Book Description
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment released its discussion paper on a sustainable waste management system in the summer of 1990. The paper called for a response to its plans to restructure municipal solid waste management systems so they would be more environmentally and financially sustainable. This paper provides the Association of Municipalities in Ontario's (AMO) response, based on existing AMO waste management policy. The AMO response includes general comments on the MOE paper, asking for more information on general statements and urging the province to set forward its waste management agenda, begin to address the various concerns in this area, consult with municipalities on areas which will impact them in municipal solid waste management, and move toward regulations to enforce the progress it wishes to see in this area. The second section provides comments on blue box recycling, energy-from-waste, facility development, financial sustainability, the private sector, Ontario funding programs, Ontario's waste diversion targets, packaging, the planning and approvals process, the public's involvement, research and development, statutory authority, and waste producers. The third section presents specific comments on sections of, or comments in, the MOE's discussion paper.