Environment committee  Certainly, I've been working probably for the last 10 years trying to do some projects at a cement plant in Mississauga. There are some very serious political and social issues in the neighbourhood, but the technology is such that the last time we looked at it, it was taking wast

Environment committee  Yes, sure, I've actually applied for two GMF funds. One was an earlier fund around mixing waste with sewage sludge. But currently we're doing an agricultural research study with all the municipal producers in Ontario. We have all the major source-separated organics producers prod

Environment committee  I can't answer on the gas tax. I'm sorry. As for our own waste management, we don't use that.

Environment committee  Sure. In Peel we don't accept material that's in a plastic bag, although we do accept material that's in a biodegradable bag. That could be a biodegradable plastic or it could be a biodegradable fibre. A lot of people just wrap their stuff in newspapers. That being said, we do

Environment committee  To answer your question, I can do it in two ways. One is that I think the science has come a long way in the last 20 years, and that's important. But more importantly, waste itself is a relatively clean product as we collect it off the street. I'm not talking about the industrial

Environment committee  Once you take into account the sort of reuse-reduction aspect, there will always be material left over. In the waste strain, that material is, I really think, the future of waste management in energy production. I can't say that we would be able to trace that waste back to indivi

Environment committee  Sure, I can go first. I think the biggest problem facing us as a municipality is not NIMBY but the “don't build anything, any time, anywhere” syndrome. That has replaced NIMBY. That's why I think it's very important to bring in the social and political action ahead of time. At

Environment committee  I thank the committee for inviting me as well to address you today. It's certainly an honour. I was told that I would have about seven minutes to talk. I've created about 30 minutes of PowerPoint slides, being a typical municipal employee, because that's what we do, right?

Environment committee  You're welcome. Our biggest undertaking currently is our PERC project.

Environment committee  Of course, we talk about this all the time, so we're used to it. It's called the Peel energy recovery centre. That is to replace an old incinerator. It's going to be built for the private sector to handle roughly 300,000 tonnes of garbage, and be owned by the Region of Peel. We'l

Environment committee  I will get through what I can in seven minutes. I've chosen to tell you about some of the things we do that are newer in our region or stuff we've undertaken that is unique. We are a large municipality and consequently have a rather large budget for our operations, but really,

Environment committee  That's a Smurf.

Environment committee  I'm sorry. A MRF is a materials recovery facility.

Environment committee  The CRC is a community recycling centre. What else did I miss? EFW, energy-from-waste facility.