PROVINCIAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

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PROVINCIAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

• Protecting our environment for generations to
  come

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Steering Committee

• Department of Municipal Affairs
• Chair, implementation, administration, funding
• Department of Environment and Conservation
• Environmental standards, author of Strategy
• Department of Government Services
• Certificates of Operation, enforcement
• Multi-Materials Stewardship Board
• Waste diversion, public education, research

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WHY- the Problem of Dumpsites

• PROVINCIAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

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2002 Dumpsites

• approximately 250 dumpsites
• 53 tee-pee incinerators
• Leachate
• Open burning, incineration
• Methane gas
• Unsightly, nuisance, odours, hazardous

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2008 Status

• Measurables
• approximately 200 dumpsites - from 250 plus
• 24 tee-pee incinerators from 53
• Open burning reduced

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WHAT - 2002 Strategy

• Call to Action on Environmental Protection
  (Public Consultation Report, 2001)

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Provincial Waste Management Strategy 2002

• Increase waste diversion
• Regional approach
• Modern standards and technology
• Maximize economic and employment opportunities
• Public Education
• Estimated 200M capital

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Provincial Waste Management Strategy 2007

• Sustaining principles from 2002
• Equivalent to lined standard
• 200M funding from Gas Tax and Municipal Capital
  Works
• Timelines extended

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Schedule

• 2007 Eliminate open burning Avalon Region
• 2008 Eliminate tee-pee incinerators province
• 2010 Avalon regional site fully operational and
  eliminate open burning in Central
• 2011 Central regional site fully operational and
  eliminate open burning in Western
• 2012 Eliminate open burning province
• 2016 Western regional site fully operational
• 2020 All non-host waste management zones fully
  integrated
• 2020 Full province-wide modern waste management

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WHERE - Regional Approach

• PROVINCIAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

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Regional Approach

• 15 Waste Management Zones
• 11 on Island
• 4 in Labrador
• 3 Regional Waste Management Facilities
• Eastern, Central, West

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Labrador

• Study of central site options
• Remote coastal locations
• Straits area

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Northern Peninsula

• First Regional Waste Management Authority
  established under Regional Service Board Act.
• NorPen providing regional waste management
  services
• Interim consolidations underway
• 8 sites have closed including 4 incinerators

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Western Region

• Committee established
• In process of developing terms of reference for
  study for site selection and waste management
  system
• Sub-regional studies getting underway to consider
  interim consolidation options to current
  incinerators

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Baie Verte Region

• Green Bay Waste Authority Inc has been operating
  successfully for several years, serving 17
  communities
• Initial efforts underway to establish regional
  committee

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Central Region

• Committee established
• Site selected near Norris Arm
• Tenders expected this year to start construction
  of host site
• estimated cost 40M
• Wet/dry waste separation

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Connaigre Region

• Early stages of consideration
• Possibility of transportation to Central Regional
  Facility

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Avalon Region

• Committee appointed inaugural meeting May 7,
  2008
• 250,000 people, approximately half the total
  population of the province
• Will manage waste from the Greater Avalon
  including Clarenville and at a later date may
  include the Bonavista and Burin Peninsulas

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Bonavista Peninsula Region

• Initial efforts underway to establish regional
  committee and sub-regional committees

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Burin Peninsula Region

• Regional committee presently conducting study

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Isolated Areas

• Under consideration by Technical Committee
• Incinerators currently active
• Recontre East
• Francois
• McCallum
• Ramea
• Grey River
• Mud Lake

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Costs

• Approximate per household 100 to 120
• 37 of waste stream is paper 30 organic
• Reduce waste volumes reduce cost

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Fact Sheet

• Household generates about ¾ tonnes of MSW
• 37 of waste stream is paper 30 organic
• Example
• 23,000 people on Burin Peninsula
• 23,000 / 2.2 per HH 10,455 HH
• 10,455 x ¾ tonne 7841 tonne per year
• 7841 tonne / 52 151 tonne per week
• 151 / 5 30 tonne per day
• Get-to-half 15 tonne per day
• Long haul compactor truck range of 20 27 tonne

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What does it mean for you?

• Cleaner, healthier, safer environment
• Improve tourism product
• Efficient collection and disposal of waste
• Economies of scale, through regional approach
• Waste diversion recycling, composting, reusing,
  etc.

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Artists Concept of Robin Hood Bay

• Questions?