Earth’s Edge Inc. retained to investigate municipal blue box programs in Eastern Ontario in order to provide support to those communities in an effort to coordinate a joint tender or establish best practices and to meet with the proprietor of Beauman Waste Management operations to update the CIF on its...
In 2011, the CIF hired Earth’s Edge Inc. to compile data on the municipal and private sector waste system infrastructure in Eastern Ontario to aid it in making informed decisions on potential capital investments and other funding requests from local municipalities. This followed the work Earth’s Edge completed under Project...
Support for the development of a cooperative recycling services RFP for the Townships of Madawaska Valley and Killaloe, Hagarty & Richards to meet best practice. Documents RFP: Multi-Municipal Recycling Blog Post Related Projects Categories Best Practices | Procurement | Regional Cooperation |
In 2011, the CIF hired AECOM to provide an analysis of an optimum diversion network for Eastern Ontario. The study was to incorporate program tonnages, costs and flows among public and private sector MRFs and to consider the impacts of re-purposing, closing or expanding existing facilities, as well as development...
StewardEdge Inc. was retained to undertake a study to determine an optimized transfer and MRF infrastructure for Ontario. Documents Volume 1: Executive Summary Volume 2: Methodology & Model Volume 3: Cost Modeling Volume 4: Eastern Ontario Volume 5: Central Ontario & GTA Volume 6: Southwestern Ontario Volume 7: Northern Ontario Volume...
The 2013 REOI process contemplates releasing approximately $9 million to municipalities interested in either implementing the results of the MIPC Provincial Infrastructure Study or similar cost saving initiatives. The CIF Committee at its Oct 30th, 2012 meeting directed staff to contract with RSS to provide support services to interested municipalities...
In December of 2012 the WDO board passed a series of resolutions, several of which affected the CIF, including direction that “MIPC develop a proposal on how to implement the efficiency improvements over the next five years as identified by the MIPC Optimization Study and to submit their plans to WDO...
In 2014, the CIF was directed by MIPC to focus efforts on regionalization projects. The CIF retained the services of Rick Denyes to assist the municipalities of Terrace Bay, Schreiber Bay, Thunder Bay, Marathon and the group in the Wawa area to determine if a suitable waste shed related collection...
In late 2008 the municipalities of Haldimand and Norfolk received funding from the CIF (Project 103) to conduct a review of the future viability of their jointly owned facility and to explore the various options. The completed report concluded that cessation of mrf operations and transfer of the two communities materials to more cost effective...
To provide individual municipal owners, The Association of Municipalities of Ontario, Toronto and Stewardship Ontario with comprehensive independent information on the capacity, capability, condition and expansion plans of public sector MRFs in Ontario. Documents Final Report: MRF Study Summary Report Blog Post Related Projects Project #179 Project #367 Project #398 Categories Best Practices | Planning | Regional Cooperation |
University of Waterloo was to undertake a transportation study to develop waste shed opportunities. Project is closed and was not completed because it became redundant with the AECOM study requested by MIPC (Project #254). Documents Project Synopsis Blog Post Related Projects Project #254 Project #367 Project #398 Categories Best Practices | Planning | Regional Cooperation |
Review current status of municipal contracts and programs around and east of Ottawa – develop MRF Strategy as requested by CIF Committee. Documents Final Report: MRF Regionalization in Easter Ontario: Review of Options for RARE Facility in Alexandria Blog Post Related Projects Categories Best Practices | Planning | Regional Cooperation |
City of London is requesting capital funding for $15 million 75,000 tpy two-stream regional MRF. Preliminary estimates suggest that a regional facility will save $10 to 15 per tonne ($0.75 to $1.1 million per year) in net system costs. Potential partners include Oxford County, Norfolk County, Brant County, Wellington County, City of Brantford, City...
Simcoe County and the adjoining communities of Barrie and Orillia combined produce over 40,000 tonnes of recyclables annually. The MIPC Provincial Infrastructure Study recognizes the need for a mrf or transfer station in this area. The CIF has provided $2,150,000 (47% of blue box related project costs) in funding towards...
Development of a co-operative Waste Recycling Plan as per as best practice laid out by Waste Diversion Ontario (now the Resource Recovery and Productivity Authority). Documents Final Report: Waste Recycling Strategy Blog Post Related Projects Project #215 Project #529.1 Categories Best Practices | Planning | Regional Cooperation |
