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Modular management of residential organics

Article Abstract:

Residents of the town of Caledon and the region of Peel, both in Ontario, have launched a program to collect and compost household organic waste. This project was meant to complement the region's backyard composting program, while helping the town achieve 84% diversion from the landfill as well. The program, which started in Apr. 1995, requires all 4,700 households to sort out specific types of household wastes, which are then picked up twice a week and delivered to a small composting plant in the region's Caledon Landfill Site. Over 700 metric tons of organic wastes were collected during the first five months of the program.

Sanitation services, Refuse collection

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Backyard composting plus recycling yields high diversion

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The multifaceted Quinte Regional Recycling program in Ontario, Canada, has successfully implemented a cost-effective backyard composting and diversion program. The Blue Box 2000 program sets an example of meeting Canada's national waste diversion goal of 50% by 2000 AD. A 12-gallon capacity blue box is delivered to urban and rural households. Paper, cardboard, plastics, steel and aluminium containers are collected by 12 trucks. The Yes in My Back Yard program collects organic wastes and the household hazardous waste program collects wastes such as batteries and aerosol cans.

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Ontario's wet/dry experience

Article Abstract:

The city of Guelph and the county of Northumberland in Ontario have adopted a two stream collection approach which accommodates both dry nonrecyclable materials and wet noncompostable materials. The city of Guelph's facility has an annual capacity of 44,000 metric tons of wet throughput and 91,000 metric tons of dry throughput. Three County Recycling is the third private facility in Ontario to implement wet and dry streams.

Refuse systems, Solid Waste Disposal, Waste Treatment and Disposal, Methods, Waste disposal sites

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