Vancouver Binners Event Was Turned Up After Being Displaced By Film Shooting, Organizers Say | The Canadian News

Organizers of an annual event in Vancouver that puts thousands of dollars in the pockets of city wastebaskets are expressing concern after they were forced to change locations at the last minute to make room for a movie.

The Vancouver Binners Project has celebrated its Coffee cup revolution event in Victory Square on Cambie and Hastings streets since 2014, with the exception of 2020 due to the pandemic.

The one-day event offers dumpsters, people who collect cans and bottles to return their deposits, a cash refund for the disposable coffee cups they collect.

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Binners project manager Sean Miles said it acts as a major source of revenue for containers, while advocating for the environmental and social benefits of depositing single-use vessels.

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In 2019, the bins collected nearly 100,000 cups in a single day, diverting them from landfills for recycling.

“It is really important. This is a day, especially now that it’s gone up to 10 cents a cup, where you could win $ 200 or $ 300, “veteran binner Michael Leland told Global News.


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“This is our big day, this is where it all started. Being able to come here really made a big difference. “

But Miles said that with only a month to go before the event took place, he was notified by the Vancouver Park Board that he was being removed from the venue to make way for filming.

“We had already started promoting the event, we had gone through the permitting process, we had paid for our permit. We, for all intents and purposes, thought we were ready to go, ”he said.

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“We were shocked and frustrated, frankly, especially since there was no discussion about it, it wasn’t about maybe or this could happen, it’s, ‘This is happening, it has happened.

Organizers were quick to find a new location, settling in Oppenheimer Park, but Miles said it will end up costing about $ 5,000 more.

More concerning, Miles said, was the possibility that many people who trust the event may not know about the change of venue.


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Many of the participants are from a vulnerable population that does not always have access to reliable communications, he said.

“They are going to assume it is here. They are going to come here, ”he said, adding that organizers would now need staff at the original site to redirect participants to the new location.

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“Making a change of location is something that will have an impact on who attends and the success of the event.”

Coffee Cup Revolution will now continue at its new location on October 7.

Global News requested an interview with a spokesperson for the Vancouver Park Board, but was told that no one would be available by Sunday’s deadline.

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Nadia Tchoumi, a spokeswoman for Vancouver’s Union Gospel Mission, called the move “disappointing,” adding that it raises important questions about who can use public space in the city.

“Who are they for? Will they be available to the highest bidder based on the event being presented? “Tchoumi said.

“When you have an event like this that is a long-running event that has made such a huge contribution to the community … I think you have to ask yourself why this was not even given the recognition and priority it deserves.”

He said he will be watching the park board closely to see if similar events are rejected.

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