Trenton, ON – Donald Scharfe, P.Eng of Quinte Waste Solutions has completed the Integrated Waste Management Plan on behalf of the nine member municipalities that make up the Centre & South Hastings Waste Services Board.
The Plan was accepted at the Centre & South Hastings Waste Services Board meeting on Monday June 28th, and will be delivered to the 9 member municipal councils by the end of July.
The Integrated Waste Management Plan is a holistic approach to managing the waste management requirements in the area. The plan outlines a course of action considering the social, economic and environmental factors to dealing with various waste categories including organics, recycling, hazardous waste, and energy from waste. “ I believe by working together, this region has developed a plan that will be good for the environment, people will like and won’t break the bank ”, explains Scharfe.
Moving forward, similar to a menu, each member municipality will decide on what aspects of the plan fit within their municipal planning. Each municipality has their own requirements, which makes this plan unique in that they may opt in on some of the plan, and may decide to hold off on other parts until they have a requirement.
Quinte Waste Solutions has been diverting waste from landfill since 1990 and is ranked #2 among Ontario municipalities of the same size and type. The most recent curbside waste audits in 2006/2007 show that Centre & South Hastings including Prince Edward County residents are capturing 82% of the available blue box materials in the area.
The Centre & South Hastings and P.E.C. total diversion rate as identified in the 2008 Waste Diversion Ontario Data Call for all Ontario municipalities considering all waste categories mentioned above is currently 43.09%.
With many Ontario municipalities adopting curbside organics programs, a key recommendation of this Integrated Waste Management Plan is to consider the adoption of a local program to divert organic waste from landfill.
Currently, 40% of the waste going to landfill in the area is organics, and could be composted, thus extending the life of local landfills by close to half.
The Integrated Waste Management Plan is on the Quinte Waste Solutions website http://www.quinterecycling.org/ for the public to view.
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