Wet Waste Diversion Program (Central Transfer Station)
Type of initiative
FCM Green Municipal Fund - Plans, Studies, Pilots
Sector
Waste
Project value$20,000
Project Type
Feasibility Study
Sub Sector
Composting
Grant amount$10,000
Program type
GMF
Municipality
County of Northumberland, ON
Status
Fully Disbursed
Population
89,365
Project timeline
2003 - 2009
Project number
2300
Description
This study will assess the technical, environmental and economic viability of establishing a central transfer station as partof a system to process the county's residential wet waste at Canada Composting Inc.'s waste composting facility inNewmarket. The county has already undertaken a pilot project to test collection and composting, but the study willquantify the capital costs involved in establishing the transfer station, in temporarily closing landfills and in hauling thewet waste. If the project is successful, it will complete the county's wet/dry waste diversion program. In total, the countywould be able to divert 74 per cent of its residential waste from landfill. The study will include public input as part of theproject.
Applicant
County of Northumberland, ON