Long Term Waste Management Strategy

Public Consultation Event June 15, 2015

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Today’s Agenda

Welcome and IntroductionsPresentation on Project and Evaluation Processes, Vision and Guiding PrinciplesProgram Options and Evaluation Criteria

PresentationTable Discussion

Facility Options and Evaluation CriteriaPresentationTable Discussion

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Why a Waste Strategy?

The City’s landfill has limited capacity remaining. The Waste Strategy will:

anticipate our future needs for the next 30-50 years; and find ways to meet those needs for all of our customers.

Policies and programs, including how to manage the garbage remaining after reducing, reusing, recycling, and composting, will be recommended.

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Quick Facts about Toronto

Serve nearly 1 million households

460,000 single family homes

422,000 multi-unit homes

Manage approximately 1 million tonnes waste annually

Divert 53% of all residential waste generated

66% of single family waste diverted

26% multi-residential waste diverted

Although diversion is lower in multi-residential, there is less waste produced overall

per person.

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System Overview

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Waste Strategy Project Process

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Evaluation Process

Phase 1: Background Data Collection Collect data to support the application of each of the

evaluation criteria.

Phase 2: Application of Evaluation Criteria Apply criteria to identify the scoring of the options. Apply priorities to identify overall preference.

Phase 3: Recommendation of Preferred Options Identify options that best address the gaps and challenges for

implementation in the Waste Strategy.

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How it Works

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Vision Statement & Guiding Principles

VISION STATEMENT GUIDING PRINCIPLESWhat the Waste Strategy will strive to achieve now and in

the future.

Define what is important for success and will be used to

drive the Strategy.

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Survey #2 – Guiding Principles

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Support Development of Community Partnerships

Make the System Transparent

Ensure Financial Sustainability

Lead the Change

Embrace Social Equity

Prioritize our Community's Health & Environment

Treat Waste as a Resource

Work to Mitigate Climate Change

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Guiding Principles

# of Responses

Survey #2 - Vision Statement

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Survey #2 - Vision Statement

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Draft Vision Statement

“Together we will reduce the amount of waste we generate, reuse what we can, and recycle and recover the valuable

resources in our waste that remain. We will embrace a waste management system that is user-friendly, convenient and

accessible with programs and facilities that balance the needs of the community and the environment with long term financial sustainability. Together, we will ensure a clean, beautiful and

green City in the future.”

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Are there any questions about the vision statement, guiding principles or project

process?

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Options

Program Options Facility Options

Promotion & Education Collection & Drop-Off

Reduce & Reuse Energy from Waste

Recycling Landfill

Multi-Residential Homes System Financing

Industrial, Commercial and Institutional

System Considerations

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Promotion and Education

Ability to reach Toronto’s diverse communities Develop an educational mobile phone application

(e.g., waste sorting tool or product lifecycle calculator)

Expand the City's waste management social media presence

Incorporate innovative practices from other cities Provide more in-person workshops and educational

events Provide more support for volunteer outreach

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Reduce and Reuse

Need to reduce waste produced and then find ways to reuse before recycling or disposing

Initiatives to reduce food waste (such as advertising campaigns)

More involvement of non-profit organizations that collect/manage materials for reuse

More opportunities for collection, reuse and/or recycling of used clothing

Support events to sell, swap, and/or give away materials

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Recycling

Increase convenience and materials for recycling and adapt to changes in waste Advocate for deposit return on more items Encourage producers to make their products and

packaging more environmentally friendly Expand our recycling programs to handle new materials

(e.g., furniture) Encourage more backyard composting and community

composting Consider additional technologies to process recyclables

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Multi-Residential Homes

High population living in apartments and condos and very low diversion rates

Better communications/education approaches for property managers, landlords and tenants

Mandatory recycling requirements and use of by-laws and enforcement

New collection approaches that increase convenience (e.g., underground vacuum based collection)

On-site composting of food waste and/or use of garburators in buildings

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Industrial, Commercial & Institutional

Influence over waste diversion in the City’s Industrial, Commercial & Institutional sector Continue to provide some collection but encourage

use of private sector collection Expand collection services to gain more control and

influence over waste diversion Influence reduction and reuse of construction and

demolition waste Stop providing services to this sector

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System Considerations

Address other considerations to improve Toronto's waste management system Stop collection and allow the private

sector to collect from apartments and condos

Explore use of bans, levies or fines to ensure proper disposal

Review regulatory options through City of Toronto Act, new provincial waste legislation or by-law enforcement to encourage diversion

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Criteria are in one of three categories:

Environmental Social Financial

Criteria will vary depending on the type of option being evaluated (programs, facilities)

Evaluation Criteria

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Program Evaluation Criteria

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CriteriaEnvironmental Environmental Impact

Potential to Increase Diversion from Disposal

SocialApprovals Complexity

Collaboration Opportunities

Community Impact/Benefit

Convenience to UserInnovation

Program ComplexityWaste Hierarchy

Program Evaluation Criteria

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Criteria

FinancialContractual Risk

Economic Growth

Flexibility

Net Capital Cost

Net Operating Cost

Schedule Risk

Technology Risk

Program Options + Evaluation Criteria

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Table Discussions

Options

Program Options Facility Options

Promotion & Education Collection & Drop-Off

Reduce & Reuse Energy from Waste

Recycling Landfill

Multi-Residential Homes System Financing

Industrial, Commercial and Institutional

System Considerations

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Collection & Drop-Off

Provide customers with convenient and flexible opportunities to divert waste A new network of permanent, small scale

neighbourhood drop-off depots Mobile drop-off depots in high traffic areas for

targeted recyclable materials More partnerships with non-profit organizations to

collect/manage these materials New devices, like reverse vending machines, where

you receive incentives for dropping off your waste

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Energy from Waste

Preserve landfill disposal capacity and recover energy Combustion/Incineration Gasification Pyrolysis Waste pelletization Landfill gas recovery Durham York Energy Centre

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Landfill

Extend life of Green Lane Landfill and/or find other disposal opportunities Use a private sector landfill Expand the City's Green Lane landfill near London, ON Find more space in active and/or closed landfills

owned by the City Purchase another landfill

Green Lane Landfill 2007

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Contract out future landfill capacity

System Financing

Divert more waste while achieving financial sustainability Advocate producers of packaging to become more

responsible for the cost of managing waste they produce Charge Solid Waste fees that create a fully independent

utility Public/private partnerships for new waste facilities Show separate fees for garbage, Blue Bin and Green Bin.

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Facility Evaluation Criteria

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CriteriaEnvironmental Local Environmental Impact

Potential to Increase Diversion from Disposal

Regional/Global Environmental Impact

SocialApprovals Complexity

Community Impact/BenefitConvenience to User

Potential for Land Use Conflicts/Community Interruption

Program ComplexityWaste Hierarchy

Facility Evaluation Criteria

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Criteria

FinancialContractual Risk

Economic GrowthFlexibility

Net Capital CostNet Operating Cost

Schedule RiskTechnology Risk

Facility Options + Evaluation Criteria

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Table Discussions

Next Steps

Next Steps for you: Stay involved and visit www.toronto.ca/wastestrategy Complete Survey #3 (MetroQuest) Follow us on Twitter! @GetInvolvedTO

#TOwastestrategy

Next Steps for the Waste Strategy: Seeking PWIC and Council approval of this information

(September 2015) Technical work on options identification and evaluation

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