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Todd;
You were inquiring about MSW plans
Below you will find the link to the
Taskforce 2010 report of the City of
Toronto.
(Toronto's population is 2.5 mm, the fourth largest
City in N. American)
The plan outlines the steps required to achieve
100% diversion from landfill
before 2010, 9 years, at time of publication (June
'01)
The summary of recommendations - 47 in 16
categories, is found at the end of the
main report and is I my estimation the most
important component of the report.
See Waste Diversion Taskforce 2010
report
Download Full
report
The basic tenets are there
We need to get;
Recycling - Up - via more
effective education, communication, advertising, promotion
Whatever you wish to call it.
Organics - In - via three stream
collection
The Last Six - Out -
via depots (as common as a Wal-mart) and selected return to retail
progams
Electronics
Furniture (including mattresses)
Textiles (including carpets)
Household items - pots, pans, dishes etc etc etc
C&D - a surprising amonut come out of the typical home
via DIY'er
HHW - mostly paint, oil, batt's, meds and F.
lights
Other supporting documents of interest, which can
be accessed from this link are;
Appendix B - Summary of public consultation input
Appendix E - Taking care of our own waste -
Presentation by City Staff prior to each public consultation
meeting
Appendix J - Summary notes from
meetings with Industry Representatives
A day of deputations which we also
attended
My organization was closely involved in the
development of the 2010 report.
We continue to monitor it's (somewhat slow)
progress.
I am more than happy to share it with
you.
as I believe our residential municipal solid waste
challenge
is a completely common one and therefore should
benefit from the best common solutions
(Not that I'm saying 2010 has all the
answers)
Please feel free to contact me for any additional
information
Good luck with your up-coming
conference
Rod Muir
Founder
Waste Diversion Toronto and
Waste Diversion Campaigner, Sierra Club of Canada
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