New Landfill Proposal Announced by WM;  Apr 13, 2010

Waste diversion more effective than burying it

Coucillor Shad Qadri responds to article by R Denley in the Citizen.

Questions of the City of Ottawa's belief that landfills are unnecessary and statements that the city has no alternatives to waste handling are incorrect in my opinion.

CLCLC endorses in principle Disposition 78 carried at the City of Ottawa Planning and Environment Committee on July 13, 2010

Comments on the Waste Management landfill proposal on Carp Road in Ottawa are due July 19, 2010

Comments on the Waste Management landfill proposal on Carp Road in Ottawa are due July 19, 2010

Waste Management of Canada (WM) released their Terms of Reference (TOR) for their latest application to once again attempt to continue landfilling on the Carp Road site.

Mayor urges re-think over landfill options

Residents near Carp Road site have suffered enough: O'Brien

City Wants Conditions Attached to Waste Management's Plan

The City of Ottawa is recommending a broader scope of Waste Management's proposed Terms of Reference for the Environmental Assessment for its new Environmental Centre in Carp.

Councillors' plan is no plan at all

Ottawa city councillors are no strangers to hypocrisy, but they outdid themselves this week.

SVA hears Waste Management presentation, disagrees with perceived need for landfill

The Stittsville Village Association held its executive meeting on July 8 and heard a 90-minute presentation from Waste Management on the West Carleton Environment Centre development proposal.

Company looks to ease landfill fears

Property values near proposed Carp facility will likely go up, director says

DOWNLOAD TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR LANDFILL EXPANSION ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

Waste Management of Canada Corporation (WM) proposes to complete an Environmental
Assessment (EA) for a proposed undertaking consisting of the provision of a new landfill
footprint at the existing Ottawa Waste Management Facility (Ottawa WMF).

Mayor O'Brien says City of Ottawa should control waste managment

The City of Ottawa should take over the disposal of the city’s garbage, commercial and
residential, says Mayor Larry O’Brien. “We would like nothing more than to have full authority on all waste management activities and all waste management in the municipality of Ottawa, commercial and residential,”

WM submits the Terms of Reference for the Environmental Assessment

As part of the Environmental Assessment (EA) process for a New Landfill Footprint at the West Carleton Environmental Centre (WCEC), a Terms of Reference (ToR) was submitted to the Ministry of the Environment for review as required under the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA).

VP says he's not sure if he'd want to live near Carp dump

The vice president and general counsel for Waste Management of Canada says he's not sure if he
would want to raise his children near the site of a proposed landfill at the Carp Road dump.

People, politicians take aim at Carp Road landfill

Can we trust you? residents, politicians want to know
Trust was a major issue at a meeting to discuss the West Carleton Environmental Centre on Tuesday night in Stittsville.

Tempers flare at landfill meeting

Tempers flare at landfill meeting
West-end MPP leads charge against Waste Management

Public continues to raise opposition to landfill proposal

A community report presented Thursday to Waste Management's Project Advisory
Committee indicates rising public opposition to the proposal to develop more landfill at the Carp
Road site.

Reaction to WM proposal unfavourable… May 13, 2010

Dear editor:
I have attended two of the open houses and one of the workshops and I would take issue with the statement “Public reaction has generally been favourable so far …” Most of the people I talked to at the open houses were not happy with the answers they were getting regarding a new 6.5 million cubic meter landfill in the middle of their community. ...

I had to check the date of the newspaper to make sure it wasn't dated April 1st.

Dear Editor,
I read the EMC headline entitled "WM receives mostly positive feedback for its proposed environmental centre" and I had to check the date of the newspaper to make sure it wasn't dated April 1st. ...

More Clean Energy Being Produced in Ontario

The First Two Feed-In-Tariff Projects are Providing Power to the Province
TORONTO, May 7, 2010 – Two facilities that turn waste into emissions-free electricity became the first larger-scale projects under Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff program to supply power to Ontario’s electricity system today.

WM says centre will offer new approach to manage waste

EMC News - Public reaction has generally been favourable so far for the Waste Management proposal to develop the West Carleton Environmental Centre, a new, multi-purpose waste management facility to serve the City of Ottawa.

Old dumps are timebombs

The Citizen article on trash being exposed in the Ottawa River at Petrie island is the latest example of how old abandoned dumps are ticking environmental, social and economic time bombs.

No landfills, please

I fail to understand why Ross Wallace from Waste Management is disappointed at Mayor Larry O'Brien's emphatic stand opposing Waste Management's proposed new landfill on Carp Road.

Ottawa is responsible for all of its garbage

Letter to the Editor,
Opposition to expansion of the Carp Road landfill makes no sense.
If we don’t put garbage there, where will we put it?

There are alternatives to Carp Road landfill

Letter to the editor, response to R. Denley.
Re: We need ideas, not just landfill opposition, April 25.
It is disappointing to read columnist Randall Denley’s endorsement of the proposed Carp Road landfill expansion by Waste Management.

Low water levels reveal ‘tonnes’ of trash at Petrie Island

‘You can feel the garbage under your feet’

We need ideas, not just landfill opposition

Political posturing does little to solve waste disposal mess
BY RANDALL DENLEY, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN APRIL 25, 2010

Waste Management Inc. looking to expand Carp Landfill on present site

EMC News - Last week the city received notification that Waste Management Inc. is seeking approval to expand the Carp Road Landfill. This location provides services to the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (IC&I) and Residential sectors.

Landfill doublespeak!

Waste Management is inconsistent between PR material and answers to questions.

Mayor to fight dump expansion

O’Brien vows city will continue ‘war’ on landfills
“We started a war on landfills, and we will continue that war on landfills.”

Ottawa waste-to-energy plant almost ready: CEO

The CEO of Plasco Energy Group expects to sign a deal with the City of Ottawa in May to begin directing household garbage to its waste-to-energy plant.

Province must set Landfill policy (Kanata Courrier 22 Apr 2010)

Plasco Energy Group Project Update

Plasco CEO Rod Bryden will provide a project update on the exciting progress at the Plasco Trail Road facility.

Qadri dumps on landfill, Source www.yourottawaregion.com

The latest plan to build another landfill at Waste Management’s Carp Road site still stinks, said Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri.

Turning garbage into energy

By JON WILLING, OTTAWA SUN
All Waste Management needs to do is flick a switch and the equivalent of 6,000 homes will be receiving power for a year thanks to the Carp Rd. dump.
“Everything is ready to go. We are a matter of weeks away,” landfill site manager Ross Wallace said. “We’re just waiting for our final permit to export hydro.”

Challenging road ahead for waste firm

By JON WILLING, OTTAWA SUN
Waste Management has public relations challenges on two fronts in a year that Ottawa residents elect a new city council.
The North American garbage giant, which plans on expanding its Carp Rd. waste operations, knows it has to convince residents and politicians alike that its “environmental centre” is on the leading edge of waste diversion.

Few are blameless in dump fiasco

Susan Sherring, The Ottawa Sun.
It’s easy to understand why residents living around the Carp dump don’t want to see it capped, and replaced by yet another — albeit — shorter landfill.
Surely no one wants to live anywhere near a dump, with talk of garbage blowing errantly and nasty smells soiling the neighbourhood.

O'Brien won't support landfill proposal

Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien said he plans to fight a proposal to build another landfill to replace the existing Carp Road dump.

Sterling leads community and municipal leaders in renewed fight against Carp

(Queen’s Park, Toronto) –Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP opposes the new plan to expand the Carp Dump released yesterday
by Waste Management and vows again to do everything he can to fight this second expansion plan.

COALITION OPPOSES NEW PROJECT PROPOSED BY WM

Despite green components, project is almost the same as what was rejected in 2007

Landfill revamp?

Carp site expansion proposed

The company that owns the Carp landfill is planning a massive expansion that includes a gas-to-energy facility, a recycling centre for Habitat for Humanity and an environmentallyengineered landfill capable of processing 400,000 tonnes of residual waste per year.

Landfill neighbours not impressed with expansion plans

By AEDAN HELMER, OTTAWA SUN
Waste Management’s revamped Carp landfill plan is being met with skepticism from a community that was up in arms to block expansion attempts three years ago.
“The more things change, the more things stay the same,” said Olivia Nixon, a West Carleton resident who helped form a citizen’s coalition to fight the landfill’s expansion in 2007.

WASTE MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCES WEST CARLETON ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRE

OTTAWA, April13, 2010 – Waste Management today announced a proposal to develop the West Carleton Environmental Centre, a new, multi purpose waste management facility to serve the City of Ottawa.