STEADY PROGRESS TOWARD 65 PERCENT DIVERSION

摘要

IN December 2001, Hamilton City Council in Ontario approved the Solid Waste Management Master Plan, which called for 65 percent waste diversion by 2008. The legislation was in response to dwindling landfill space, and a growing concern about the costsand environmental implications of citing a new landfill. A green cart program for household organics was identified as having the potential to divert over 40 percent of the waste going to the landfill. In 2006, the first phase of the program was rolledout, with green carts delivered to all 150,000 single-family residences (properties with up to five units). All food waste, including meat and dairy, soiled paper products and yard trimmings are permitted in the green bin.