Problems with Torontos Waste!
All of Torontos waste management problems started out when Toronto made a deal with Kirkland Lake and Adams mine saying Torontos next waste exchanging partner would be them, they made a billion dollar contract which did not take flow through. Then Keele valley landfill site got closed in 2002. After the Keele Valley got Toronto was looking for a waste-exchanging partners, and it got one that was Michigan. Although Toronto got a waste exchanging partner but still Toronto is facing a lot problem such as border closure.
In 1980s Toronto use to produce about 3.2 million tones of garbage annually, although the year went by and the population grew the but the number of garbage had a huge decrease by 2.5 million tones. It is estimated that Toronto sends about 1 million tone of garbage to Toronto everyday, Sending that much of garbage to Michigan is a lot when theres no space and costs a lot of money.
Toronto has come up with some new ideas and plans to keep the city healthy, neat and clean, and garbage free.
Here are the plans that Toronto has made for its future:
- Toronto made a goal of eliminating its garbage problem by 2010.
- Toronto also made a goal of recycling 100% by 2010 so that would save a lot of money.
Toronto is devising a long-term trash plan
The task force expects that composting will only allow for a maximum of 60 per cent waste diversion. Figuring out how to divert the remaining 40 per cent of the citys garbage is still in the planning stages.
An advisory group working under Torontos Works Committee has been ed upon to examine all possible choicesincluding incinerationthe city has to determine where the outstanding 40 per cent of its waste should go. The new and emerging technologies group is conducting an environmental assessment of incineration, landfills and other technologies to determine the best choice.
For now, however, the Green Bin program is making some progress. In fact, it seems quite possible that the program may help the city to achieve up to 60 per cent diversion by 2006.
