04-14-2015, 10:45 AM
(04-13-2015, 10:55 PM)mpd618 Wrote:(04-13-2015, 12:06 PM)MidTowner Wrote: Does the Region of Waterloo have a climate change strategy? I wonder how a plan to transport our waste hundreds of kilometres by truck to methane-spewing landfills in other jurisdictions would mesh with it.
I believe the financial and environmental cost of trucking waste outside the Region was considered in their most recent Waste Management Master Plan, as was the cost to open a new landfill. That plan recommended thermal treatment to process residual waste.
Isn't thermal treatment just another way of saying incinerator? Cue the cacophony of NIMBY protests, jk.
Would it be cheaper to outsource the landfill function to the private sector? The rates charged by Waste Management for commercial waste pickup are cheaper than what the Region charges. Would it stand to reason that their residential rates would be cheaper?