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THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK

 

 

 

REPORT NO. 5

OF THE REGIONAL

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2005

 

 

 

For Consideration by

The Council of The Regional Municipality of York

on September 22, 2005

 

 

 

Chair:                           Regional Councillor D. Wheeler

 

Members:                      Regional Councillor D. Barrow

                                    Regional Councillor M. Ferri

                                    Regional Councillor J. Heath

                                    Mayor T. Taylor

                                    Regional Chair B. Fisch, ex officio

 

Also Present:                 Regional Councillor J. Jones

                                    Regional Councillor T. Van Bynen

 

Staff Present:                A. Campbell, L. Bigioni, P. Casey, S. Cartwright, M. Garrett,

                                    B. Macgregor, K. Price, K. Schipper, E. Wilson

 

The Solid Waste Management Committee began its meeting at 9:10 a.m. on September 14, 2005.

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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1  UPDATE ON BAN ON PLASTIC BAGS FOR COLLECTION OF YARD WASTE

 

[see also Attachment 1]

 

2  RESPONSE TO GREENING VAUGHAN STRATEGY

 

3  REQUESTS FOR COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRES

 

[see also Attachment 1]

[see also Attachment 2]

[see also Attachment 3]

 

4  UPDATE - COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS

 

The Solid Waste Management Committee advises Council of the following matters having been considered by the Solid Waste Management Committee with the following action:

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

1. York-Durham Residual Waste Environmental Assessment Update

Andy Campbell, Director, Solid Waste Management, provided an update on the steps taken to date regarding the York-Durham Residual Waste Environmental Assessment. Staff will be reporting to Committee in October on the status of the draft terms of reference to be presented to the public for further input. Received.

 

2. Update on New Blue Box Program

Andy Campbell, Director, Solid Waste Management, provided an update on the new Blue Box Program, highlighting the continuing public and contractor education required regarding items permitted in the blue box. Received.

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

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3. Rod Muir, Founder, Waste Diversion Toronto and Waste Diversion Campaigner, Sierra Club of Canada, May 30, 2005, regarding "True Residual Waste is Less than 10% not 40%". Received.

 

4. Robert C. Prowse, Town Clerk, Town of Richmond Hill, May 30, 2005, regarding Waste Diversion Ontario Funding and Regional Funding Allocation. Received and referred to staff.

 

5. Dennis Darby, Chair, Stewardship Ontario and Gemma Zecchini, Chair, Waste Diversion Ontario, June 30, 2005, enclosing the first payment for 2005 from industry to help pay for Blue Box recycling programs. Received.

 

6. Robert C. Prowse, Town Clerk, Town of Richmond Hill, July 27, 2005, regarding the need for a Regionally owned and operated Community Recycling Centre in the Town of Richmond Hill for non-commercial uses and requesting the Region to consider the site adjacent to the Town's operations centre on Elgin Mills Road for this purpose. Received and referred to Report No. 3 entitled "Requests for Community Environmental Centres".

 

 

OTHER BUSINESS

 

7. Committee thanked staff for their hard work in facilitating a solution with the Town of Newmarket and Halton Recycling.

 

 

PRIVATE SESSION

 

8. Committee resolved into private session at  10:30 a.m. to consider a legal matter and resumed in public session at 11:35 a.m. with no report out.

 

 

The Solid Waste Management Committee adjourned at 11:38 a.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

September 14, 2005                                                                                       D. Wheeler

Newmarket, Ontario                                                                                        Chair

 

(Report No. 5 of the Solid Waste Management Committee was adopted, without amendment, by Regional Council at its meeting held on September 22, 2005.)

 

Karin Price

905-830-4444, ext. 1322