This project involves development of an “options analysis” and possible conceptual facility design to address traffic loading issues at the Kenora landfill and public drop-off. Documents Final Report: Kenora Recycling Depot Options Review Blog Post Related Projects Categories Best Practices | Depots |
Site upgrades, signage and purchase of 8 yd. FEL bins to replace 40 yd. roll-off bins at 3 municipal depots to reduce shipping costs. FEL vehicles compact materials producing more tonnes per load and fewer loads shipped to the MRF. Documents Final Report: Depot to Front End Bin Service Implementation Blog Post Related...
During the course of discussions about transition planning, it became apparent that municipalities needed assistance in determining their depot operating costs. The project involved development of a team of qualified consultants to aid municipalities in assessing their overhead administration, operating and capital costs across a range of sites. Documents Synopsis Blog Post Related...
Red Lake proposed to build a loading ramp and make modifications to their recycling shed to facilitate loading of their newly acquired compaction trailer for shipping materials to Winnipeg. Documents Final Report: Implementation of Municipally Hauled Recyclables to Winnipeg, Manitoba at Balmertown Waste Disposal Site Blog Post April 12, 2016: Red Lake’s Recycling...
This project involves an analysis of depot based collection and processing options for Grey Highlands and surrounding municipalities and funding of supporting infrastructure. The expected cost of the required infrastructure is approximately $125,000 and has a projected payback of 7 years. The CIF will contribute up to $31,250 or...
Site upgrades, signage and purchase of 8 yd. FEL bins to replace 40 yd. roll-off bins at 9 municipal depots to reduce shipping costs. FEL vehicles compact materials producing more tonnes per load and fewer loads shipped to the MRF. Documents Final Report: Roll off to Front End Bin Service Implementation Blog...
A project to assist the Township of Perry with drafting a new depot hauling and recyclables processing RFP. Documents Final Report: RFP Development Support Request for Proposal: Transportation, Processing and Marketing of Recyclable Material Blog Post Related Projects Categories Centre of Excellence | Depots | Procurement |
Testing of a new roll-off container bin cover system to determine weight impacts of moisture laden fiber products and snow/ice content in depot collected materials. Documents Final Report: Evaluation of Roll-Off Bin Covers Blog Post February 21, 2020: Processing cost savings with covered bins Related Projects Categories Centre of Excellence | Contamination | Depots |
The County of Wellington is developing two toolkits to support decision making with respect to complimentary blue box depot services. Documents Final Report: Behaviors surrounding waste drop off sites Sample Size Calculator Blog Post December 7, 2018: Get help with stats: New CIF tool and example from Wellington County Related Projects Categories Centre of Excellence | Depots...
As a follow up to the depot cost analysis work undertaken under CIF Project #758, Peel Region requested that CIF complete an ABC study of their depot operations to ground truth the previous study’s results. The scope includes an in-depth analysis of two of Peel’s sites plus a desktop...
As a follow up to the depot cost analysis work undertaken under CIF Project #758 and the ABC study conducted at Peel Region’s depots, CIF Project #1133, this project examined the cost of managing obligated materials under the future PPP regulation(s) at their sites. The completed work is expected...
The Municipal Depot Working Group is a CIF led working group established to provide support and resources to municipalities operating or planning depots. Documents Final Report: Comparison of Recycling Depot Costs Depot Costing Model Blog Post August 27, 2020: A comparison of municipal Blue Box recycling depot costs Related Projects Project #1133 Project #1134 Categories Centre of Excellence | Depots...
A cost contained diversion rate improvement for the Town of Hearst achieved through an increase in the collection service level from depot based to automated curbside collection and the construction of a transfer station. Documents Blog Post September 6, 2019: Town of Hearst improves diversion and contain costs in a small municipal...
Depot infrastructure upgrades, signage and installation of two stationary compactors to replace 40 yd. roll-off bins at Dungannon depot to reduce shipping costs. Documents Final Report: Dungannon Waste Disposal Site Upgrades Blog Post Related Projects Categories Best Practices | Compactors | Depots |
Conversion of current depot operations from open top rolloff collection to 8yd bins collected by a rear loading compactor truck. The conversion is expected to cost approx. $70,000 and will receive 47% funding from CIF with a payback of approx. 8 years. Documents Final Report: Blue Box Depot Collection - Front...
