Identifying and Applying Best Recycling Practices in Ontario
Type of initiative
FCM Green Municipal Fund - Plans, Studies, Pilots
Sector
Waste
Project value$500,000
Project Type
Feasibility Study
Sub Sector
Recycling
Grant amount$250,000
Program type
GMF
Municipality
Township of North Glengarry, ON
Status
Fully Disbursed
Population
10,144
Project timeline
2010 - 2012
Project number
7119
Description
By functioning at the regional level, as well as at the individual municipal level, this study represents a sustainable community planning approach to recycling practices in Ontario. It includes developing a full understanding of collection and processing productivity rates that can be achieved for individual Blue Box materials (best practices); developing a complete understanding of the gross and net costs for individual materials (benchmarks); twinning of similarly scoped programs to institute technology and best practices transfer from “good” programs to those identified for “improvement”, and; identification of opportunities to regionalize processing operations in a large and small program setting. The Integrated Waste Management (IWM) Model will be used to assess and quantify municipal and regional changes to current waste management practices from a life cycle perspective. In addition to the study’s final report, an Optimization Guide will be developed for use by municipalities to implement best recycling practices. As well, a minimum of four series of training programs, across Ontario, running program operators through the results of the study and demonstrating how changes can be implemented, will be completed.
Applicant
Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators, ON