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Needle Buy Back Coming To PG
PRINCE GEORGE – A group of local businesspeople is taking a page from an initiative in Kamloops, where a program paying individuals five cents for the return of a spent needle.
“My heart told me to get involved,” explains Barry Boehmer, who has set the wheels in motion to launch a similar program in Prince George. “John F. Kennedy’s saying ‘Not what your city can do for you, but what you can do for your city.’ That’s just part of what I want to do. I want to be that person who’s doing something for his city.”
And he has put his money on. He has committed $2,000 and the same day, another local businessman matched it.
Boehmer says he is not about pointing fingers or assigning blame; he just wants to fill a gap and clean up the city.