Bruce Webster met today with MPP Norm Sterling to discuss how Ottawa can get better control of the Residential and Industrial Commercial Institutional (ICI) waste stream produced in Ottawa. The reduction at both curbside and into the
landfills of residential waste is an objective we all share but until the province legislates NO ORGANICS in the ICI stream, there will be an issue. ICI is about 70 % of the total waste stream and even when the residents hit the provincial objective of 60 % diversion, the landfills will still be an eyesore..
Ottawa needs to gather support for a wider solution perhaps encompassing the golden triangle of Cornwall, Bellville and Ottawa
with a concerted plan to turn non organics from waste to energy. This should be a co-operative effort between the Province,
Municipalities and the Federal government, similar to the Federally initiated sewage clean up.
Sterling and Webster are both committed to working together when the opportunity arises to solve this issue
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