Capital Regional District

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• Capital Regional District
• 2006 2007 Waste Reduction Initiatives

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• Capital Regional District
• 16 Municipalities and Electoral Areas

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• Capital Regional District
• Operates only sanitary landfill in region
• Disposes 160,000 tonnes of refuse annually
• Original goal 50 waste diversion by 2000
• New waste diversion goals 60 by 2012
• 80 by 2020

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• CRD Waste Diversion Programs

• Tipping fees
• User pay
• Recycling
• Composting

• Landfill bans
• Education
• Product stewardship
• Other programs

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Glass
Non-Ferrous Metals 1
Ferrous Metals
Textiles
2
3
Food Waste
5
2
Wood Wood Products
23
9
Rubber 1
8
Composite Materials
6
16
Construction Demolition
Paper Paperboard
5
5
Yard Waste
2
14
Hazardous Waste 0
Other
Plastic
Other Organic Waste
2005 Waste Composition Study
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• 2006 Initiatives

• Yard and garden waste ban
• Apartment tote bag distribution
• Home composter distribution event
• Household hazardous waste program

• Rigid plastics collection pilot program
• Wood waste collection pilot program
• Residential organics collection pilot program
• Toilet recycling program

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• Yard and Garden Waste Ban

• Consultation in 2005
• Invasive, infectious or noxious plants exempted
• Implemented June 2006
• 6 month grace period prior to fines

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Apartment Tote Bag Distribution

• Program issues low participation, high
  contamination
• Tote bag distribution launched in June 2006
• 50,000 apartment tote bags plus educational
  brochure

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• Home Composter Distribution Event

• First distribution event since 1998
• Sale of 2,000 subsidized bins
• Event was coordinated by Greater Victoria Compost
  Education Centre

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• Household Hazardous Waste Program

• Mailout of 120,000 ad cards to homes and
  apartments
• Collection events on Salt Spring and Pender
  Islands
• 105 drums of HHW and 50 tub skid of paint
  collected on islands

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Large Rigid Plastics Collection

• Started April 2006
• Collection at Hartland recycling facility
• Yes garden furniture, laundry baskets, toys,
  plexiglass, milk crates, pails, piping
• No styrofoam, film plastic
• 60 tonnes diverted in 2006

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• Wood Waste Diversion Pilot Project

• Initiated May 2006
• Voluntary separation at landfill bin area
• All types of wood accepted
• 1,055 tonnes diverted in 2006

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• Residential Organics Collection Pilot Project

• Curbside collection from 4,000 homes in two pilot
  areas
• Testing two-compartment truck, collection
  containers, weekly vs. bi-weekly collection,
  municipal vs. private collection staff
• High participation and diversion

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• Toilet Recycling Program

• Implemented January 2007
• Collected at landfill depot and contractors
  facility
• Funded by CRD Water Department
• Recycled into aggregate

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• Other 2006 Program Highlights

• Draft Strategic Plan
• Hartland Landfill Open House
• Recycling Tips Campaign

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Draft Strategic Plan

• New diversion goal of 60 by 2012
• Identifies 14 key issues
• Inclusion of zero waste concept

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Hartland Open House

• First Open House with
• tours
• displays
• hands-on activities
• Over 600 attendees
• Enthusiastic feedback

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• Recycling Tips Campaign

Tip 1 Pizza boxes Tip 2 Confidential
papers Tip 3 Recycling in the bathroom Tip
4 Christmas Tip 5 Set-out time Tip 6 Material
separation Tip 7 Cardboard Tip 8 Recycling
containers
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• 2007 Plans

• Possible expansion of curbside organics
  collection
• Electronic waste collection at Hartland depot
• Blue box program participation survey
• Home composter distribution (1,600 units)

• Styrofoam and film plastics collection
• Fluorescent tube and lamp collection program
• Mattress diversion pilot program
• More HHW collection events
• Disaster debris management plan