Join Waterfront Toronto at our public open house to learn more about the pilot test that will guide Waterfront Toronto’s Soils Recycling strategy, including the potential development of a dedicated Soils Recycling Facility.

As part of its sustainability objectives, Waterfront Toronto is committed to using the latest, best technologies to wherever possible treat and reuse soil.

Waterfront Toronto has submitted an application to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) for a Certificate of Approval under Section 27 of the Environmental Protection Act to store, transfer, and process soil at an approximately 8.2 hectare site at 294, 320, and 348 Unwin Avenue.

As the first step in the development of a Soil Recycling Facility, Waterfront Toronto is conducting a pilot test to evaluate the technical and economic performance of the soil treatment technologies that may form part of this facility, prior to making any larger-scale commitment.

Revitalization of much of the 800 hectares of the waterfront area depends on the ability to treat soil that has been impacted by former industrial land uses to an environmental condition that allows them to be reused in future residential, parkland and commercial areas.

At a full scale of operation, a future Soil Management Treatment Facility would receive up to 2,500 tonnes of impacted soil per day to a maximum of 600,000 tonnes of soils per year. However, for the pilot phase of operation proposed for 2010-2011, a smaller scale facility operating on approximately 50,000 tonnes total capacity is planned.

This smaller scale of operation, using technologies that have been successfully applied in areas such as Europe and the United States, will allow Waterfront Toronto to better assess the effectiveness and economic performance of currently available soil treatment technologies, and allow us to optimize operational parameters such as dust and noise control before committing to a full scale facility.

We hope you can join us at our open house meeting to learn more. Members of the project team will be on hand to discuss the project, answer questions and share ideas.

Public Meeting Details:
Thursday, March 11, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
South Riverdale Community Health Centre
955 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario

For more information:
In the meantime, if you have any questions or would like more information please contact Andrea Kelemen at 416-214-1344 ext. 248 or akelemen@waterfrontoronto.ca

Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s submitted a comment regarding this project.