Residential Curbside Waste Audit For North Glengarry

Residential Curbside Waste Audit For North Glengarry WDO Project # OPT-R1-05 Submitted to: Submitted By: Township of North Glengarry Alexandria, Ontario K0C 1A0 Helene Cuerrier Michael Lauzon Derek O`Brien Claude Quesnel Natalie Sarault Landon Shepherd Sadie St. Denis Project Coordinator: Mike McDonald General Manager R.A.R.E.: Rene Jeaurond Completed on: August 24, 2000 Introduction This project was designed to educate the public on the importance of waste diversion in North Glengarry. The blue box program was introduced to North Glengarry in the fall of 1990. Since its inception, the recycling program, with the help of R.A.R.E., has been on a steady increase. New markets from recyclable materials are continuously emerging. New products and packaging made from recyclables are rapidly increasing to accommodate a forever changing society. However the fact remains that our landfills are becoming an increasingly dangerous problem in terms of size and environmental hazards. Proper decomposition of waste material and potential leakage of toxic leachate into nearby water supplies has preoccupied society’s consciousness. The Residential Curbside Waste Audit for North Glengarry is an attempt to determine the current waste management situation and to assess the community’s suggestions and opinions on waste management in North Glengarry. Purpose Of The Study From July 12 until August 2nd of 2000, a waste ...