p></div>	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue54-wastemonitoring.jpg	Read more...	Full
Metro Vancouver monitoring water demand	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-54/742/Metro Vancouver monitoring water demand	Metro Vancouver monitoring water demand	<div class="ExternalClassE8E2EC9B62334C86BB5D3B44EB33FDDB"><p>Metro Vancouver’s lawn watering regulations are in effect across the region from May 1 until October 15, in order to conserve treated drinking water during the hotter, drier summer months.</p></div>	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue54-water.jpg	Read more...	Full
Air quality expected to improve by 2035 despite more vehicles on the road	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-54/743/Air quality expected to improve by 2035 despite more vehicles on the road	Air quality expected to improve by 2035 despite more vehicles on the road	<div class="ExternalClass31A2EEFBE75B4145AD9C67F3F58245AE"><p>Although unprecedented levels of wildfire smoke have affected Metro Vancouver’s air quality in recent years, smog-forming pollutants are expected to continue to decline in Metro Vancouver over the next 20 years, according to the latest Caring for the Air report for 2019.</p></div>	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue54-aq.jpg	Read more...	Full
Biogas Cleanup System at Lulu Island Wastewater Treatment Plant	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-54/744/Biogas Cleanup System at Lulu Island Wastewater Treatment Plant	Biogas Cleanup System at Lulu Island Wastewater Treatment Plant	<div class="ExternalClassF0FC2245A96240E0B0A6403242B5FADD"><p>Construction will start this summer on a Biogas Cleanup System at Metro Vancouver’s Lulu Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.</p></div>	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue54-biogas.jpg	Read more...	Full
National Zero Waste Council recommends regulatory approaches for priority plastics	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-54/745/National Zero Waste Council recommends regulatory approaches for priority plastics	National Zero Waste Council recommends regulatory approaches for priority plastics	<div class="ExternalClassF22AAE0E2B4C49A5A51E72E63970732B"><p>The National Zero Waste Council’s Plastics Advisory Panel has submitted a <a href="http://www.nzwc.ca/Documents/RegulatoryApproachesforPriorityPlasticWastes.pdf" target="_blank">list of potential regulatory actions</a> to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) to address 10 priority plastic wastes.</p></div>	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue54-nzwc.jpg	Read more...	Full
A Future Without Waste: Mobilizing for success in the Circular Economy	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-54/746/A Future Without Waste: Mobilizing for success in the Circular Economy	A Future Without Waste: Mobilizing for success in the Circular Economy	<div class="ExternalClass7360529BD1B641FD98D2FA95BFA1A001"><p>The <a href="http://www.zwc.ca/Pages/index.aspx" target="_blank">2019 Zero Waste Conference</a> is gearing up for October 30-31 when it will explore questions around the steps Canada needs to take to integrate into the global circular economy, and how success will look in our lives and communities ahead of the World Circular Economy Forum, which will be hosted by Canada in 2020.</p></div>	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue54-zwc.jpg	Read more...	Full
Love Food Hate Waste Canada partners with celebrity chef Bob Blumer	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-54/747/Love Food Hate Waste Canada partners with celebrity chef Bob Blumer	Love Food Hate Waste Canada partners with celebrity chef Bob Blumer	<div class="ExternalClass76C1CC8EF311440C93406326EAD879E0"><p>Love Food Hate Waste Canada – a consumer awareness campaign delivered by the National Zero Waste Council in collaboration with nine founding campaign partners including Metro Vancouver – partnered this spring with renowned celebrity chef Bob Blumer to get people to rethink their relationship around food through a “Plan It. Use It. Eat It.” campaign.</p></div>	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue54-lfhw.jpg	Read more...	Full

Check it Out!	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-54/748/Check it Out!	Check it Out!	<div class="ExternalClass59C1FA465F4A4C03BDC724E6840E842C"><p>The Summer edition of <a href="/services/parks/ParksPublications/CIOSummer2019.pdf" target="_blank">Metro Vancouver Regional Parks’ Nature Program Guide</a> (Check it Out) is bursting with fresh programs and events. Pack a picnic, lace up those hiking books and step into regional parks to reconnect with nature where you can:</p><ul><li>Watch bats emerge as dusk descends.</li><li>Get away from the hustle and bustle to paddle calm waters.</li><li>Capture the wonder of wetlands through watercolour painting.</li><li>Watch your child’s imagination run wild at a nature play date.</li></ul><p> <a href="/services/parks/ParksPublications/CIOSummer2019.pdf" target="_blank">Registration now open!</a></p></div>	Read more...	SummaryBottom
Metro Vancouver Close-Up Videos	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-54/749/Metro Vancouver Close-Up Videos	Metro Vancouver Close-Up Videos	<div class="ExternalClass4A840F60DDFF4235A41D76D4DDC04E57"><table width="100%" style="background:none;border:0px currentcolor;"><tbody style="background:none;"><tr><td style="width:155px;vertical-align:top;"> <a href="https://vimeo.com/333433275" target="_blank"> <img alt="Burnaby Housing Task Force" src="/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue54-video-burnaby.jpg" style="width:155px;" /></a></td><td style="color:#ffffff;vertical-align:top;"> <strong><a href="https://vimeo.com/333433275" target="_blank">Burnaby Housing Task Force : </a></strong> The City of Burnaby is starting several housing initiatives, which include supportive housing, warming centres and the Mayor’s Task Force on Community Housing, to explore strategies for improving access to housing and affordability.</td></tr><tr><td style="width:155px;vertical-align:top;"> <a href="https://vimeo.com/338089004" target="_blank"> <img alt="Belcarra Crab Research " src="/metroupdate/PublishingImages/issue54-video-coquitlam.jpg" style="width:155px;" /></a></td><td style="color:#ffffff;vertical-align:top;"> <strong><a href="https://vimeo.com/338089004" target="_blank">Communities in Bloom - City of Coquitlam : </a></strong>The City of Coquitlam has made it to the international level of a competition called Communities in Bloom. It's a program that encourages community pride, beautification and environmental responsibility.</td></tr></tbody></table></div>	Read more...	SummaryBottom
Events around the region	http://www.metrovancouver.org/metroupdate/issue-54/750/Events around the region	Events around the region	<div class="ExternalClassCD527274DD4A48A4B008D599551D0568"><p><strong>Metro Vancouver's Watershed Tours</strong></p><p>Metro Vancouver offers tours of our protected watersheds every summer to help people discover these pristine valleys firsthand. Join us and register for an engaging and scenic guided tour.</p><p><a href="/events/watershed-tours/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Information and registration</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Zero Waste Conference</strong><br> <em>Vancouver Convention Centre East - 999 Canada Place, Vancouver</em></p><p>Registration is now open for the 2019 Zero Waste Conference: <em>A Future Without Waste: Mobilizing for success in the circular economy</em>, to be held in October 2019. The annual conference attracts thought leaders from around the world, highlighting circular economy success stories, waste prevention innovations, and local and global perspectives as the shift to waste prevention and the transition to a circular economy continues to gain momentum.</p><p>October 30-31, 2019 – early bird registration closes July 2nd!</p><p><a href="http://www.zwc.ca/details/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Information and registration</a></p></div>	Read more...	SummaryBottom

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