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INTRODUCTION In September 1983 The Regional Municipality of Waterioco embarked an a study to planits waste management program for the next 20 years. This study is designed to produce a Master Plan for Waste Management in the Region which can be submitted to the Ministry of the Environment for approval as an Environmental Assessment Report. This procedure will greatly facilitate the implementation of the approved Master Plan recommendations. The study is proceeding in three Stages. The first Stage has provided an assessment of the existing system, an inventory of waste management alternatives and a terrain analysis to determine future candidate landfill areas. At present, the Region is served by five existing landfill sites and two waste transfer stations. Major landfill sites are located on Erb Street West in the City of Waterioo and at the east end of Savage Drive in the City of Cambridge. Three smaller landfills are located in Woolwich and North Dumfries Townships. ‘Transfer stations serve the Townships of Wilmot and Wellesley. It is proposed that two of the three smaller landfills be closed because of capacity deficiencies and environmental probiems. The third site should be closed because of offâ€"site leachate migration. Transfer facilities may be provided to replace these waste disposal sites. The draft report on Stage 1 was provided to the public and government review agencies in May 1984. Open houses and public meetings were heid at two locations to obtain public input. The final Stage 1 report was published and distributed in July 1984. Stage 2 of the study is intended to develop master plan system alternatives, ane of which will be selected for detailed review and impiementation. The draft Stage 2 report, published in October 1984, identified a number of potential landfill and transfer station sites and a series of waste management options. Open houses have been held in three locations to acquaint the public with the Stage 2 findings and five public meetings were held to receive comments on the results of the studies to date. Following review of all comments received an the draft Stage 2 report, all of the waste management options will be rariked and one selected as the recommended scheme for the Master Plan. The You are invited to attend a PHBLIC MEETING of Regional Engineering Committee to receive information and to voice your concerns about the various methods of waste disposal. Some of the waste disposal methods currentiy being considered are: LANDFILLING, INCINERATION, RECYCLING, * COMPOSTING, SOURCE SEPARATION. The PUBLIC MEETING is scheduled for February 7, 1985 at 7: 00 p.m. at the following location: KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 50 Erb Street West WATERLOO, Ontario PUBLIC INPUT and/or the addition of a new landfill site. _ 3. Landfill plus Energy from Waste (EFW) Options. 4. Export Region wastes outside the Region. Each of these alternatives will be evaluated to determine the impacts on the Region in terms of public health and safety, environmental, social and cultural recommended alternative wil} be presented to the public for review and the final waste management system will be submitted to Regional Council for approval. $ Stage 3 will comprise the detailed Master Plan formulation based on the The potential iandfill sites identified in Stage 2 received a great deal of attention at the public meetings and open houses. As these sites are located in rural areas, the largest source of reaction was from rural residents plus those living in nearby towns and hamlets. A great deal of concern was registered toward the establishment of new landfilis in relation to the perceived impacts on the rural population from the hazards of increased truck traffic; the potential for groundwater and surface water contamination; the loss of land vailue and destruction of good farmiand; the effect on recreational and other community functions; potential for attraction of rodents and gulls; and a number of other social. cultural and environmental issues. recommended waste management option. Again, the draft Stage 3 report will be presented to the public and, following review, will be finalized and all three stages submitted to Council for its approval as the Solid Waste Management Master Pian for the Region of Waterioo. The Master Pian Report will then be submitted to the Ministry of the Environment for approval under the Environmental Assessment Act. _ 4 R‘s and EFW Because of the predominant opinion of the rural population of the Region that the concept of the "4 R‘s" should be pursued as the preferred aiternative for waste management, it was concluded that this concept should be presented in more detail to the urban population because of its greater effect on their portion of the Region. The consensus of the public input to date is that the Region should pursue the alternative that emphasizes the concept of waste reduction, reuse, recovery and recycling (the 4 R‘s). This would reduce the amount of refuse going to landfill and thus projong the life of existing landfills and delay the need for a future landfill. It also provides for the conservation of material and energy resources. The Stage 2 draft report identified several waste management options: Utilize the existing waste management system with 10 percent source Expand the existing system through the expansion of the Waterioo landfill Your response to these and other questions concerning waste management is encouraged at the PUBLIC MEETING scheduled on 07 February at 7: 00 P.M. at Knox Presbyterian Church, 50 Erb Street West, HOW SHOULD THE REGION DISPOSE OF ITS WASTE? SHOULD THE REGION CONTINUE LANDFILLING® SHOULD THE REGION INCINERATE WASTES? SHOULD THE REGION EXPAND SOURCE SEPARATION THROUGHOUT THE REGION® ARE YOU IN FAVOUR OF PAYING MORE 70R ALTERNATIVES TO LANDFILLING? This notice has been paid for hy the Regional Municipality of Waterioo Ministry of the Environment‘s Blueprint for Waste Management in Ontario and can be described briefly as follows: «e Reduction â€" reduction in the qiantity of waste generated by the increase in the durability of goods produced; the modification of goods and packaging to permit recovery and recycling; a reduction in amount of packaging. e Reuse â€" direct reuse of materials which otherwise become waste (eg. beverage bottles). e Recycling â€" removal of materials from the waste stream by source separation and subsequent collection for recycling (eg. paper, scrap metal, glass, etc.) e Recovery â€" the processing of waste to recover either material resources (eg. refuse derived fuel), or energy resources (eg. burning of refuse to produce steam), or both. A strongly supported voluntary residential source separation and recycling program has been implemented by the City of Kitchener and Total Recycling Systems Ltd. This program recovers newspapers, glass and metal cans from 85 percent of Kitchener households and this currently represents approximately 2 percent of total wastes reaching the Waterioo landfili. Total Recycling has also provided home composting units in Kitchener to further reduce household generated wastes. In addition, scrap metal is segregated and collected at the Region‘s landfills for shipment to market. Expansion of these programs, possibly on a mandatory basis, to embrace all waste generators in the Region would be required to make a significant impact on future landfill requirements. f Energyâ€"fromâ€"Waste (EFW) is the burning of refuse in a controlled environment, to produce steam and/or electricity for sale to defined energy users. An EFW facility requires an assured market for the energy produced in order to achieve its full benefits and economy. The volume of wastes burned are reduced by 90 percent and the residual ash must be disposed of at a landfill or other suitable sites. A backâ€"up landfill is required in case of mechanical breakdown or other interruption in operation of the EFW facility. The Stage 1 Report identifies several local industries which, based on their current steam demand, could make use of an EFW incinerator. These locations are shown in the figures above which also identify the boundaries within which an incinerator could be effectively located. It has been estimated that in the order of a 40â€"60 percent reduction of all wastes going to the landfills could be achieved through a comprehensive program embracing the 4 R‘s and an EFW operation. In order to achieve this objective it may be necessary to implement mandatory source separation of wastes in all areas of the Region including the residential, commercial and industrial sectors. Region with regard to the potential creation of new landfili sites. At this tlme.thell:fkmis anxious to obtain reaction to those components of the plan that would most closely affect the urban residents of the area. Therefore input is encouraged from the public and interested groups to the proposals for waste recovery, recycling and EFW plant(s). In order for the Region to formulate a Master Plan that will meet with the greatest public acceptance, it is necessary to obtain comments and input from all segments of the Community . As noted, much valuable input has been received from the rural areas of the The "4 R‘s" have been identified as a high priority aspect of sofidyute"mmagemem in the Additional information on the Region‘s waste management program is availablefor public viewing in all Municipal Offices and Public Libraries in the Region. Information is also available at the office of the Region‘s Consultant for the prog:m: MacLaren Engineers Inc., 20 Erb Street West, Suite 503, Waterloo, Ontarioâ€" (Telephone 886â€"1920) . @© Location of Steam User ««â€"» Boundary for Locating EFW incinerator