Transcript discussing the management of solid waste in the TNRD

Thompson-Nicola Regional District
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Solid Waste Management
In the Thompson-Nicola
Regional District
Presented By Mr. Peter Hughes and Mr. Martin Dickson
City of Merritt Council Meeting
May 13, 2008
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Outline
• Plan Review Process
• Plan Highlights
• Changes in the Merritt area.
• Blue Bag Recycling
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Plan Review Process
• Started summer 2005
• Public Consultation November 2006
• Approved by TNRD Board June 2007
• Final Plan to Minister of Environment November 2007
• Approved by Minister February 2008
• Adopted by TNRD Board March 2008
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Plan Highlights
• Reduce number of Transfer Stations
– To 13 – 18 from 32 by 2010
– No unattended transfer stations
• Reduce number of active landfills
– Close 3 by 2010, Barriere, Chase, Clearwater
• User-pay system (tipping fees)
– For all users at TNRD disposal facilities
• Regional Recycling Program
– At all attended facilities and municipalities
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2008 Priorities
• Tipping Fee Bylaw and Schedule (July 1/08
DLC, Jan 1/09 Residential)
• Recycling at Landfills, Attended TS’s and
Municipalities
• Install weigh scales at Heffley Creek and Lower
Nicola
• Siting of new TS for Clearwater, Chase and
Barriere areas
• Close 5 unattended transfer stations
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Merritt Area
• Improving front-end of Lower Nicola landfill
to “Eco-Depot”
• Scale
• Blue Bag Recycling depot at landfill
• Other Diversion programs
• Blue Bag Recycling depot in Merritt
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“Eco-Depot”
• One-Stop drop-off facility
• Offer full range of services
– Recycling, yard waste, product care depots, garbage
• Attended
• Weigh-scale
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What is Blue Bag Recycling??
• Blue Bag Recycling is an easy,
convenient, and cost effective method of
waste diversion for the public.
• New recycling initiative available at TNRD
transfer stations
• Household recyclables are placed in blue
transparent garbage bags and deposited
at local transfer station. (e.g. GLAD BlueBag™
Recycling Bags)
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What Materials Can I Recycle in My Blue Bag?
• Tin and Aluminum (Cans, Trays, and Aluminum Foil)
• Plastics with the Recycling Symbols 1-7 (Plastic bags
and film should be clean)
• Newspaper and Mixed Paper
• Box Board and Heavy Paper (Flatten Boxes and Remove
Liners)
• Books and Magazines (includes phonebooks, hardcover books and
paperbacks)
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What does not go in my Blue Bag??
• Glass, Corrugated Cardboard and Hazardous Household
Materials!
• Because glass contaminates other recyclables i.e.
cardboard and plastics, please put glass containers in
designated bins at your local transfer station.
Also…
• Due to large volume of corrugated cardboard coming
into TNRD disposal facilities we ask area residents to
separate and place in designated bins.
Where to Place Recyclables
• 3 recycling bins.
• Glass goes in small BLUE
bins
• Blue Bag recyclables and
Corrugated Cardboard go
in designated GREEN bins
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Where do I get my Blue Bag Information ?
• TNRD communities will be notified as to when and
where they can pick up their Blue Bag information
packages.
• Area residents will be given five complimentary bags as
a part of a “Welcome to the Program” information
package.
• Once these bags have run out, the public will be able to
purchase more at local retailers in the garbage bag
section.
• Area residents may re-use their bags by emptying
contents into the green bins to save costs to the
household if need be.
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Sounds Good…But What's the Catch?
• There is no Catch! Simply place your recyclables in the
Blue Bags and drop them off at your local transfer
station.
• There will be no cost to dispose of Blue Bags full of
recyclables in the TNRD.
• Ok, now wait for it…
• The only thing that could be interpreted as a catch is the
fact that the public will have to pay to dispose of that
which they do not recycle.
• The Bottom Line is that the less waste a household
generates, the less they will pay in the future.