18 October 2011

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Waste Management Bylaw 

barrel collection; Education and Enforcement; 

Solid Waste Bylaw Landfill

Waste Management Bylaw Waste Management Facility

Landfill

Compost SiteE‐waste

Waste Management Facility

HHW Recycling/Re‐Use

Scrap Metal TiresScrap Metal Tires

•May 2009 – last revision accommodates City‐wide Cartsy y

•Opportunity to incorporate current waste management practices and to remove redundancyp y

• Environmental liability!! ‐ better control and education on acceptable items being landfilled and compostedon acceptable items being landfilled and composted

•Catalyst ‐ E‐waste•Do not want E‐waste landfilledDo not want E waste landfilled• Tipping fees do not adequately cover costs

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Di t d d fDivertedCompostable

Recyclable/Large metal

LandfilledControlled waste

Banned from land filling

Biomedical/HazardousRecyclable/Large metal

Re‐useableResidual waste

Biomedical/Hazardous

Tires

E‐waste

•Draft Bylaw to City Solicitor•Draft Bylaw to City Solicitor

•Draft Bylaw to stakeholders 

•Bylaw to Council

• Plastic clogs screen

• Hazardous waste, garbage, recyclables –compromise compost quality

Vanessa BraultVanessa Brault

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Ridge/LoganArkell/Ingrim Downtown Granger Hillcrest Takhini Porter Creek Riverdale

• Packer Operators recorded # of green carts in each  Neighbourhood Contamination

neighbourhood that had obvious contamination

• 116 contaminated carts on average per week

Copper Ridge/Logan 2.1%Arkell/Ingrim 4.1%Downtown 2.7%Granger 2.4%Hillcrest 1 3%

• Recycling  (confusion) + Wrong bags (confusion) + Garbage (deliberate/confusion)

Hillcrest 1.3%Takhini 5.2%Porter Creek 1.9%Riverdale 2.4%

• Targeted EducationTargeted Education

• Specific and relevant notices

f• Consequences for non‐compliance

• Partnership ‐ Public Groups, Partnership Public Groups,Bylaw, Public Works, Engineering and Environment

• Packer operators seePacker operators see contamination

• Stop emptying – put a warning sticker on the cart indicating the problem

• Fill incident form: address, Fill incident form: address,contamination, date, time

• Future incidents: not accepted; ti ith Cit iblmeetings with City; possible 

fines; possible cancellation of services.

Internal Waste Program

E d ti t ll• Expand source separation to all buildings

• Individual offices responsible for• Individual offices responsible for own wastes

• Possible future separation of all precyclables

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composted 2 149

C&D 6,219recycled 2,500

2,149

curbside 1,798

ICI 12 968ICI 12,968

• Curb side collection $8 09 per month• Curb side collection  ‐ $8.09 per month• Includes disposal and collection 

• Tipping Fees• Commercial /MF ‐ $54.25 per tonne

• Outside tipping fees  ‐ $100 per tonne

• Revenue offsets annual operating costs• Revenue offsets annual operating costs

• Full cost accounting study by City/YEC

• $1 4 million per year annual operating• $1.4 million per year annual operating• Fixed annual costs

• Gatehouse• Landfill disposal• Recycling• Testingg• Administration

• Per tonne disposal costs varies• Other costs not included in tipping fees• Other costs not included in tipping fees

• Landfill final cover• Leachate collection and treatment• Gas management

• Waste to Energygy

• Special Waste Facility

• Recycling Processors’ StudyRecycling Processors  Study

• Improved Composting

• Goals:• Goals: • Zero Waste by 2040• 50% waste diversion 2015

wood 10%

plastic 1%

organics 8%

landfilled 49%metal 4%

plastic 1%

paper 7%

composted 10%

recycled 11%

Landfill Management Plan 2003• Forecast landfill life – 60 to 80 years

2012 Studies• Landfill Management Plan• Solid Waste Action Plan• Solid Waste Action Plan

• Waste to Energygy

• Special Waste Facility

• Recycling Processors’ StudyRecycling Processors  Study

• Improved Composting

• 2012 Studies• 2012 Studies• Landfill Management Plan• Solid Waste Action Plan

• Goals: • Zero Waste by 2040• 50% waste diversion 2015• 50% waste diversion 2015

wood 2,295

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organics 1,920

landfilled 11,250

metal 1,003

plastic 205

paper 1,527

composted 2,149

recycled 2,500