Private Landfill Seeks Approval North Of Metcalfe
This is a release from the City of Ottawa:
From / Expéditeur Alain Gonthier
General Manager, Public Works
Department
Subject / Objet Notification of Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre (CRRRC) Project and
Application for Residential Waste
Inclusion
Date: March 21, 2024
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide information to Members of Council on a project taking place at the Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre (CRRRC) located on Boundary Road, across from Mitch Owens Road.
The CRRRC project is a joint venture between Taggart Investment Inc and Miller Waste Systems Inc and is not yet operational. The project has received approval from the Ministry of Environment Conservation and Parks (MECP). While this is a private facility with no involvement with the City from a waste perspective, staff want to ensure Members of Council are aware of pending changes as this facility is located within the limits of the City of Ottawa.
From the project’s website, the facility has existing approval for the following:
A materials recovery facility for commercial waste; construction and demolition waste processing; hydrocarbon contaminated soil treatment, surplus soil management; a drop off for separate materials or separation of materials, anaerobic digestion of organic waste from commercial sources and, leaf and yard waste compost. The CRRRC also includes a landfill for non-recyclable waste. Space will also be available for other new waste diversion processes and technologies as they become proven and economically viable.
Plan to Accept Residential Waste
The City was recently informed of the Project’s leadership plan to seek approval from the MECP to expand the types of waste accepted at the site to include residential waste. According to the project team, the MECP has advised that this is considered a technical amendment to their
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current approval. The facility is already approved to accept commercially collected residential waste from multi-residential buildings. No changes are required to the approved design or environmental monitoring program for the facility. Additionally, there are no proposed modifications to the daily, annual, or total waste limits for the facility, which is approved to receive 450,000 tonnes of waste per year. The service area for the facility is restricted to the Capital Region and an adjacent portion of Eastern Ontario.
The project team for the private facility will undertake all necessary notifications to inform local residents and stakeholders about their application in consultation with the MECP.
Original Signed by:
Alain Gonthier
CC: Senior Leadership Team
Director, Public Information and Media Relations
Program Manager, Media Relations and Outreach
Public Works Leadership Team
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“(A) private facility with no involvement with the City from a waste perspective”? That’s interesting – where does the City think they are planning to get the waste to fill this landfill other than within the city?
It’s being proposed by Taggart and a partner. Let me think what was Taggart’s last project that we heard about? Ah yes, the Tewin development that had all kinds of “interesting” twists and turns including the clear-cutting of huge swathes of land to supposedly create an agricultural area on the same land that they’re proposing to build a residential community.
I’m sure the landfill proposal would never generate any ethical or legal questions in relation to Taggart’s actions. And if you believe that …