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Landfills & Waste Disposal
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Canada’s first successful citizen-led prosecutions under the Fisheries Act centred around leaking landfill sites. From Kingston and Hamilton, Ontario to Moncton, New Brunswick, founding members of the Waterkeeper movement have been instrumental in protecting waterways from toxic leachate. Most of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s current landfill research is located in the City of Toronto.
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You'll have to pardon most downstream or downwind from the Richmond Landfill near Napanee if they're not jumping for joy at the latest announcement by Waste Management, owner and operator of the dump there.
The company plans to close, cap and decommission the old landfill -- but hopes to build a new one there to take its place.
Waste Management personnel were aware some... (more)
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NAPANEE — It was a good news-bad news day for people on both sides of the Richmond Landfill fight.
Waste Management announced Wednesday it is bringing forward a proposal to shut down the current Richmond Landfill — the good news.
But, for some, the bad news followed.
Waste Management also announced a new "multi-purpose waste management facility," to be called the... (more)
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Warkworth – The Warkworth Business Association has formally notified the Ministry of the Environment it is opposed to a composting facility being established near the village.
WBA chair Kim MacNeil warns in a letter to the Moe that the proposed venture, to produce fertilizer, "has the potential [to cause] economic decay" in the local community.
Bio Balance requires a... (more)
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The first of many open houses will be held Wednesday in Napanee
Waste Management announced Wednesday that it is bringing forward an ambitious proposal to completely revamp the current Richmond Landfill.
The new so-called "multi-purpose waste management facility" would be called the Beechwood Road Environmental Centre, and would feature a new landfill, as well as a focus... (more)
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There's activity on the former Bakelite property, but the presence of construction vehicles and moving of soil on the Dundas Street West lands is legal this time.
Quinte Conservation has begun restoration work at the contaminated site. The property owner, Jim Sinclair, has hired a contractor to carry out work on the site, as ordered by a judge after convictions for a slew of... (more)
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