Waste Management Advisory Committee Minutes and Documents
Overview · Past Agenda/Minutes ·Terms of Reference
Most Recent Agenda
- Sept. 19, 2018
- June 20, 2018
- April 18, 2018
- Feb. 21, 2018
- Nov. 22, 2017
- Feb. 15, 2017
- April 19, 2016
- Feb. 16, 2016
Minutes and Documents
2018
Sept. 19, 2018
- Meeting Minutes June 20, 2018
- Memo - Staff Direction Update June 20, 2018
- Memo - Emterra Collection Contract Update
- Curbside Battery Collection
- Memo - Ontario's Food and Organic Waste Framework: Action Plan and Policy Statement
- Appendix A - Action Plan
- Appendix B - Policy Statement
- Appendix C - Review of the Food and Organic Waste Framework
- Appendix D - Alignment with Policy Statements of the Framework
- Alternative Waste Management Technologies Update
- Memo - Q2 Recycling Centre Markets
- Porcelain Recycling Pilot
- Waste Management Tipping Fees
- Creating a Pollinator Friendly Habitat
June 20, 2018
- Meeting Minutes April 18, 2018
- Memo - Staff Direction Update April 18, 2018
- Memo - Emterra Contract Update
- Memo - 2017 Waste Audit Results
- Memo - 2016 Waste Management Benchmarking Report
- Memo - Unlimited Recycling and Organics for Commercial and Institutional and Mixed-use Properties outside Designated Business Areas
- Memo - Recycling Centre End Markets Update
- Memo - Recycling of Black Plastics in Niagara Region
- Memo - Ontario Tire Stewardship - Regulation 225 / 18
- Memo - Update to Provincial Strategy for Waste-free Ontario
April 18, 2018
- Memo - Staff Direction Update Feb. 21, 2018
- Memo - Update on Amended Blue Box Program Plan
- Stakeholder Consultation and Engagement on Proposed Collection Service Changes for Next Collection Contract
Feb. 21, 2018
- Meeting Minutes April 26, 2017
- Draft Meeting Dates for 2018
- Memo - Staff Direction Update June 21, 2017
- Memo - Pollinators and Waste Management
- Memo - Special Events Recycling and Organics Program Results
- Memo - 'Blue Box Ins and Outs' and 'Gold Star Recycler' Awareness Campaigns
- Memo - Illegal Dumping Working Group Update
- Alternative Waste Management Technologies Update
- Memo - Waste and Recycling Drop-off Depot Operations - Humberstone Landfill Site Update
- Memo - Extension to Collection Contract and Recycling Process Contract Update
- Memo - Status of Material Recycling Facility Opportunity Review
- Region of Waterloo Fibre Processing Contract
- Niagara Region Claims Three SWANA Excellence Awards
- Social Marketing and Education Plan 2018 and Overview of 2017 Initiatives
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2017
Nov. 22, 2017
- Meeting Minutes April 26, 2017
- Memo - WMAC Staff Direction Update June 21, 2017
- Haldimand County Recycling Processing Contract
- Implementation Plan for Unlimited Recycling and Organics Curbside Collection for ICI and Mixed-Use Properties Outside the DBA
- Niagara Region's Material Recovery Facility Residue
- Waste Free Ontario Act Update
- Municipal Hazardous & Special Waste Update - Automotive Materials Stewardship Agreement
- 2015 Waste Management Benchmarking Report
- Niagara Region Comments on Discussion Paper: Addressing Food and Organic Waste in Ontario
- Niagara Region Wins Silver and Bronze Award for Promotion and Education
- Schedule for the Next Regional Waste, Recycling and Organics Collection Contract
- Landfill Gas Offset Protocol
- 2016-2017 Designated Business Area Audits
- Appendix A - 2016 / 2017 Designated Business Area Audit Report
- Appendix B - Maps of Audited Designated Business Areas
- Update on PCB Cell at Humberstone Landfill Site
- Transition of the Blue Box Program
- Recycling Centre End markets Update
- Status of Material Recycling Facility Opportunity Review
- Reuseable Goods Drop-Off, Niagara Road 12 Landfill
- Draft Meeting Dates 2018
Sept. 20, 2017 - Cancelled
April 26, 2017
- Best Practices Guide to Maximize Waste Diversion at ICI Properties - Appendix A
- IDWG WMAC Update Apr 26 2017
- Meeting Minutes February 15, 2017
- Memo - Best Practices Guide to Maximize Waste Diversion for ICI Properties
- Memo - WFOA Update
- Memo - WMAC Staff Direction Update - April 26, 2017
- Memo - WMAC Suggestions Summary and Results
Feb. 15, 2017
- Draft Meeting Dates for 2017
- Email to WMAC
- Factsheet - Fibre Optic Sorter
- Factsheet - Polystyrene Densifier
- Media Coverage - Fibre Optic Sorting System / Polystyrene Densifier
- Presentation - Strategy for a Waste Free Ontario: Building the Circular Economy
- Sept. 20, 2016 Minutes
- Staff Direction Update
- Memo - 2016-2021 Blue Box Program
- Memo - Special Events Recycling and Organics 2016 Program Results
- Memo - 'Rethink Your Waste at Your Workplace' ICI Recognition Program
- Memo - 2015-2016 Seasonal Low-Density Residential Dwelling Curbside Waste
- Memo - Household Hazardous Waste Program Update
- Memo - Illegal Dumping Working Group Update
- WMPSC - Alternative Waste Management Technologies Update
- Memo - Social Marketing and Education Plan and 2016 Overview
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2016
April 19, 2016
- Memo - Disposable Hot Beverage Cups
- Memo - Closure of Landfilling Operations at the Bridge Street Site, Fort Erie
- Memo - Green Bin Promotional Campaign
- Memo - Responses to Environmental Bill of Rights Posting for Bill 151 Waste- Free Ontario Act
- WMPSC - Multi-Residential Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Program Expansion
- WMPSC - Province of Ontario Cap and Trade System - Waste Management Services Update
- Memo - Update on Upcoming Waste Management Services Events
- WMPSC - Alternative Waste Management Technologies Update
- Memo - Staff Directions Update
Feb. 16, 2016
- Memo - Waste Management Staff Direction Update for Waste Management Advisory Committee
- WMAC - Draft 2016 Meeting Dates
- WMPSC - Partnership with District School Board of Niagara for "The Broken Spoke" Program
- Appendix I - Details of 2015 Promotion and Education Outreach
- Appendix II - Communication Plan Outline - Bicycle Collection for "The Broken Spoke" Program
- Appendix III - Details of Social Marketing and Education Planned for 2016
- WMPSC - Alternative Waste Management Technologies Update
- Memo - 2016 Social Marketing and Education Plan and Overview of 2015 Initiatives
- Memo - 2015 Special Events Recycling and Organics Program Results
- Memo - Collection of Fluorescent Tubes and Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
- PWC - Illegal Dumping Working Group Terms of Reference and Crime
- WMPSC - Proposed Waste Free Ontario Act and Draft Strategy for A Waste Free Ontario
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2015
Dec. 7, 2015
- Memo - Green Bin Promotional Campaign
- Memo - Proposed Waste-Free Ontario Act (Bill 151) and Draft Strategy for a Waste- Free Ontario
- Memo - Niagara Region receives Recycling Council of Ontario Awards
- WMAC Staff Direction Update
- Memo - Comparison of 2010 to 2014 Residential Diversion Rate and 2014 Tonnages
- WMAC - Draft 2016 Meeting Dates
- WMPSC-C 40-2015 - Alternative Waste Management Technology Update
- WMAC Staff Direction Update
- WMAC Terms of Reference
- WMPSC Presentation - New Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery Framework Legislation
- Memo to Council - Region Recognized for Outstanding Waste Management Activities
- Memo to Council - Humberstone Landfill Environmental Assessment - Notice of Submission
- PW 37-2015 - Southern Ontario Food Collaborative
- Appendix I - York Region's Draft Guiding Principles for the Southern Ontario Food Collaborative
- Appendix II - List of Municipalities and Stakeholders Participating in the Southern Ontario Food Collaborative
- PWC-C 23-2015 - Waste Management 2013 Benchmarking Report
- PW 41-2015 - Alternative Waste Management Technology Project Next Steps
- Appendix I - Municipal and Private Sector Energy from Waste Case Studies
- Appendix II - Background to Alternative Waste Management Technology Project
- Appendix III - Draft Intermunicipal Waste Management Working Group Terms of Reference
- WMPSC-C 18-2015 - An Overview of the Current Funding Framework for Diversion Programs
- WMPSC-C 24-2015 - Ontario Compost Quality Standards
- WMPSC-C 32-2015 - Illegal Dumping Working Group Update
- WMAC Staff Direction Update
- Presentation - Overview of Recycling Council of Ontario's Extended Producer Responsibility Forum
- Presentation - 2015 Odd Couple Campaign
- Letter to Litter Clean-up Groups
- PW 23-2015 - Collection of Fats, Cooking Oil and Grease
- PW 24-2015 - Proposed Reusable Material Drop-off Depot at the Niagara Road 12 Landfill in West Lincoln
- WMPSC-C 10-2015 - 2015 Social Marketing and Education Plan and Overview of 2014 Initiatives
- WMPSC-C 11-2015 - 2014 Special Events Recycling and Organics Program Results
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2014
- Draft Meeting Dates for 2015
- PW - Municipal Hazardous and Special Waste - Phase 2 Update
- PW - Municipal Hazardous and Special Waste - Permanent Depot Update
- PW - Haldimand Contract ES-EW-02-2010 Update
- CSC - Niagara Region Committees
- WMPSC - Minutes April 14, 2014
- WMPSC - Carpet and Mattress Recycling
- WMPSC - Screening Criteria for Alternative Waste Management Technologies Project
- WMPSC - Plastic Bag / Film Campaign
- Report - Approval of Illegal Dumping Working Group Initiatives
- Report - Curbside Battery Collection for 2015
- WMAC Staff Direction Update
- Presentation for the initiation of the Next Service Level Review
- Report - Initiation of the Next Waste Management Service Level Review
- Report - 2013 Update on Social Marketing and Education Initiatives
- Report - Special Events Organics Program
- Report - Special Events Organics Program - Cost Recovery Fee
- Report - Waste Management 2012 Benchmarking Report
- Report - Overview of the Proposed lndustry Stewardship Plans
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2013
- WMAC Staff Direction Update
- Draft 2014 WMAC Meeting Schedule
- Humberstone Landfill EA Project Update
- New Waste Reduction Act 2013
- Region Recognized for Outstanding Waste Management Activities
- Overview of the Assessment of Alternative Waste Management Technologies Project
- Overview of Assessment of Alternative Waste Management Technologies (presentation)
- WMAC Staff Direction Update
- Curbside Battery Collection Program for 2014
- Waste Collection Guide 2013
- Recycling and Organics Collection Service Strategy for Mixed-Use Properties and Retirement/Nursing Homes
- Update to the WMAC Terms of Reference
- Niagara Region Recognized by Ontario Electronic Stewardship for Collection of Electronic Waste for Recycling
- Municipal Hazardous and Special Waste Update on Phase 2 Funding
- Submissions on Proposed Waste Reduction Act 2013 and Draft Waste Reduction Strategy
- Multi-Regional Plastics Awareness Campaign Memo
- Presentation on New Waste Reduction Act
- WMAC Staff Direction Update
- Waste Reduction Strategy
- Blue Box Ins and Outs Presentation
- PW 31-2013 - 2012 Update on Social Marketing and Education Initiatives
- PW 59-2013 - Management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
- PW 67-2013 - Processing Agreement with Niagara Recycling
- Questions and Answers - Waste Electrical and Electreonic Equipment Curbside Collection Ban
- Letter to Ministry of the Environment
- Bill 91 - Proposed Waste Reduction Act
- WMAC Staff Direction Update
- Memo - Carpet Recycling Vendor Overview
- Memo - Handling of Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) Bulbs
- The Battle for Recycling
- Municipal Waste Generation
- An Assessment of Single and Dual Stream Recycling Report
- An Assessment of Single and Dual Stream Recycling Presentation
- Illegal Dumping Working Group and Communication Plan Presentation
- Draft Illegal Dumping Campaign Communication Plan
- Illegal Dumping Public Engagement Survey
- Illegal Dumping Campaign Concepts - Draft 1
- Illegal Dumping Campaign Concepts - Draft 2
- Illegal Dumping Campaign Concepts - Draft 3
- Illegal Dumping Campaign Concepts - Draft 4
- Ontario Waste Management Association - Rethink Waste Report
- Ontario Waste Management Association - Rethink Waste News Release
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2012
- WMAC Staff Direction Update
- Battery Pilot Presentation
- PW 72-2012 Curbside Collection Pilot for WEEE
- Humberstone Landfill EA Notice of Commencement
- Letter of Thanks to K. Diamond
- Construction and Demolition Material Recycling Program Presentation
- Collection Efficiencies and System Costs Excerpt
- Biomass study supports production in Ontario Media Release
- Registered Charity Waste Recycling Exemptions
- Talking Trash - The Economist Article
- Trash Talk - Time Magazine Article