City of Ottawa solicitor Rick O’Connor recommended that city staff appeal a Ministry of Environment decision to allow the Carp landfill to accept waste from Western Quebec. The memo was circulated to…
As Lando said in the Empire Strikes Back… You might remember hearing back in September that Waste Management applied to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for permission to bring construction and demolition waste from…
As one of the conditions for operating the expanded Carp Road Landfill, Waste Management had to establish a Public Liaison Committee (PLC) to “provide a forum for public concerns to…
“Look, we all know that garbage happens… The City of Ottawa’s performance in this area frankly stinks.” Carp Dump II has the passed the Environmental Compliance Application (ECA) and the so…
Re: Stittsville misses out on bulk of landfill compensation “…there is no obvious process in place to ensure the community has input into how the money is used…” Community compensation is…
Only $25,000 of a $600,000 community compensation fund for the Carp Road Landfill has gone to Stittsville. Councillor Shad Qadri provided StittsvilleCentral.ca with data that shows how much community compensation Waste…
(Photo: A Waste Management truck at the Carp Road Landfill. Although the expanded landfill will be licensed to accept commercial and residential waste, it’s expected that the vast majority of landfill material…
Waste Management has passed one of the last regulatory hurdles required to move ahead with the expansion of the Carp Road landfill. Ross Wallace, a company official, sent an email to stakeholders today to…
(Press release from COLA.) COLA (Coalition for Landfill Accountability) wants the City of Ottawa to engage in real and meaningful consultation with residents during the negotiations of the Host Municipal…
The Coalition for Landfill Accountability (COLA) launched a new web site today at colaottawa.ca. The web site will be a resource for residents to learn about issues related to the expansion of…
EDITOR’S NOTE: StittsvilleCentral.ca is lending our support to a new community initiative called the Coalition for Landfill Accountability (COLA). It’s a group made up of residents and community associations who have…
