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News and Press Releases
Waste diversion more effective than burying it | July 19, 2010 | 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.
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Mayor O'Brien says City of Ottawa should control waste managment | June 23, 2010 | 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 | June 17, 2010 | 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). |
Reaction to WM proposal unfavourable… May 13, 2010 | 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. ... |
More Clean Energy Being Produced in Ontario | May 7, 2010 | 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 | May 6, 2010 | 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 | May 1, 2010 | 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 | April 30, 2010 | 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. |
There are alternatives to Carp Road landfill | April 27, 2010 | 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. |
Landfill doublespeak! | April 23, 2010 | Waste Management is inconsistent between PR material and answers to questions. |
Mayor to fight dump expansion | April 23, 2010 | O’Brien vows city will continue ‘war’ on landfills
“We started a war on landfills, and we will continue that war on landfills.”
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Turning garbage into energy | April 16, 2010 | 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.”
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Challenging road ahead for waste firm | April 16, 2010 | 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.
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Few are blameless in dump fiasco | April 14, 2010 | 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.
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Landfill revamp? | April 14, 2010 | 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 | April 13, 2010 | 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.
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Update on Groundwater Situation | February 23, 2010 | An important update on the groundwater situation around the landfill has been provided at the January 2010 CLCLC meeting |
TACKLING ONTARIO’S WASTE | October 30, 2009 | The province is looking for public input on its proposed new approach to keeping more waste out of landfills. |
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