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Shops are preparing for Ontario’s organics ban -– and that includes rethinking what goes into the grocery cart.

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Ontario’s 2018 organics ban could be costly for shops currently throwing food in the waste bin. Canada News................................................. 9

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ob McCurdy, CEO of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc., the longest-established wood pellet producer in Western Canada, has won the EY Pacific Entrepreneur of the Year for 2017. The honour follows a banner year for the British Columbia-based company, during which it announced plans to build a new $85-million facility near the CN Rail line outside Entwistle, 100 kilometres west of Edmonton. Today, Pinnacle runs seven pellet plants throughout B.C., producing more than 1.5 million tonnes each year. The plants are located in Houston, Burns Lake, Meadowbank, Quesnel, Williams Lake, Armstrong and Lavington, employing more than 250 people in those communities. “Rob is helping grow a successful, sustainable Canadian Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. is currently expanding business,” says Lui Petrollini, Entrepreneur of the Year Pacific into Alberta and forecasts shipping to boost to 1.8 tonnes program director. “Some of the world’s largest energy generannually by 2018. ators are turning to wood pellets as an alternative to fossil power plant, which uses the pellets to reduce its greenhouse fuel to create renewable electricity. Rob has played a vital gas emissions. role in helping Pinnacle succeed in developing a cultural Through McCurdy’s leadership, Pinnacle improved its shift towards safe, sustainable energy sources.” safety rate by 90%, significantly increased employee engageMcCurdy was appointed CEO of Pinnacle in August 2012. His international career has spanned the chemical, ment and improved EBITDA results by over 100%. Today, construction materials and mining industries in Canada, Pinnacle is the world’s third largest producer of wood the U.S, Asia and Europe in successively senior roles. Before pellets, shipping over 1.4 million tonnes per year. joining Pinnacle, he spent more than 12 years with a world The company is currently expanding into Alberta and leading producer of building materials. forecasts shipping to boost to 1.8 tonnes annually by 2018. The pellets made by Pinnacle are created The new plant will cover six from compressed wood waste that hectares and is expected to is typically discarded. It makes produce 475,000 tonnes of wood pellet products such pellets a year, which will be as softwood pellet fuel, shipped by rail to the Pinnacle animal bedding and natural port in Prince Rupert. sorbent, although much of McCurdy’s entrepreneur the company’s production award will be presented at a is for the bulk domestic gala celebration on Nov. 30 and overseas markets. One in Toronto. of Pinnacle’s biggest clients Wood pellets. is Britain’s largest single-site coal Credit: Global Wood Markets Info

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chalked full of a variety of plastics and cardboard for food packaging, zero-waste shoppers leave with their own containers filled. Depending on the nature of the product, there are even deals to be had once the bulky packaging is out of the picture. Zero-waste grocery stores in Canada, of which there are about a dozen, have already impacted the business model of Canada’s largest bulk food retailer, Bulk Barn. Prior to the success of zero waste grocery stores, Bulk Barn wouldn’t allow customers to bring their own containers. The company changed that policy for all 260 Bulk Barn locations in February 2017. “Now they are getting it,” says Leloup. Michael Jessen, president of consultancy Zero Waste Services out of British Columbia, says zero waste grocery stores are a welcome grassroots movement, but he remains disappointed in the political leadership of most Canadian municipalities, which he sees as having structured

their waste hauling contracts in ways that maintain a status quo or even boost waste quantity. “Our leaders should be challenging all of us to innovate and think about how to design waste out of our economic system,” says Jessen. “By adopting the goal of zero waste, the first thing we do is discard the idea of waste,” he adds. “Everything is made from resources and waste is a resource going in the wrong direction. To throw away resources is to be inefficient and uncompetitive. By changing the way resources flow through our society and communities, we can reap substantial environmental, economic, and social benefits.” Peter Hargreave, formerly of the Ontario Waste Management Association, and now president of a waste management consultancy named Policy Integrity, says that he sees zerowaste grocery stores as a return to the way people used to sell goods many decades ago. Of late, he says refillable products like Soda Stream, for example,

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alerie Leloup holds a glass jar under one of the 10 red labeled valves affixed to the wall of her new grocery store in downtown Ottawa. As she turns the faucet marked hair conditioner, a network of tubes and plastic jugs are busy behind the wall flowing on-demand liquid products like soaps and cleaners to customers looking to fight excess packaging with their pocketbooks. As Leloup tops up her jar, she talks about the growth of Canada’s zerowaste grocery store scene in cities like Montreal, Vancouver and Halifax. It’s still a niche market, but it’s a growing phenomenon that’s caught the attention of suppliers across Ontario and Quebec, many of whom are actively reaching out to Leloup and other eco-owners with new ways to deliver products — anything from coffee to cleaners and cookies — with the least amount of packaging possible. Items here arrive in containers, jugs, or cloth sacks that can be sent back to the supplier for refilling. “It’s all about waste prevention, and we do our best to implement that in our supply chain,” says Leloup, 45, who was born in France but now lives near Ottawa, where she launched her store Nu Grocery in late summer. “I think that poor packaging is about convenience, and I hope that we can help send a message to the market.” Nu Grocery’s supply chain is not only short, but convincingly local. Leloup says it has to be. “This model only works with local suppliers,” she says. “They need to be within about a two-hour radius. That’s when you can really do the local thing.” Whereas shoppers may leave most grocery stores with an armful of bags

At Ottawa’s Nu Grocery, owner Valerie Leloup is doing her best to generate the least amount of food scraps possible ahead of a potential Ontario ban on sending compost to landfill in 2018.

Upcycling Grocery Bags GreenMantra Technologies, based in Brantford, Ont., has an innovative process that breaks down hard-torecycle grocery bags and plastic film into entirely new products like waxes and lubricants that are up to five times more valuable. Next This Ontario clean technology company produces on the company’s to-do list? high-value polymer products from waste CEO Pushkar Kumar says he plastics. intends to find a way to utilize polystyrene, which is rarely recycled. GreenMantra, which received $3 million this summer in investments, intends to expand its manufacturing facility. The company already produces about 5,000 tonnes a year of ingredients used in coatings, roofing shingles and adhesives for packaging. It has also worked with the City of Vancouver to create an asphalt surface for roads that incorporates its waxes.

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have been helping to remind people that packaging isn’t always necessary. “You see people refilling propane tanks, or bottles of beer at their local brewery,” says Hargreave. “It’s not so far-fetched in its applications to other areas. It certainly has its place and could be successful moving forward.” Hargreave says that if the concept of zero-waste grocery stores ever caught on to the extent that reusable shopping bags have, the waste management industry would easily be able to adapt. Landfill owners could see a loss of profits, he says, but of course most landfills are facing capacity issues anyway. “It just means a different take on the waste structure, maybe reverse logistics,” says Hargreave. “There will always be some scraps that need to be picked up.” When waste pickup day arrives each week for Nu Grocery, Leloup is

reminded of why she got into the zerowaste business in the first place. It’s on this day that she sees the massive messes spill out from nearby shops onto the streets, as if bursting at the seams with waste. She, like many grocery and restaurant owners, knows the high cost and moral dilemma of commercial composting in Ontario, where it can cost nearly double for a business to compost material instead of throwing it out. Currently, the landfill rate in Ontario would be $134 per tonne, while diverting the waste stands at $205 per tonne. Hargreave says Ontario is committed to introducing a ban on sending organics to landfill, likely in 2018, and he’s currently working to find the best solution to help the province make it reality. While some jurisdictions have implemented clear bag policies so waste collectors can decide to refuse

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a waste bag full of organic materials, others, such as Metro Vancouver, which started its own food scraps ban in 2015, has allowed inspectors to only target loads that have more than 25% visible food waste. At Nu Grocery, Leloup is doing her best to generate the least amount of food scraps possible. When food such as produce starts to lose its aesthetic lustre on her store’s shelves, a local chef pops in to use the aged produce in larger dishes where taste becomes the primary determining factor of quality, all the blemishes camouflaged. Aesthetics are, of course, a huge part of why our modern stores are often drowning in packaging. People expect perfect produce, and it’s why the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says that discarded food is the biggest single component of its landfill and incinerators. David Nesseth is a freelance writer and former editor of Solid Waste and Recycling Magazine. Preview Issue 11

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Upgrades set for New Brunswick landfill New Brunswick’s Hemlock Knoll Landfill on Highway #3 is receiving funding of $4.5 million from the federal Gas Tax Fund for a series of upgrades. The project involves installing new treat ment ponds and a leachate filter, as well as upgrading pumping stations and site piping New Brunswick’s Hemlock to reduce harmful Knoll landfill. Credit: Handout waste going into the environment.

Fire Strikes in Nova Scotia, Ontario The recycling facility at the Cumber land Central Landfill in Little Forks, N.S., was destroyed by fire on Sept. 12 after firefighter spent nearly a full day trying to extinguish the blaze. Despite a staff of about 18 people, nobody was injured in the fire. One week later, in Ontario, firefighters worked to extinguish an overnight fire at a Markhambased waste manage ment facility. Growing piles of debris challenged waste management teams in Windsor, Ont., as flooding wreaked havoc on the community in September.

Waste Artist Wanted in Edmonton The Edmonton Arts Council is accepting proposals from local artists to become the first artistinresi dence at the city’s waste management centre this fall. The selected artistinresidence is expected to turn waste into art through access to the facility’s recycling materials, offices, industrial space and classrooms in order to produce and present at least one public showing of waste art. The request for proposals says the artist will “ideally reflect their residency experience through their work, and will have access to recycled materials from the facility, as well as potentially mentoring the artistic expression of interested staff and community.”

Durham ready for EPR model

Portuguese artist, Arturo Bordalo II, shows off one of his 3-D recycling works.

Regina’s new downtown bottle baskets.

that all Ontario Blue Box programs are transitioned to the EPR model. “The transition from municipal to producer Blue Box programs will happen over time as collection and processing contracts expire,” states a 2017 report from Durham’s Commissioner of Works. “Some municipalities may be able to transition before the end of their contracts if their contracts contain the appropriate clauses.”

Cape Breton compost battle

Flooding Challenges Windsor Upwards of 20 waste truck drivers, instead of the typical eight, worked tirelessly to clear waterlogged items from curbside during flooding in Windsor late summer. Trucks were brought in from as far away as Thunder Bay, said City officials. City officials estimated that curbside waste after the flooding more than tripled typical amounts. AnneMarie Albidone, Manager of Environmental Services, said that one waste truck can visit some 300 homes on an average day, but during flooding could only handle a handful of homes before the truck was full. Windsor qualified for Ontario’s disaster relief following the two days of heavy rain, which flooded some 5,600 homes.

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A Pinnacle year for pellets in B.C.

The GLAD plant in Orangeville is celebrating its 50th year in operation. “GLAD’s products play an important role in everyday life and the way we divert and manage waste,” says Mike Pilato, General Manager, Clorox Company of Canada. “Fifty years is a long time and brings with it a profound commitment to this community. The Orangeville plant is a proud part of the GLAD and Clorox Company of Canada story.” The Orangeville plant has won numerous safety and quality awards over its 50year history manufacturing both indoor and outdoor garbage bags as well as cling wrap for both Canadian and U.S. markets. The plant is also the sole supplier of Glad’s compostable products across North America and one of two Clorox facili ties with a zero waste designation. As leaders in innovation around waste diversion, GLAD collaborates with municipalities to maximize their waste diversion goals. The garbage bag has a lengthy history in Canada. It was created in 1950 by Canadian inventors Harry Wasylyk and Larry Hansen, intended for commercial use. In the 1960s, the Union Carbide Company bought the idea and began manu facturing the product for use in the home under the name GLAD waste bags. In 1971, James Guillet, a University of Toronto chemist, developed a plastic material that decomposes when left in direct sunlight paving the way for compostable and more sustainable waste management solutions.

The City of Regina launched a new downtown recycling program in September for the neighbourhood of Cathedral. The pilot project has blue bottle baskets affixed to the front of waste bins throughout the area, similar to how Saskatoon has approached recycling downtown. “The City is focused on increasing the diversion rate through the development of new programs and services,” said Mayor Michael Fougere. “This program demonstrates our commitment to increase our waste diversion rate and extend the life of the landfill. The SARCAN Public Space Recycling Grant supported the initiative and contributed to the program.

In 2019, Durham officials say the Ontario region will be transitioning to an extended producer responsibility (EPR) system that designates producers who create or sell an item, such as water bottles or tin cans, to be responsible for recycling it. Blue Box items would be collected by private contractors hired by the companies. The changes fall under the Waste Diversion Transition Act, 2016, and the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016. According to Durham officials, it may not be until 2022

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Glad’s manufacturing facility in Orangeville, Ont.

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Regina Recycles Downtown

Canada Fibers Fined A North York recycling plant owned by Canada Fibers Ltd. has been ordered to pay $1.3 million in fines and back pay to its workers for violating the City of Toronto’s Fair Wage Policy. The recycler has two sevenyear contracts with Toronto to process Blue Bin materials. The material recovery and recycling services company made headlines earlier in fall 2017 when it acquired Ontariobased HGC Management Inc., which operates seven material recovery facilities and some 75 trucks across Ontario. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The Cape Breton Regional compost facility.

A Sydney, N.S. city councillor has joined a local fight against wafting smells from a compost plant in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. The smell from the compost facility is affecting some 35 families in the area, said Coun. Jim MacLeod, who is now in favour of a push to relocate the facility outside the city. Francis Campbell, manager of solid waste for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, says the smell isn’t coming from inside the compost facility because the process occurs indoors under negative pressure and of biofilters. He said the odour may be coming from compost stored outside the facility. When complaints against the facility surfaced in 2011, Campbell said his staff would coat the exterior compost with foam to contain the odour, but continuing complaints suggest it may not have been effective. Preview Issue 7

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Waste TV not wasted Influencing youth on the Tube By David Nesseth Credit: Courtesy of Viacom.

Rocky the recycling pup stars on Nickelodeon Jr.’s Paw Patrol. Maybe some day he will partner with Oscar the Grouch to form a dynamic waste duo.

fact, even my daughter appreciates the orderliness of separating recyclables into the correct colour of bin, then getting that pleasing plonk sound when she drops it in. Characters like Gabby also help to shape perceptions for adulthood around gender roles for jobs such as waste collectors. While it seems obvious that kids could relate more to the business of a waste collector more than say, a lawyer, an accountant or a politician, it’s still so refreshing to have “the trades” portrayed in our kids programming when they are so often missing from the grown-up Credit: Courtesy of PBS.

OTTAWA, ON — I did a double take when I first saw that my daughter, 2, had taken an interest in Rocky the recycling pup from the Canadian cartoon show Paw Patrol. But when she took interest in Gabby the Garbage Truck, who is, of course, a talking princess pink waste truck on Netflix’s TruckTown, I started to think something was up. Of course, who am I to talk? I’m the guy who grew up mesmerized by a green Muppet in a garbage can on TV. I believe his name was Oscar. I have to admit that I didn’t know much about this Rocky the recycling pup character, so I checked out his bio online. According to the show, he’s a “mixed-breed eco-pup,” who can use his handy claw to “recycle materials into new purposes,” particularly, and bizarrely, water towers and soccer posts. He drives a recycling truck and his personalized pup tag is a green recycling symbol. “He reduces, reuses and recycles anything he can find,” the show says, randomly adding that he has a “deep fear of water.” This other character, Gabby the Garbage Truck, aims to keep things clean, which is a message that any parent would want to imprint on their young child. In a typical day, most experts agree that children consume over three hours of media, so it’s important that they learn about trying to keep the world clean. In

entertainment arena. The only venues that seem to exist in grown-up entertainment are courtrooms, hospitals, morgues and police stations. Can we just be a little bit more creative, please? Can nothing interesting ever happen inside a recycling facility or at a landfill? In terms of waste on the big screen, there was the 2013 film, Garbage, which followed two Hollywood-based waste truck drivers who discover an Oscar statuette on the job. Charles S. Dutton played a City of Baltimore curbside waste collector on the nineties TV comedy, Roc. It’s hard to ever possibly forget the 1977 oddball comedy, Quark, which followed the misadventures of an outer space waste collector. And then there was the successful 1990 comedy, Men at Work, which depicted two curbside waste men who uncover a conspiracy involving illegal toxic waste dumping. Now, you don’t see that every day. Apart from television and movies, it’s reassuring to see so many elementary schools these days with eco-clubs, where children can learn with their friends about how to protect the environment, even if it’s as simple a concept as don’t litter, or don’t waste food. These are messages that many adults have still not internalized, so perhaps it’s parents who need to sit down with their kids and watch Rocky the recycling pup take care of some business.

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GLAD celebrates 50 years in Ontario

The GLAD plant in Orangeville is celebrating its 50th year in operation. “GLAD’s products play an important role in everyday life and the way we divert and manage waste,” says Mike Pilato, General Manager, Clorox Company of Canada. “Fifty years is a long time and brings with it a profound commitment to this community. The Orangeville plant is a proud part of the GLAD and Clorox Company of Canada story.” The Orangeville plant has won numerous safety and quality awards over its 50-year history manufacturing both indoor and outdoor garbage bags as well as cling wrap for both Canadian and U.S. markets. The plant is also the sole supplier of Glad’s compostable products across North America and one of two Clorox facilities with a zero waste designation. As leaders in innovation around waste diversion, GLAD collaborates with municipalities to maximize their waste diversion goals. The garbage bag has a lengthy history in Canada. It was created in 1950 by Canadian inventors Harry Wasylyk and Larry Hansen, intended for commercial use. In the 1960s, the Union Carbide Company bought the idea and began manufacturing the product for use in the home under the name GLAD waste bags. In 1971, James Guillet, a University of Toronto chemist, developed a plastic material that decomposes when left in direct sunlight paving the way for compostable and more sustainable waste management solutions.

A North York recycling plant owned by Canada Fibers Ltd. has been ordered to pay $1.3 million in fines and back pay to its workers for violating the City of Toronto’s Fair Wage Policy. The recycler has two seven-year contracts with Toronto to process Blue Bin materials. The material recovery and recycling services company made headlines earlier in fall 2017 when it acquired Ontario-based HGC Management Inc., which operates seven material recovery facilities and some 75 trucks across Ontario. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Fire strikes in Nova Scotia, Ontario The recycling facility at the Cumberland Central Landfill in Little Forks, N.S., was destroyed by fire on Sept. 12 after firefighter spent nearly a full day trying to extinguish the blaze. Despite a staff of about 18 people, nobody was injured in the fire. One week later, in Ontario, firefighters worked to extinguish an overnight fire at a Markham-based waste management facility. Growing piles of debris challenged waste management teams in Windsor, Ont., as flooding wreaked havoc on the community in September.

Waste artist wanted in Edmonton The Edmonton Arts Council is accepting proposals from local artists to become the first artist-in-residence at the city’s waste management centre this fall. The selected artist-in-residence is expected to turn waste into art through access to the facility’s recycling materials, offices, industrial space and classrooms in order to produce and present at least one public showing of waste art. The request for proposals says the artist will “ideally reflect their residency experience through their work, and will have access to recycled materials from the facility, as well as potentially mentoring the artistic expression of interested staff and community.” 6 www.solidwastemag.com

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Canada Fibers fined

Portuguese artist, Arturo Bordalo II, shows off one of his 3-D recycling works.

Regina’s new downtown bottle baskets.

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Regina recycles downtown

Cape Breton compost battle

Upwards of 20 waste truck drivers, instead of the typical eight, worked tirelessly to clear waterlogged items from curbside during flooding in Windsor late summer. Trucks were brought in from as far away as Thunder Bay, said City officials. City officials estimated that curbside waste after the flooding more than tripled typical amounts. Anne-Marie Albidone, Manager of Environmental Services, said that one waste truck can visit some 300 homes on an average day, but during flooding could only handle a handful of homes before the truck was full. Windsor qualified for Ontario’s disaster relief following the two days of heavy rain, which flooded some 5,600 homes.

Durham ready for EPR model In 2019, Durham officials say the Ontario region will be transitioning to an extended producer responsibility (EPR) system that designates producers who create or sell an item, such as water bottles or tin cans, to be responsible for recycling it. Blue Box items would be collected by private contractors hired by the companies. The changes fall under the Waste Diversion Transition Act, 2016, and the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016. According to Durham officials, it may not be until 2022

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Marketing bonanza surrounds Nanaimo’s automation Naming contest, Lego replicas, sales and live events about the new automated collection, as well as play recycling games like ‘What Goes Where?” The two winning entries in the naming contest will be invited to the city’s public works department and will each receive the grand prize of a six-month family recreation pass, or a 12-month individual pass. To further promote the new automated waste, recycling and organics collection program, Nanaimo has also teamed up with the Mid Island Lego Users Group, which has created a city scene in Lego and lined the streets with miniature models of the new carts and two automated waste trucks. Nanaimo has also been promoting the new waste pickup program through information displays across the city, as well as through a multitude of online resources. At the largest mall in Nanaimo, a video loop shows visitors about the program, and is staffed on

The Mid Island Lego Users Group helps promote Nanaimo’s new waste pickup program named ‘Sort Toss Roll’.

weekends. Even further, the city has doubled staff in the front office at public works to address calls during the first two months of implementation. The new trucks are Labrie Expert Helping hands built on Freightliners and powered by compressed natural gas (CNG). The cost of the “ Sort Toss Roll” program is expected to cost around $7.5 million. This includes the purchase of eight new trucks and three wheeled carts for each home in Nanaimo. The project will be paid for by waste user rates, which are $118 per household in 2017.

The new trucks are Labrie Expert Helping Hands built on Freightliners. The trucks are powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) and are expected to produce 25% less greenhouse gas than the current diesel fleet. This will also save around 50% on fuel costs, and operate with less noise.

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NANAIMO, BC — By late October, two new automated waste trucks will hit the roads of Nanaimo, BC, and the city is doing everything in its power to mark the change with the utmost fanfare. Dubbed “Sort Toss Roll”, Nanaimo’s new waste pickup program uses automated arms to grasp specially designed carts, lift them, and then empty them into the truck. The trucks have two separate chambers inside so that they can collect two different types of waste at one time: garbage and organics one week, and recycling and organics the next. To engage the public in the new waste system, Nanaimo has gone all out. Perhaps the most discussed component of the marketing campaign involves a public naming contest for the first two automated trucks to hit the city’s streets. “We have worked hard to communicate with our residents on this project, as it represents a major change to the service we deliver them,” said Charlotte Davis, manager of sanitation, recycling and public works administration for Nanaimo. “There are some quite specific messages we need them to receive and take on board, for example, proper cart placement and how to exchange a cart. With over 28,000 homes set to receive the new service, this is not a job we have taken lightly, and we have tested our many different types of communication methods in an effort to reach as many people as possible.” To help inspire residents with ideas for the nicknaming of the new waste trucks, one of the new trucks was on display at the city’s first annual Nanaimo Recycles Trunk sale in mid-September. In addition to touring the new automated waste truck, residents were able to learn details

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At Ottawa’s Nu Grocery, owner Valerie Leloup is doing her best to generate the least amount of food scraps possible ahead of a potential Ontario ban on sending compost to landfill in 2018.

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ob McCurdy, CEO of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc., the longest-established wood pellet producer in Western Canada, has won the EY Pacific Entrepreneur of the Year for 2017. The honour follows a banner year for the British Columbia-based company, during which it announced plans to build a new $85-million facility near the CN Rail line outside Entwistle, 100 kilometres west of Edmonton. Today, Pinnacle runs seven pellet plants throughout B.C., producing more than 1.5 million tonnes each year. The plants are located in Houston, Burns Lake, Meadowbank, Quesnel, Williams Lake, Armstrong and Lavington, employing more than 250 people in those communities. “Rob is helping grow a successful, sustainable Canadian business,” says Lui Petrollini, Entrepreneur of the Year Pacific Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. is currently expanding program director. “Some of the world’s largest energy generinto Alberta and forecasts shipping to boost to 1.8 tonnes annually by 2018. ators are turning to wood pellets as an alternative to fossil fuel to create renewable electricity. Rob has played a vital role in helping Pinnacle succeed in developing a cultural power plant, which uses the pellets to reduce its greenhouse shift towards safe, sustainable energy sources.” gas emissions. McCurdy was appointed CEO of Pinnacle in August Through McCurdy’s leadership, Pinnacle improved its 2012. His international career has spanned the chemical, safety rate by 90%, significantly increased employee engageconstruction materials and mining industries in Canada, ment and improved EBITDA results by over 100%. Today, the U.S, Asia and Europe in successively senior roles. Before Pinnacle is the world’s third largest producer of wood joining Pinnacle, he spent more than 12 years with a world pellets, shipping over 1.4 million tonnes per year. leading producer of building materials. The company is currently expanding into Alberta The pellets made by Pinnacle are created and forecasts shipping to from compressed wood waste that boost to 1.8 tonnes annually is typically discarded. It makes by 2018. The new plant will wood pellet products such cover six hectares and is as softwood pellet fuel, expected to produce 475,000 animal bedding and natural tonnes of pellets a year, which sorbent, although much will be shipped by rail to the of the company’s producPinnacle port in Prince Rupert. tion is for the bulk domestic McCurdy’s entrepreneur and overseas markets. One award will be presented at a of Pinnacle’s biggest clients gala celebration on Nov. 30 in Toronto. is Britain’s largest single-site coal Wood pellets.

Denmark Deal Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc., Canada’s largest manufacturer of wood pellets based in B.C., has signed a nine-year

ing to the contract, Norden will transport a total of 3.5 million tonnes of wood pellets from Vancouver and Prince Rupert to Europe starting in 2018. There will be about eight trips per year, according to Norden.

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contract with Denmark shipping company Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S. Accord-

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BIOFUELS

Enerkem starts groundbreaking ethanol production

EDMONTON, AB — In a world first for a commercial-scale plant, Canada’s highest-profile biofuels and renewable chemicals producer, Enerkem, began producing cellulosic ethanol in mid-September from non-recyclable, non-compostable mixed municipal solid waste. The massive 233-hectare site in Edmonton has been producing and selling biomethanol since 2016, prior to expanding production to include cellulosic ethanol with the installation of its methanol-to-ethanol conversion unit earlier in 2017. Using 100,000 tonnes of waste, Enerkem can produce 38 million litres per year of biofuel, enough to fill 400,000 cars per year. “The commercial production of cellulosic ethanol at our facility in Edmonton marks a landmark moment for our company as well as our customers in the waste management and petrochemical sectors, and confirms our leadership in the advanced biofuels market,” says Vincent Chornet, president and CEO of Enerkem. Advanced biofuels, such as cellulosic ethanol, are made from non-food

sources such as residual forest biomass, agriculture waste, energy crops or urban waste. To unlock the value of non-conventional feedstock sources, these low-carbon liquid transportation fuels are produced using innovative and breakthrough technologies. The growing global biofuels market is expected to reach 124 billion litres per year by 2030, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. “We will now progressively increase production in Edmonton, while preparing to build the next Enerkem facilities locally and around the world,” adds Chornet. Montreal and Rotterdam have both been pegged as possible locations. Earlier in 2017, Enerkem’s ethanol product was given the lowest carbon intensity value yet issued by the B.C. government, meaning it can now be sold in the province’s gas, as well as in Alberta. Now, the company is seeking to meet similar low-carbon fuel standards in U.S. jurisdictions like California and Oregon. The plant’s 2017 ethanol output will be several million litres, moving up to full

Credit: Agrisoma Biosciences Inc.

BIOFUEL FOR JETS Quebec-based Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. is extending its partnership with the University of Florida to expand its biofuel supply for jets in the U.S. The Quebec company will work with a network of 40 university researchers from seven universities associated with the UF Institute of Carinata seed, grown in the SouthFood and Agricultural Science. eastern U.S., is used to produce Agrisoma’s objective is to biofuel for jet aircraft. maximize the production of Carinata seed, grown in the southeastern U.S., which is used to produce biofuel for jet aircraft. “Our research shows that Carinata grows well during the winter, when (other crops) are not grown. This will allow farmers to take advantage of their operations during the winter months,” said Steven Fabijanski, president and CEO of Agrisoma Biosciences. 16 www.solidwastemag.com

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The growing global biofuels market is expected to reach 124 billion litres per year by 2030 By SWR Staff

The massive 233-hectare site in Edmonton has been producing and selling biomethanol since 2016, prior to expanding production to include cellulosic ethanol with a methanol-to-ethanol conversion unit earlier in 2017.

production of about 40 million litres annually in 2018. As part of a 25-year contract based on a build-own-operate model, Edmonton must supply Enerkem’s facility with 100,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste each year. The city leases the land to Enerkem and pays a comparably attractive tipping fee for its waste. Selling the biofuel or chemical products is Enerkem’s responsibility. It has not been all smooth sailing for Enerkem, however, as six suppliers, and four subcontractors that worked for a bankrupt seventh supplier, launched lawsuits against the Quebecbased company for nearly $7.4 million. The suits allege unpaid work and supply costs. In its defence, Enerkem has stated that it dealt with some 256 separate suppliers for its Edmonton project, so the complaints have been in the extreme minority. Enerkem has also responded to some of the lawsuits by countersuing, alleging some suppliers were responsible for delays, nonconformity and negligence. The company also noted delays in delivery and poor construction as factors in the dispute. Enerkem’s Edmonton facility, constructed in 2012, was more than a decade in the making.

BIOFUELS

Park bins refined for scavenger safety Lethbridge adds metal mesh

Manitoba landfill pic goes viral LAC BROCHET, MB — A special sort of landfill pic went viral in October after a northern Manitoba nurse spotted a black bear relaxing upright on a discarded couch, presumably following a hearty landfill lunch. Mandy Stantic, who posted the image through social media, said her family often enjoys watching the bears’ playful antics at the Lac Brochet landfill. Stantic told local reporters that the event is like a “northern safari”. While the picture doesn’t show it, Stantic said that there was an old television in front of the couch where the weary bear relaxed, adding extra humour to the scene. Lac Brochet is a First Nation community in the Boreal Forest about 1,000 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, accessible only by winter roads or air. There are as few as 150 people living in the area. Stantic has since relocated to Manitoba’s South Indian Lake. While her images were just posted recently, she said she originally captured them on film in spring 2016.

About 120 existing recycling bins will get a latch system like this one, which anyone can open safely, avoiding the potential for reaching down into the bins and being cut by hazardous items like needles.

turn our idea into the final product. It’s pretty cool to see our creative concept finally installed,” he added. Depending on budget and public feedback, additional baskets may be ordered later in 2017.

Lac Brochet is a First Nation community in the Boreal Forest about 1,000 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, accessible only by winter roads or air.

Credit: Mandy Stantic

LETHBRIDGE, AB — Scavengers of deposit cans and bottles in Lethbridge, Alberta’s parks this fall will be less likely to injure themselves, now that the province’s largest southern city has begun testing metal mesh park recycling bins for safe, easy access. City staff say the metal mesh baskets will attach to about 120 existing recycling bins and include a latch system that anyone can open safely, avoiding the potential for reaching down into the bins and being cut by hazardous items like needles. The recycling baskets will be installed at Indian Battle Park, Galt Gardens, Henderson Park, and Nicholas Sheran Park. “I’m really proud of how our staff came together to address this issue,” says David Ellis, Lethbridge parks manager. “We drew out different concepts and created a prototype out of cardboard and duct tape. Then we found a manufacturer to

City of Lethbridge

By SWR Staff

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CASE STUDY

Kamloops glass recycling spikes under new rules Depot plan reduces contamination KAMLOOPS’ BC — More than six months into Kamloops, new recycling collection program, a strategy shift for glass and soft plastics is yielding solid numbers at designated depots. City staff says glass bottles and jars would often break during curbside collection, devaluing the final recycling product mix when small pieces of glass would get in and make it more difficult to sort from other recyclables. To remedy the issue, Recycle BC, previously known as Multi-Material BC, implemented the depot strategy. According to General Grant’s Sahali, one of the designated depots, the glass recyclables delivered on a weekly basis have more than quadrupled since the rules changed. It was a rocky start, though. City staff inspected approximately 1,000 carts each week during the first month of the new program. During the first week, more than 750 carts were found to contain material not accepted under the program. Plastic bags, as well, can no longer be picked up curbside. “While we anticipated high levels of glass and soft plastics in the first week of collection, we are very happy to see that residents are making the desired changes regarding these materials,” said Glen Farrow, streets and environmental services manager for Kamloops. “What

Credit: General Grant’s Sahali

By SWR Staff

General Grant’s Bottle Recycling Depot has seen a surge in glass containers delivered to the depot since April 2017, when curbside collection stopped.

we still encounter are materials being placed in recycling carts that aren’t accepted under the new program and were not accepted under the previous program. Examples include garden hoses, clothes, yard waste, scrap metal, etc.” The new designated depots for glass are: General Grants Recycling Centre North Shore (611 Fortune Drive); General Grants Recycling Centre - Sahali (963 Camosun Crescent) and Lorne Street Bottle Depot (270 Halston Avenue). Cityowned recycling depots will no longer accept glass or plastic film. Kamloops finally joined Recycle BC in April, some four years after the

Glen Farrow

program began in the province. Using the program for packaging and printed paper recycling is expected to generate $1.1 million per year for the city.

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Percentage of British Columbians with access to recycling services or depots

Over 186,000 Tonnes of materials collected annually

Over 1,200

Businesses that financially support the program

Over 200

Depots throughout the province

156

Participating communities Source: RECYCLE BC

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CONTRACTS

Winnipeg collection enters new era Miller Waste Systems and GFL Environmental began collecting Winnipeg’s waste on Oct. 2. By SWR Staff

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WINNIPEG, MB — Winnipeg begins a new era of waste management this October as it rolls out a year’s worth of logistics planning under a new dual-role contract with Miller Waste Systems and GFL Environmental. While the pair of contracts worth more than $250 million were inked in fall 2016, public implementation of a pickup strategy is just now underway. But this time the city wants to avoid the growing pains it felt in the early days of its waste contract under Emterra in 2012, which gave way to some 38,000 curbside complaints to Winnipeg’s 3-1-1 department. This time around the city is giving its new waste providers five more months of leeway and planning time to ensure fewer curbside hiccups. Winnipeg’s waste pickup was split into four zones in 2012 with Emterra aided by Progressive Waste in the northwest portion of the city. With the new contracts there are now

Credit: Miller

GFL was the lowest bidder out of four bids submitted for the two new zones, however, the administration was directed to not give the two contracts to the same company.

Miller Waste Systems is set to collect waste and recyclables in the northwest half of Winnipeg.

The City of Winnipeg’s waste mascots are ready for the new contracts.

only two zones, with Miller Waste set to collect waste and recyclables in the northwest half of Winnipeg, and GFL to operate in the southeast half. GFL has been busy trying to staff many new positions for the new Winnipeg waste collection contract. Over summer 2017 the company hosted several job fairs to staff positions such as drivers, loaders, route supervisors, customer service representatives, dispatchers and mechanics. GFL was the lowest bidder out of four bids submitted for the two new zones, however, the administration was directed to not give the two contracts to the same company. While Emterra submitted a bid on the new contracts, it was not successful. THat didn’t stop the company from weighing in on the new contracts. In October of 2016, the company warned Winnipeg’s staff that the waste collection contract could cost the city upwards of $1 million more per year in carbon taxes if it switched to diesel trucks from vehicles that run on natural gas. Along with changes to the city’s waste contracts also comes changes to the municipality’s waste collection days. The inner-city will no longer have Monday pickups so that waste will not sit out over weekends. Monday collection days had been singled out by Winnipeg police, fire and politicians as one of the contributing factors to an arson problem in those areas, as waste was being left in back lanes over the weekend-a period with the highest threat level for vandal fires. Despite the new contracts, Winnipeg will remain without an official curbside composting program, apart from yard waste collection. After city council balked at the costs of a curbside composting program, and its impact on taxpayer fees, it left the hole to be filled by local non-profit group Compost Winnipeg, operating under the Green Action Centre. Following a 2016 City Council meeting where the program was debated, Mayor Brian Bowman said, “In principle, I am supportive of organics composting. The question ultimately is how much are we prepared to pay for it, because it is expensive.” In the face of Winnipeg’s changes, 2016 marked the first time the city fell short of its waste diversion goal since it adopted a new strategy in 2011. Winnipeg aimed to hit 35% diversion, but only reached 32.9%. Despite the blip, the same July 2017 shows that the city has gained plenty of momentum overall. Case in point: On a per-capita basis from 2011 to 2016, the amount of collected waste dropped 22%, recycling jumped 17%, and composting increased 221%. Fall 2017 19

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EQUIPMENT

More from Mack Waste show launches feature seat, natural gas, and future plans

Mack Trucks revealed a series of product upgrades – as well as a new partnership – during the 2017 Waste and Recycling Expo Canada, hosted in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Natural gas for LR, TerraPro Mack LR and TerraPro refuse vehicles are now available with the Cummins Westport L9N natural gas engine, offering an option for those looking to generate near-zero levels of NOx. The spark-ignited L9N can run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), or Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), and generates 320 horsepower and 1,000 lb-ft of torque. It also produces NOx emissions 90% lower than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s limit of 0.2 g/bhp-hr, and meets 2017 limits for greenhouse gases. The take rates for natural gas have been relatively flat in the context of low oil prices, but there’s still an interest in the fuel, said Curtis Dorwart, Mack refuse product manager. “The refuse industry has made a lot of investment in infrastructure for natural gas.” “Within one organization, they’ll deploy gas as well as diesel. It all depends on what makes sense for them,” he added. The LR model still comes standard

with Mack’s proprietary 11-liter MP7 diesel, which delivers 355 horsepower and 1,260 lb-ft of torque. The TerraPro is also available with Mack MP7 and MP8 engines.

Multi-position seat for LR Drivers who hop in and out of Mack LR refuse vehicles will enjoy a more comfortable ride thanks to the combination of a new multi-position seat and re-aligned accelerator pedal. The Sears Seating model’s back

and seat pan can slide up and down, while the back can change depths and the seat pan can change angles. That provides support whether operators want to sit or stand as they drive from one pickup to the next. The seat is actually part of a system that includes an accelerator pedal that has been realigned to sit at a more comfortable angle, said Dorwart. “We found that different-sized drivers, different-height drivers, they were having a difficulty really working with the three-position seat that we’ve had for a good number of years on the LE model – the predecessor to the LR model. So we went through a little bit of an exercise with Sears Seating to develop a new seat that has multiple adjustable positions on it,” he said. This is actually the third generation for the seat, which has evolved from a sitting or standing position, to the addition of a third position, and now the added flexibility in between. “This is really kind of the bread-andbutter base vehicle setup that will be included with the new seat in the first quarter,” Dorwart says.

Future plans for Lytx DriveCam Meanwhile, Mack has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Lytx as it explores the potential of video feeds for refuse vehicles. The aftermarket Lytx DriveCam is mounted in cabs, recording video images whenever an abrupt lane change or hard-braking event is identified. Details of the agreement have yet to be finalized, but Mack announced during the Canadian Waste and Recycling Expo that it plans to incorporate the cameras into LR and TerraPro models. “Lytx DriveCam technology can help improve the safety of those on the roadway, as well as inform fleets of drivers that may need some coaching,” said David Pardue, vice president - connected vehicles and uptime services. “Lytx Video Services Technology also can help with theft prevention, job site monitoring, and driver safety.” Fall 2017 21

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BRIEFS: Around the Globe

London’s “fatberg” may be ready for its close-up as not only a new museum exhibit, but an alternative fuel.

be one of the biggest on record. In early September, the U.S. city of Baltimore had its own struggle with a

fatberg, which led to a sewer overflow of about 1.2 million US gallons of sewage into the Jones Falls waterway.

California has passed a bill to ensure that carpet eco-fees go towards the cost of recycling carpets and not to cover disposal costs.

Simplifying food expiration dates Major goods companies such as Kellogg, WalMart and Tesco have announced the rollout of simplified food expiration labels to avoid consumer confusion that leads to food waste. Standardized labeling will use a single expiration date on perishable items and a single quality indicator for non-perishable items, the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) announced. Labels now in use such as “sell by,” “use by” and “best before” were developed beginning in the 1960s to increase consumer safety but have multiplied to more than a dozen variations that have led to confusion. Most countries have no laws regulating labeling. 24 www.solidwastemag.com

California protects carpet fees

California has passed a bill to ensure that carpet eco-fees go toward the cost of recycling carpets and not to cover disposal costs. The state legislature has passed a bill to improve its pioneering carpet stewardship program. The bill would set a 24% recycling rate goal for post-consumer carpet by 2020, and give CalRecycle the authority to set further goals every three years. The bill prevents carpet manufacturers from using the built-in 25-centper-yard eco-fee to pay for disposal or any other costs related to penalties for non-compliance. “This is a great victory, one that gives California fee payers and stakeholder’s, confidence our money will be spent wisely to increase jobs in processing and recycling in California,” Heidi Sanborn, executive director of the National Stewardship Action Council (NSAC), told media.

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London’s “fatberg”, the 250-metre long, 130 metric-tonne mass of oil, fat, diapers and baby wipes that clogged the city’s Victorian sewers this year, may be ready for its close-up as not only a new museum exhibit, but an alternative fuel. The Museum of London says it is trying to acquire fatberg to help illustrate the challenges of living in a modern metropolis. Meanwhile, Simon Brum, strategic recycling manager at Thames Water, told media that he may be working with renewables firm Argent Energy to process the oil and fat into bio-diesel. The crews that have been working diligently to remove the waste clog describe it as trying to break up concrete. Fatbergs are not uncommon in London, but the 2017 edition appears to

Credit: Thames Water UK

Fatberg set for fuel, museum

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Lehtovuori’s FinBin.

IoT waste bins hit Finland Finnish company Lehtovuori is about to launch a sensor that measures the fill rate of waste bins to help customers shift to an on-demand waste collection model. Meanwhile, Internet-of-Things Finnish waste bin competitor, Enevo, which

focuses on dumpster sensors, recently received $12 million in funding, taking its total growth capital pot to nearly $39 million. “Enevo started as a sensor company providing data from dumpsters. We soon learned that was only half of our

Britain eyes deposit-return Britain says it’s working with industry to launch a deposit-return scheme for plastic bottles in a bid to stop people from throwing recyclables into the waste bin. The government says Britain recycled only 57% of bottles sold in 2016, and hopes a deposit-return scheme could boost recycling rates to 90%, much like Denmark did when it implemented a bottle deposit-return scheme. “We must protect our oceans and marine life from plastic waste if we are to be the first generation to leave our environment in a better state than we found it,” Environment Secretary Michael Gove told the Conservative Party’s annual conference.

story,” Fredrik Kekäläinen, CEO and co-founder of Enevo, told media. “What our customers need isn’t more data or new technology to manage. The true value we offer is the peace of mind that comes with Enevo as their single point of contact for waste services.” Lehtovuori says it is also launching City Solar, a waste collection system that uses solar power to compress the contents of the bin before pick-up, measures fill rate, and notifies collection services when bins need to be emptied. Lehtovuori was founded in 1945.

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Honours

Canada snags six SWANA awards Cities honored from B.C. and Ontario • By SWR Staff

The 2017 Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Awards recognizes programs and facilities in 13 different categories, spanning many facets of the municipal solid waste industry. Award winners represent the most innovative and dynamic organizations throughout North America, as judged by their peers. The winners were acknowledged at the annual WASTECON conference on Sept. 26 in Baltimore, Maryland. Among Canadians to be recognized:

Landfill Redevelopment Excellence Award Gold - Niagara Region, Ontario With the closure of landfill sites, Niagara Region explored options to return these sites to a combination of wooded grassland ecosystems through a variety of naturalization techniques. The plan incorporated compatible passive recreation uses including hiking trails, off-leash dog areas, viewing areas and interpretive signs. The key elements of the site restoration initiatives were designed to be sensitive to the natural environment and accommodate the existing mechanical/infrastructure environmental protection systems, and provide a naturally sustainable, attractive and safe environment. The success of Elm Street End Use Plan, garnered attention from other municipalities, and the implementation of passive recreation uses were included at two other landfill sites. 26 www.solidwastemag.com

Landfill Management Division Best Safety Innovation for Landfill Management Vancouver, British Columbia Yearly receipt and handling of asbestos containing materials at the landfill is significant with 14,576 tonnes being recorded in 2016. The City of Vancouver recognizes that the receipt and handling of asbestos containing material at the City’s Transfer and Landfill Operations could pose health risks to employees. To understand the potential levels of asbestos exposure, asbestos sampling has been completed on a yearly basis creating a historical data base from which to identify any asbestos risk change. To ensure employee health and to control the handling of asbestos received at both the transfer station and landfill, a comprehensive Asbestos Exposure Control Plan with accompanying Safe Operating Procedures was written with the final review and implementation in 2016. The Asbestos Exposure Control Plan is used to educate employees and to guide their safe work activities when handling asbestos.

Planning & Management Excellence Awards Integrated Solid Waste Management Systems - Gold Toronto, Ontario In 2016, Ontario passed the Waste-Free Ontario Act, 2016. With an aspirational goal of zero waste, the City of Toronto has undertaken an unprecedented task — to achieve 70% waste diversion by 2026 and create a circular economy. In 2014, with a drive towards a circular economy, the City embarked on a two-year process to develop a roadmap for the future of their Integrated Solid

Waste Management System. In an effort to increase diversion to 70%, the Long Term Solid Waste Management Strategy (Waste Strategy) — a collaborative plan focused on the 5Rs (reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery and residual disposal) — builds on the City’s existing waste management system and sets the stage for success over the next 30 to 50 years.

Special Waste Management Household Hazardous Waste Depots - Gold Niagara Region, Ontario With a capital budget of $1.5 million, Niagara Region was able to construct two new hazardous waste depots using a modular design, rather than using a traditional construction approach. The concrete built modular depots are the first of their kind in Ontario. The two depots have been operating for 18 months. Based on the first year results, opening the permanent depots has been an enormous improvement for Niagara Region and its residents.

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