media release

TAGGART MILLER ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (TMES) – PROPONENTS OF THE CAPITAL REGION RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTRE – RECOGNIZES MPP’S BILL TO BAN ORGANIC WASTE FROM LANDFILLS

Russell Township, December 8, 2010: TaggartMiller Environmental Services (TMES) – the proponents of an integrated waste management facility in Russell Township – today acknowledged the initiative by Norm Sterling, the MPP for Carleton-Mississippi Mills to ban organic waste from landfills in Ontario.

Mr. Sterling’s Private Member’s Bill would require all municipalities with a population of at least 5,000 to prepare a plan to ensure all organic waste is sent to a composting site within three years of the Bill being proclaimed.  All organic waste would be banned from landfill three years after passage by the Legislature.  This would allow time to build processing facilities to deal with the diverted organic waste.  The Bill would also encourage municipalities to work together to develop regional waste management plans. 

“Efforts are clearly required to assist the province in achieving the goal of 60 percent diversion in the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (IC&I) and Construction & Demolition (C&D) sectors,” explained Hubert Bourque, project manager for TMES. “The business plan for our proposed integrated waste management facility in Russell Township is based on the concept that we should endeavour to recycle, recover and reuse first, and landfill only if there is no reasonable way to divert waste materials away from landfill. A landfill ban is one way to do this. There may be other ways to encourage or require greater diversion by the IC&I sector.”

Taggart Miller Environmental Services (TMES) has initiated an environmental assessment process under the Environmental Assessment Act for a proposed integrated waste management project to be known as the Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre, which would be located on a property in the northwest portion of the Township of Russell, Ontario. The proposed facility, if approved, is intended to maximize diversion of Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (IC&I) and Construction & Demolition (C&D) materials from disposal in response to existing and future government regulations and diversion requirements of the marketplace.

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For further information, please contact:

Hubert Bourque, Project Manager
Taggart Miller Environmental Services (613) 454-5580
www.crrrc.ca

Media inquiries: Howard Williamson (613) 277-7154

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