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We are developing a plan to manage Ottawa’s waste over the
next 30 years. Draft goals and objectives — established through consultations
with key stakeholders — have been outlined in this Discussion Paper for
your review. A questionnaire is included to gather feedback and to help us
understand YOUR thoughts for the future of Ottawa’s waste management. ottawa.ca/talkwaste
Discussion
Paper:
Goals
and Target Setting for Ottawa’s 30-Year Waste Plan
WHAT IS WASTE?
Waste refers to all materials
that people no longer need including garbage, recyclables and compostables.
Waste Diversion: process of diverting waste from
landfills through municipal programs such as recycling and composting.
Residual Waste: materials not reused, recycled or composted — specifically
garbage.
Residential Waste: waste generated in homes, including
blue and black box, and green bin materials, as well as residual waste.
Special Wastes: waste not accepted in the blue, black or green bins
that should not be disposed of in the landfill, such as paint, batteries and
chemicals.
Appendices
A Existing and projected waste
generation A-1
B City’s existing waste
programs and services B-1
C Regulatory environment C-1
D Private sector waste services
available in Ottawa D-1
E Summary of
municipal facility waste audits E-1
F 10-year solid waste
financial plan F-1
G Area municipality’s waste
programs and services G-1
WHY DO WE
NEED A PLAN?
Over the
next 30 years, Ottawa’s population will grow by an estimated 300,000 1. At
current consumption and disposal rates, residents will generate an average of about
one million tonnes of waste per year. This equals one tonne per person per year
at home, work and play. 2, 3
The City of Ottawa is responsible for
the collection, processing and disposal of all residential waste. The City also
has some degree of influence over the management of waste generated by local
businesses and institutions, which is governed and controlled by the Province. 4
But it is as individuals and as a
community that we generate waste —and we must be proactive in dealing with its
impacts. This Discussion Paper asks Ottawans
to be aware of the waste they generate and to take an active role in managing
those impacts.
DRAFT VISION
By 2042, Ottawa will still have room in its
municipal landfill because as a community we have improved our rates of
reducing, reusing and recycling.
Waste managed by the City of Ottawa FACT: At current disposal rates, Trail Waste
Facility will be full by 2035.5 This City-owned landfill, which
has a commercial value of $200 million,6
is where residential “residual” waste is disposed of after it leaves your
home. No matter what waste disposal technology or diversion system Ottawa uses,
there will always be residual waste to be landfilled.
Figure 1 – Residential Waste Projections (tonnes/year)
Waste managed by the private sector
Figure
2 – Business & Institutional Waste Projections (tonnes/year)
MANAGING WASTE
Local waste
generation and management is a function of several factors, not all of which are in
the control of the City of Ottawa or its residents.
Quantity and
Type
Waste begins with the goods we buy and sell. Are they durable, repairable,
easily modified or upgraded, recyclable?
Are they sold individually, or heavily packaged with unwanted accessories?
Waste generation is also determined by a city’s economy and demographic
profile. The quantity of waste Ottawa generates is growing with our population,
urban expansion, and prosperity, and reflects the consumer habits of our population.
While packaging regulations are a federal responsibility, businesses,
institutions and individuals have the ability to exercise choice, and to
influence suppliers.
Collection
and Processing
How waste
is managed is determined by the limitations of geography, available
technologies, the market place, political and public willingness to implement
changes, and the affordability of those measures. For example, due to site
differences, different equipment is required to collect waste and recyclables
from apartments and single-detached homes. These physical differences pose a
challenge to delivering a consistent level of service.
Where waste is managed and
disposed is largely a function of geography and provincial regulation. The City
can pass by-laws to guide the siting and design of facilities, and divert waste
to or from municipal landfills, but cannot prohibit their establishment or
expansion.7
Who collects, processes and
disposes of waste is a function of provincial regulations, the market place and
local by-laws. The City is required by
the Province to provide collection to most single-family homes, but not required to service townhomes, apartment
complexes, businesses and institutions. The City offered high-density
residences waste services several years ago. As their private waste collection
contracts expire, the majority have accepted.
Businesses and institutions in Ottawa
depend on the private sector for waste collection, as does the City for the
provision of some of its residential collection and diversion programs. The
waste industry has undergone significant consolidation in recent years, and is
overseen by legislation and regulations at both the federal and provincial
levels.8
Figure 3 –
Factors Influencing Waste Generation and Management
Source:
United Nations Environment Programme
Figure 4 – Waste Generation Scheme
Figure 5 – The Waste Hierarchy
The complexity of managing waste is
highlighted in Figure 4. Waste is generated at all stages of a product’s
development, right from its inception out of raw materials through to its
manufacture, distribution and ultimate disposal. The fact that recycle and
recovery opportunities exist at each of these stages emphasizes the need to
consider all aspects of the waste process in setting policy and developing
programs. Because no one organization
controls all elements of the waste cycle, demonstrating leadership, promoting environmental
stewardship, and establishing partnerships are key to successful and sustainable
waste management programs.
The Waste Hierarchy illustrates current
thinking on how best to manage waste. Emphasis is first placed on consumption
patterns, then on reusing and exchanging goods, then on recycling and
composting what cannot be reused, and lastly on energy recovery and
landfilling. This hierarchy reflects the environmental, social, and economic
costs of producing and transporting goods using raw materials and non-renewable
resources, and on collecting, processing, and disposing of waste.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
·
Follow the waste hierarchy
·
Demonstrate leadership
·
Promote stewardship
·
Foster partnerships
·
Customer focused
FACT: In 2008, 34 million tonnes of waste was handled
by the waste management industry in Canada. This equates to roughly one
tonne of waste per person. Of this,
approximately 60% came from businesses and institutions, while the remaining
40% came from residential sources. Waste Management Industry Survey:
Business and Government Sectors 2008, Statistics Canada
MINIMIZING WASTE
Waste is
generated at home, at work and at play. To minimize the amount of waste we
generate requires us to examine what we buy, how we use things, and how we
dispose of them at home or away.
In 2010, Ottawa residents generated approximately
900 tonnes of waste each day in their homes. This equates to 900 kg per household
or 360 kg per person every year.9 Think of 6.5 transport trailers full
of waste over the average person’s life.10
Since 1992, Ottawa’s residential
diversion rate has increased from 14% to 41% — yet the total amount of waste to
be managed has increased with population growth.
Figure 6 - Ottawa Residential
Waste Generation (tonnes/year)
DRAFT GOAL
1.
Generate less waste.
HOW TO ACHIEVE
a) Federal regulations need
to be amended to reduce packaging waste.
b) Manufacturers and
retailers need to reduce waste in the production and sale of their goods.
c) Local businesses, institutions
and individual consumers need to make sustainable choices in the purchase of
goods and services.
d) City policies, programs,
and practices need to reduce waste generation at City facilities and facilitate
the above.
DRAFT TARGETS
Residential waste generation rates measured in kilograms per capita per year (kg/c/y.)
Residential waste generation kg/capita/yr |
2010 11 |
2015 |
2022 |
2042 |
360 |
350 |
325 |
300 |
FACT: Most households that make full use of
the City’s diversion programs report that they set out one or fewer bags
of garbage each week.
WASTE IS A VALUABLE COMMODITY
Waste
generation is unavoidable. However, it is not without value. Waste management in Canada is a multi-billion
dollar industry. In 2008, it was worth $7.6 billion.12 In 2010, the
operating cost for Ottawa’s residential waste programs was approximately $61
million.13 It is estimated that local businesses and institutions
paid an additional $140 to $280 million for waste collection, processing,
shipping, and disposal.14
Those costs will increase over time
as the landfills serving Ottawa reach capacity and new disposal facilities must
be sited and built. The community can
mitigate future financial, social, and environmental risks associated with
those facilities by thinking about and managing waste as a commodity.
Figure 7 –
Commodities in Residential Waste, by weight
FACT: Fact:
In 2010, $8.4 million in revenue was generated from the sale of blue
and black box recyclables from the residential recycling program. However, an estimated $535,000 in
potential revenue from blue and black box material went straight to
landfill because it was thrown into the garbage.15
Figure 8 –
Commodities in ICI and C&D Waste, by weight
Waste
recovery facilities are more numerous and sophisticated today than 20 years ago.
This makes it possible to divert materials from the landfill that were
previously non-recyclable. With an increasing supply of recovered goods in the
market place, investors and manufacturers are demonstrating greater willingness
to develop processes and products that use waste as material inputs. As
Canadians have embraced waste diversion, markets for recovered goods have increased.
Everyone in Ottawa can enhance their
diversion rates and, in so doing, contribute to the maturation of the market
place for recovered materials and goods made from recycled products.
DRAFT GOAL
2.
Optimize waste diversion.
HOW TO ACHIEVE
a) Waste recovery facilities
and stable markets need to be established within a financially feasible
distance of Ottawa.
b) Comprehensive and
consistent diversion programs need to be available in every household and place
of work.
c) Waste diversion
receptacles need to be accessible in public spaces.
d) Programs for special
wastes need to be widely available.
e) People need to make full
use of the programs and services provided.
DRAFT TARGETS
Municipal capture
rates, by material, by source. (Example: If a household generates 100 kg of paper and
fibre waste per year and places 80 kg at the curb in the black box, the capture
rate for that material would be 80%.)
Municipal Capture Rates (%) |
2010 |
2015 |
2022 |
2042 |
Residential Curbside Program 16 |
||||
Paper & fibre |
80 |
85 |
90 |
95 |
Metals |
60 |
70 |
80 |
95 |
Glass |
57 |
70 |
80 |
95 |
Recyclable Plastics |
57 |
70 |
80 |
95 |
Green Bin Organics |
28 |
60 |
65 |
90 |
Leaf & Yard Waste |
99 |
99 |
99 |
99 |
Residential High-density Program 17 |
||||
Paper & fibre |
50 |
65 |
75 |
90 |
Metals |
25 |
50 |
75 |
95 |
Glass |
63 |
75 |
85 |
95 |
Recyclable Plastics |
39 |
50 |
75 |
90 |
Organics 18 |
n/a |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
City Facilities |
||||
Paper & fibre |
n/a |
85 |
90 |
95 |
Metals |
n/a |
70 |
80 |
95 |
Glass |
n/a |
70 |
80 |
95 |
Recyclable Plastics |
n/a |
70 |
80 |
95 |
Organics |
n/a |
50 |
65 |
90 |
Public Right-of-Way (ROW) and Spaces |
||||
Paper & fibre |
n/a |
50 |
70 |
90 |
Metals |
n/a |
50 |
70 |
90 |
Glass |
n/a |
50 |
70 |
90 |
Recyclable Plastics |
n/a |
50 |
70 |
90 |
Organics |
n/a |
50 |
70 |
90 |
Municipal Construction & Demolition (C&D)
Projects |
||||
Asphalt |
n/a |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
Wood |
n/a |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
Metal |
n/a |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
Drywall |
n/a |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
Shingles |
n/a |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
Concrete |
n/a |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
IC&I and
C&D recovery rates, by material type. The following targets are based upon
what has been achieved by corporate leaders in Ottawa and elsewhere. Area
businesses and institutions are challenged to strive for these targets as community
partners in waste management.
Capture Rate (%) |
2010 |
2015 |
2022 |
2042 |
Industrial, Commercial &
Institutional (IC&I) Properties |
||||
Paper & fibre |
n/a |
85 |
90 |
95 |
Metals |
n/a |
70 |
80 |
95 |
Glass |
n/a |
70 |
80 |
95 |
Recyclable Plastics |
n/a |
70 |
80 |
95 |
Organics |
n/a |
60 |
65 |
90 |
Non-municipal
Construction & Demolition (C&D) Projects |
||||
Asphalt |
n/a |
50 |
70 |
95 |
Wood |
n/a |
50 |
70 |
95 |
Metal |
n/a |
70 |
80 |
95 |
Drywall |
n/a |
50 |
70 |
95 |
Shingles |
n/a |
50 |
70 |
95 |
Concrete |
n/a |
50 |
70 |
95 |
FACTS: Audits
conducted at federal facilities in the National Capital Region between
2005 and 2009 indicate that, on average, 70% of waste materials generated
are diverted for reuse, recycling, or composting. This is equal to
approximately 5,700 tonnes per year diverted from landfill.
In 2008, the Ottawa Airport
Authority completed a 34,000m2 demolition and expansion
project. A key objective of the project was to optimize material recovery
and minimize waste generation. As a
result, over 87% of demolition waste was recovered for reuse and
recycling.
MANAGING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS
Waste management
services are essential to protect human
health and the environment. As such,
their importance must be reflected in all aspects of the business, including:
·
Program design and delivery
·
Asset management
·
Cost of service
DRAFT GOAL
3.
Reliable, safe and affordable
municipal waste services.
HOW TO ACHIEVE
a) Waste assets and programs need
to be designed, managed, and delivered to minimize environmental and community
impacts.
b) Municipal waste services need
to be resilient and constant.
c) Municipal waste services need
to be affordable.
d) A safe work environment needs
to be maintained at all times.
DRAFT TARGETS
·
Maintain 100% regulatory
compliance with facility Certificates of Approval and all provincial and
federal regulations applicable to City waste operations.
·
Zero workplace accidents
per year.
·
Less than five odour incidents
per year at City facilities.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Waste
management is a core service, averaging 155,000 pick-ups every day. The success of its management is visible and
directly influences how residents and visitors feel about Ottawa. Currently,
the City serves the following customers:
·
270,000 curb-side households
·
1,500 high-density residential complexes
·
200 street-front businesses
·
90 schools and some institutions 19
·
150 municipal facilities 20
DRAFT GOAL
4.
Ensure customers have a
high degree of satisfaction with the City’s waste services.
HOW TO ACHIEVE
a) Customers must receive
reliable and friendly service.
b) Problems must be addressed
in a timely and satisfactory manner.
c) Services must be available
in both official languages, and in ways to meet special needs.
d) Programs must be designed
to reflect Ottawa’s cultural diversity.
DRAFT TARGETS
·
Less than 1% missed pick-ups
per day.
·
90% household
participation rate in municipal diversion programs by 2042.
·
90% of customers highly
satisfied with the City’s waste services programs.
FACT: Fact:
In 2010, the City received an average of 260 calls/day regarding
missed pick-ups (15% of total calls received.) These calls were due to a variety of
reasons including incorrect set-out (e.g. blue box on a black box day),
late set-out (after 7 a.m.), operator error, and inclement weather.
.
MANAGING the FINANCES
and ASSETS
Infrastructure
needed to manage Ottawa’s waste
The City owns two operating landfills:
the Trail Waste Facility in Nepean and the Springhill Landfill in Osgoode.
These facilities have space for an additional 7,590,500 cubic metres of waste.21
If disposal rates at each of the facilities remain unchanged, Trail will be
full in 2035 and Springhill in 2018. 22 The Trail landfill has a net
operating cost of $4.7 million/year.
The City is a partner in PowerTrail
Inc., a public-private partnership that operates a five megawatt landfill-gas-to-energy
plant at the Trail Waste Facility. Currently, the partnership generates roughly
$120,000 in annual income for the City.
The City also owns a 60-hectare
property on Barnsdale Road that is licensed for leaf and yard waste, and a
fleet of 23 garbage trucks, 804,000 curbside bins, 6,300
apartment bins and various specialty landfill equipment.
In addition to these assets and
partnerships, the City manages annual contracts valued at $47.5 million 23
for the collection and processing of residential waste.
Advantages
to City-owned assets
·
Continuous access to local disposal outlets.
·
Stable hauling and disposal costs.
·
No possibility of business failures, breaches of contract, industry
consolidation, decreased competition in the market place, or restrictions on
the trans-boundary movement of waste.
·
Flexibility to meet special needs, including the piloting of
alternative equipment and systems, cost efficiently.
·
Direct control and influence over the use of local airspace.
·
Direct control and influence over environmental controls.
·
Provision of full diversion services to the community.
·
Flow control—directing how waste is managed and disposed.
·
Tipping revenues.
·
Validation of private sector pricing and service delivery
proposals.
·
Direct customer contact and problem resolution.
Advantages
to contracted service delivery
·
Competitive pricing.
·
Reduced asset inventory and liability.
·
Reduced overhead in the administration of staff and assets.
What does it
all cost?
The costs to operate and maintain the
City’s facilities and equipment, and to deliver collection and diversion
programs are offset in part through the sale of recyclables and via the fees
charged at Trail Waste Facility. The balance is funded through a rate applied
to each residential property, and the tax rate applied to all properties in
Ottawa. In 2010, the total cost to
deliver the residential waste program was $61 million.24 This
reflects a 50% increase since 2001, but also a significant increase in level of
service across the City.25
Strong asset, financial, and risk
management strategies are needed in order to manage these costs over time.
DRAFT GOAL
5.
Asset optimization, financial
accountability, and risk management in all aspects of program design and service
delivery.
HOW TO ACHIEVE
a) Municipal waste assets must
be managed to optimize their use and life expectancy.
b) A balance of private and
public sector assets and services must be used to mitigate financial and
service delivery risks.
c) All services delivered must
be based upon full-cost recovery, and employ user pay where appropriate.
d) City-owned landfills must be
preserved for residential residual wastes.
DRAFT TARGETS
·
Trail Waste Facility is
still operating in 2042.
·
Springhill Waste Facility
is still operating in 2022.
·
Adherence to the 10-year
financial plan for waste services.26
·
On average, cost of
service increases in the years 2013-2042 are no greater than the Consumer Price
Index (CPI) for Ottawa.
FACT: The Springhill Waste Facility is owned by
the City and operated by Tomlinson Waste Services. The facility is permitted to receive
residential and non-residential waste from the former Osgoode Township.
PROVINCIAL RELATIONS
The Ontario
government is responsible for the review, approval, and
oversight of all waste processing and disposal facilities in Ontario, and for the
licensing of waste haulers. It is also responsible for ensuring that businesses
and institutions develop and implement waste diversion plans in accordance with
the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O.
1990. Finally, it sets out specific
requirements for the delivery of municipal waste programs, including waste
diversion.
The City works closely with the Province in
addressing local waste management issues. In recent years, this has included
the 2006 expansion of the Trail Waste Facility, as well providing comments on
private sector waste management proposals lying within the city.
However, it is important to note that the City can
only exercise influence over private sector proposals, as approval powers rest
with the Province.
Extended
producer responsibility (EPR) is the term used to
describe the responsibility of manufacturers and retailers to help divert their
goods away from landfill. The provincial government oversees three EPR programs
through Waste Diversion Ontario, a not-for-profit organization created under
the Waste Diversion Act. Each stewardship group is managed by manufacturers
and importers who collect and allocate money to municipalities to help support diversion
programs. In some cases, these groups
also deliver diversion programs, which is why Ottawans can now return used phones
etc. to most large electronic retailers.
·
Stewardship Ontario focuses on
diversion of blue box, and special and household hazardous wastes (HHW).
·
Ontario Electronics Stewardship is
responsible for collection and recycling of waste electronic material.
·
Ontario Tires Stewardship collects
and manages waste tires.
In 2010, Ottawa received approximately $4 million
from these groups to help fund the City’s waste diversion programs. The amount
of money the City receives increases with the amount of waste that residents divert.
DRAFT GOAL
6.
The Province increases its
regulatory and financial leadership in waste management.
HOW TO ACHIEVE
a)
Expanded and increased funding of EPR programs is necessary.
b)
Updates of the Waste
Diversion Act and enforcement of its policies is needed.
c)
Increased influence must be secured over local waste
management facilities and systems.
MONITORING
AND ASSESSMENT
The design
and delivery of quality waste programs require timely access to reliable and
current data. The City uses audits, call-centre data, surveys, weigh-scale data,
and financial records to optimize and assess its performance, anticipate and
mitigate problems, plan for the future, and to respond to changes in regulations
and the market place. Unfortunately, the City does not have ready access to the
following information:
·
Waste generation, composition and diversion rates of local
businesses and institutions.
·
Waste volumes entering and leaving the city.
·
Regional waste generation and management statistics.
Therefore, all numbers quoted in this
report regarding local businesses and institutions and private waste facilities
are estimates only, and cannot be verified. This limits the City’s ability to
understand and plan for roughly two-thirds of the waste generated in Ottawa.
DRAFT GOALS
7.
Regular assessment and reporting
on the City’s waste programs and services.
8.
Access to data affecting
waste management in Ottawa.
HOW TO ACHIEVE
a) Continuous improvement of
municipal waste management data collection, management, and use is vital.
b)
Waste generation and flow data needs to be published by the Province.
c)
Local businesses and institutions must share waste data and
learning.
d)
Annual updates are needed to Council on implementation of
Ottawa’s Waste Plan.
e)
An update of Ottawa’s Waste Plan is necessary every five
years.
DRAFT TARGET
·
Access to inter-jurisdictional waste generation
and flow data, by material type, by 2015.
FACT: The City’s waste
collections systems are paper-free.
Every waste inspector has a mobile device for addressing service
calls. In 2008, the City invested in a GPS system at Trail Waste Facility
to improve compaction and optimize airspace use at the landfill.
DEFINING our CUSTOMER and SERVICE AREA
The City’s
municipal waste program is focused on serving households, but includes delivery of
the Yellow Bag program to small street-front businesses, the collection of waste
from City facilities, the piloting of green bin service to local institutions,
and the management of IC&I waste at Springhill landfill. This plan does not
propose any significant change in the customer base.
Municipalities
throughout eastern Ontario and western Quebec face the same waste management
challenges as Ottawa, including the need to balance service delivery
requirements with financial, social, and environmental objectives. Regionalization of waste management could
help to balance these objectives. For
example, a consortium of municipalities could be formed to commission the
design, construction, and operation of one or more regional waste
facilities. Such partnerships would take
several years to establish but could play an important role in the long-term
sustainability of waste services in Ottawa.27
NEXT STEPS
Public
feedback on
the goals outlined in this Discussion Paper can be provided via a questionnaire
online at ottawa.ca/talkwaste or by calling 3-1-1 during working hours until 4
p.m. November 1, 2011.
OR
Residents
can supply feedback to Councillors and staff at the following public events:
·
Saturday,
October 22, 7 a.m. to 12 noon
- Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex
- Walter Baker Sports Centre
·
Sunday,
October 23, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Rideau Centre
·
Saturday,
October 29, 7 a.m. to 12 noon
- Jim Durrell Recreation
Centre
- Stittsville Community Centre
The
City will review public
comments, revise the goals, objectives, and targets as needed, and submit them
to the Environment Committee on November 15, 2011. Committee will
discuss and debate them, and will forward its recommendations to Council for
approval.
Public
delegations are permitted at committee meetings, not
council meetings. If interested, please call 3-1-1 to obtain details on how
to make a presentation to the Environment Committee about this matter.
NEXT PHASES
The next phase in development of Ottawa’s
Waste Plan will focus on examining HOW Ottawa can achieve the objectives and
targets approved by Council.
The following tools will be examined:
·
Regulatory ·
Policy ·
By-law ·
Educational ·
Promotional ·
Technological ·
Geopolitical |
·
Financial ·
Structural ·
Organizational ·
Procedural ·
Systems ·
Fines ·
Incentives |
Options will be evaluated and a set
of recommended strategies will be tabled for consideration and approval in
Spring-Summer 2012.
The final phase in the development of
Ottawa’s Waste Plan will be to develop an implementation plan and budget for
the first 10 years of the Plan. This will form the basis of an update to the
Solid Waste 10-year financial plan, and is scheduled to be tabled ahead of the draft
2013 budget in Fall 2012.
STAY
CONNECTED
If you are
part of a stakeholder organization, please call 3-1-1 to ensure that your
group is on our stakeholder contact list.
To be kept
informed
of future project activities, call 3-1-1 or visit ottawa.ca/talkwaste to
register your name and contact information.
NOTES
1 City
of Ottawa planning projections, August 2011.
2 Average residential waste generated over 30
year period is estimated at 396,000 tonnes/yr, IC&I 680,000 tonnes/yr,
average population for the period 2011 to 2042 is 1,084, 852.
3 Appendix A contains details regarding
existing and future waste generation.
4 Appendix B contains details regarding the
City’s existing waste programs and services.
5 Trail
Road Landfill Site Report for the 2010 Monitoring and Operating Program, May
2011, Dillon Consulting.
6 2007 dollars, based on the per tonne price paid by City of Toronto for the Green Lane landfill of $16.92 per tonne.
7 Appendix C contains details regarding the
waste regulatory environment.
8 Appendix D describes private waste sector
services available in Ottawa.
9 Residential waste projections spreadsheet,
Stantec, September 16 2011, based on 360,164 residential households.
10 Assumes approximately 55kg/m3, an average trailer volume of 81.5 m3, and an average life of 80 years.
11 Methodology: tonnes of residential waste collected divided by the population data from City of Ottawa planning projections, August 2011.
12 2008
operating revenues for local government and business sectors, Waste Management Industry Survey: Business
and Government Sectors 2008, Statistics Canada.
13 Budget 2011 Operating and Capital Budget.
14 Based on 2010 tonnage estimates for IC&I (including C&D) of 573,000 tonnes of waste, trailer volume of 81.5m3, 55kg/m3, $40 per lift (2 cubic yard bin) and $80 per lift (8 cubic yard bin).
15 Based on estimated 2.94% of blue box materials and 3.43% of black box materials in residual waste stream per City of Ottawa Residential Curbside Waste Characterization Study, Green Bin Program Rollout 2010 Final Report, Viridis Environmental Incorporated and $8.4 million revenue generated in 2010.
16 Based on data in City of Ottawa Residential Curbside Waste Characterization Study Green Bin Program Rollout 2010 Final Report, Viridis Environmental Incorporated
17 2010 capture rate for high density residential based on summary of data from audits completed in 2005 and 2006 per City of Ottawa Solid Waste Services Division Multi-Unit Waste Characterization Study Quarterly Reports, Integrated Environmental Waste Services.
18 As of October 2011, 45 medium and high density housing developments that have containerized waste collection receive Green Bin service.
19 On-going pilots are being conducted in institutional buildings.
20 This is expected to rise to 210 facilities by the end of 2011, and to 400 facilities by the end of 2013.
21 Trail Road has 6,934,710 m3 per Trail Road Landfill site Report for the 2010
Monitoring and Operating Program, May 2011, Dillon Consulting, while
Springhill has 655,784 m3 per Annual
Report, 2010 Springhill Landfill Site, May 2011, Tomlinson Waste Management
Inc.
22 If operating conditions remain the same at
both landfills.
23 2010 actual costs, $34.4 million
collection, $12.5 million for organics, recyclables and hazardous household
waste processing, and $0.5 million for Plasco.
24 Budget
2011 Operating and Capital Budget.
25 Based on 2001 budget of $30,936,000 per 2002 final Operating Budget: Transportation,
Utilities and Public Works Department.
26 Appendix B contains a summary of the 10-year
solid waste financial plan.
27 Appendix G contains a summary of area
municipality’s waste programs and services.