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THE NEW TANNER6THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2010 TRIP TO OTTAWA: Pouring rain greeted the Grade 8 students at McKenzie Smith Bennett School who were happy to be home after a long bus ride back DECORATION DAY: Acton Legion Branch 197 Ladies Auxiliary President Peggy from Ottawa last Wednesday night. The students enjoyed a one day trip to Harris and LA Secretary Helen Van Opstal planted flowers on the graves of veter-Quebec as part of a three-day excursion. Denise Paulsen photoans during Decoration Day at Fairview Cemetery on Sunday. Submitted photoThe RegionalMunicipality of Haltonwww.halton.caIts Our Own GarbageThe Joint Board under the Consolidated Hearings Act gave What We Did in 2009approval to Halton Region in 1989 for a new landfill site. By participating in Blue Box, GreenCart, yard waste, reuse and household hazardous waste programs, Halton residents are sending less Approval under the Environmental Assessment Act was garbage to the landfill. included and a number of conditions were set.In 2009, Halton Region achieved a residential waste diversion rate of 60 per cent. This is one of the highest residential waste diversion Condition 1 of the approval is as follows:rates in Ontario!For more than a decade, the Regional Municipality of As a result of the ongoing participation by residents in Haltons waste collection programs, 2009 diversion data has indicated that Halton searched for a new landfill site to receive the waste Haltons landfill site has gained an additional two years of capacity beyond what was projected in 2008. The landfill is now projected of its citizens. A great deal of money was spent in the to reach capacity in the year 2032. search, and residents of two communities felt threatened by the impending decision. In 1987 and 1988 a Hearing was held by the Consolidated Hearing Board established Joint Municipal-Regional Waste Management Committeeby the Environmental Assessment Board and the Ontario Comprised of members from Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville, the Committee promotes the 3Rsreduce, reuse, recycleMunicipal Board. This Board heard that although the to help minimize the amount of waste going to landfill. The Committee was established to satisfy the above Condition.Regional Corporation was responsible for disposing of In 2009, the Committee supported reviews of the Provincial Waste Diversion Act, and Blue Box Program Plan, waste audits and waste, it was not alone responsible for waste reduction, participation study results, Blue Box litter abatement, and various communications initiatives. reuse and recycling measures. This Board also heard that the waste recycling objectives in the Region were modest, being less than 20%.How We Did ItThe Board orders, therefore, as its first condition of approval for a new landfill site in the Regional Municipality Cell phone, printer cartridge, eyeglasses, resulting in legislation that has enabled Communications & Outreachof Halton, that the Regional Corporation enter into natural cork and electronics recyclingincreased support from industry for the Award-winning communications agreements with the Municipalities of the Region to proper recycling and disposal of material Household Hazardous Waste Depotprogram including WasteLess News and establish a Municipal-Regional Waste Management through the following programs:Waste Management Calendar Paint reuse programCommittee having as its goal the reduction, recycling Take It Back! Halton Salvation Army Reuse Depot Award-winning workshops for schools, and reuse of waste so that there will be very little waste (www.halton.ca/takeitback) community groups and apartments Blue Boxes and GreenCarts delivered to remaining to be landfilled. Through public meetings held at Municipal Hazardous & Special Waste reaching 32,986 peoplenew subdivisionsleast twice a year the Committee should attempt to reach (www.dowhatyoucan.ca) Participation in community events and Backyard Composter salesthe goal through measures including but not limited to: Used Tires (www.ontariots.ca) open houses Space-saving reusable tarps as an a. paper recycling and denial of landfilling paper products; Waste Electronics & Electrical Online customer service toolsalternative daily cover at the landfillb. promotion of individual, private and public composting Equipment (www.dowhatyoucan.ca) Calendar Cover Art contests for youthfacilities;Extended Producer Special Eventsc. provision of glass and metal recycling facilities for Waste Diversion ProgramsResponsibility Compost Give Awayresidential, apartment and commercial establishment Weekly Blue Box and GreenCart (Industry Funded Programs waste, including provision of reception areas for Tire Amnesty Daycollectionunder the Waste Diversion Act)packaging materials at point-ofsale of such materials; Environment Day Every other week collection of garbageIn collaboration with our neighbouring d. development of measures to encourage retail outlets to Special Waste Drop-off Days Battery recycling program in partnership municipalities, Halton Region has reduce to the maximum extent possible disposable with Local Municipalitiesadvocated to the Provincial government items and packaging materials, including fast-food packaging materials;e. provision of reception areas for household hazardous wastes, andThe Resultsf. consideration and development of mandatory recycling programs which include rewards and penalties for Total material diverted from landfill Household hazardous waste: 1,016 A Report describing compliance and non-compliance.through reuse, recycling and composting tonnes (from over 46,000 vehicles)compliance with all the Once each year the Regional Municipality shall report on programs: 124,413 tonnes Electronic waste: 468 tonnesConditions of Approval under the participation of area Municipalities and the extent of the Environmental Assessment Amount of materials collected at the curb, Total garbage landfilled at the Halton cooperation and progress on the work of this Committee Act is available for review. To events and HWMS:Waste Management Site: 75,863 tonnes in full-page advertisements in the newspapers having obtain a copy of this report, (lowest amount of garbage landfilled in a Blue Box: 47,372 tonnesgeneral circulation in each of the Regions constituent please call Halton Region by single year since the site opened in 1992) GreenCart: 24,799 tonnesMunicipalities, under the headline ITS OUR OWN dialing 311 or 905-825-6000 Yard waste: 33,358 tonnesGARBAGE, and is to include this condition in full at the or 1-866-4HALTON (1-866-442-beginning of such advertisement.5866) or TTY 905-827-9833.1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Dial 311 or 905-825-6000 Toll Free 1-866-442-5866 TTY 905-827-9833 www.halton.ca100610