June 6 | 9th Annual Vancouver Landfill Open House

A free, fun filled event for the whole family! Visitors will have the opportunity to:

  • Take a guided bus tour of the Landfill
  • Learn about the Landfill’s environmental protection systems
  • Discover how landfill gas generates electricity and heat
  • See how Metro Vancouver biosolids can be used to create top soil for completed areas of the Landfill
  • Watch the bird control hawks and falcons in action

Check out informational display by the Burns Bog Conservation Society, Metro Vancouver, City of Vancouver, and more.

Activities for children include:

  • craft creations with The Art Express
  • a junkologist
  • a giant sandbox
  • balloon twisting
  • face painting
  • hands-on science display

Enjoy free hamburgers and hot dogs. Sit in actual Landfill equipment. Take home a bag of compost.
Location: 5400 72 Street, Delta
9:00 am to 3:30 pm
Date: Saturday Jun 06, 2009
Contact: 604.940.3212.