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Solid Waste & Recycling

CONTENTS December/January 2009 Volume 13, Number 6

Canada’s magazine on collection, hauling, processing & disposal

The End of Garbage?

Ontario Environment Minister Gerretsen’s discussion paper “Toward a Zero Waste Future” has led to public consultations about introducing Extended Producer Responsibility for most materials in the waste stream. We explore the implications. by Guy Crittenden

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FEATURES PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP: DEPOSITS

Alberta raises deposits and adds milk containers. by Clarissa Morawski

DEPARTMENTS 21

DIVERSION: PHARMACEUTICAL WASTE

Canada needs a less chaotic pharma waste system.. by John Newell

WASTE-TO-ENERGY: BIOMASS Cellulosic ethanol as a renewable fuel. by Gordon Quaiattini

RECYCLING: MARKETS & MATERIALS

Collapsed commodity prices and problem materials. by Phil Zigby

Our Annual

BUYERS’ GUIDE Waste and recycling products and services pages

25-40

Editorial

Up Front

Producer Responsibility

Composting Matters

Show Report

Waste Business

IC&I Waste

Regulation Roundup

News

Ad Index

Blog

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Biomass, pg 48

Markets & Materials, pg. 50

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EDITORIAL

by Guy Crittenden “The polystyrene and film plastic that Toronto has added to its recycling program are the most expensive materials in the blue box.

Simple Problems, Complex Solutions

he busiest industry rep in Canada during November had to be which only 4,222 tonnes (4.3 per cent) is recycled for $2,090/tonne. Cathy Cirko, VP of the Environment and Plastics Industry Council Perhaps with its economies of scale Toronto can reduce these costs, but (EPIC), whose members found themselves in the crosshairs of a they’re still sobering. Return-to-retail would yield a better quality maCity of Toronto staff report released November 4, 2008 that called upon terial and, some might argue, keep costs where they belong in the private retailers to reduce in-store packaging. The report recommended that the sector. city use newly-acquired legal powers to force retailers to reduce singleThe outcome regarding plastic shopping bags was interesting. Inuse hot drink cups, plastic shopping bags and plastic food packaging. It stead of adopting staff’s rather cumbersome recommendation that shopalso proposed banning the sale of bottled water at city civic centers by pers who bring their own reusable bags be given a small refund, Mayor the end of 2011. David Miller negotiated a side-deal with the grocers via which they It wasn’t a good day for plastics. agreed to charge five cents for each plastic bag requested. In a surprising Release of the report triggered a flurry of meetings, phone calls and amendment passed by council, retailers will be required to provide alnews releases at the end of which some of the plastics industry’s objectternatives for free to customers, interpreted as including reusable bags, ives were realized. The outcomes offer insights for any jurisdiction that cardboard boxes, carry-out totes, and paper bags. (Some grocers already plans to tackle these materials; the do this.) issues are more complex than they The positive side is obvious: might at first appear. people are being given a price signal Toronto staff propose that retailto choose reusable bags or bins to lug ers be made to offer discounts betheir groceries and other merchantween 10 and 20 cents for purchases dise home. Reuse is higher up the made with refillable packaging, such waste management hierarchy, so this as a travel mug. The obvious target is (so far) good. By not banning plashere is coffee shops. (Tim Hortons tic bags, people still have the option already offers such a discount.) The to choose plastic bags if they want, report also recommends banning but the “polluter pays.” cups that aren’t compatible with the But Cathy Cirko points out that in city’s recycling program, which is Toronto (as elsewhere) 69 per cent of not equipped to separate paper cups the carry-out bags are reused as either from plastic lids. (See article, pages a kitchen catcher or a liner bag for 50-52.) organics containers. So, if people By December 31, 2010, food serchoose reuseable bags they may have vice retailers in Toronto must develop to buy bags for garbage or organics At the November meeting of Zero Waste Simcoe, results were reported a reusable or refillable takeout food bins, at a cost of around 14 cents a of the group’s successful local campaign that encourages shoppers to container, or takeout food service bag. remember their reusable bags. protocol, the report recommends, with This is one of several arguments fines ranging between $100 and $400. The plastics and restaurant industhat EPIC offers in favour of plastic shopping bags that you can read for tries quickly pointed out the serious health issue that trumps environyourself at www.myplasticbags.ca Some are valid, but I think the five mental concerns. In the end, restaurants and the in-store food service cent charge is a reasonable middle-ground. Fewer plastic bags overall counters of supermarkets (e.g., where you buy your BBQ chicken) were will reduce the not-inconsiderable costs of recycling them. Many people given a couple of years’ reprieve to come up with a solution. will likely adopt a logical compromise strategy: they’ll bring reusable Industry succeeded in getting Toronto to agree to add polystyrene bags for most of their groceries, and pay five cents for enough bags to (foam) packaging and film plastic (shopping bags) to its curbside recycmeet their kitchen-catcher needs and thereby avoid paying the higher ling program (effective December 8, 2008). Cirko says there are “strong cost of purpose-made garbage bags. markets” for these materials. However, this may not be an inexpensive We hope Toronto monitors the results and costs of its new blue box decision. A Stewardship Ontario spreadsheet of activity-based costing additions and allows for future adjustments as needed. Once you’ve data shows the full net costs of collecting and processing blue box maadded them to a program, it’s hard to take them out. terials. Province-wide, 59,213 of film plastic is generated, of which only 417 tonnes (1.6 per cent) is collected and recycled at an average net cost Guy Crittenden is editor of this magazine. Contact Guy at of $1,691/tonne. About 21,971 tonnes of polystyrene is generated, of gcrittenden@solidwastemag.com @ARTICLECATEGORY:793; 2243;

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Guy Crittenden Editor gcrittenden@solidwastemag.com Brad O’Brien Publisher bobrien@solidwastemag.com Jamie Ross Account Manager Sheila Wilson Art Director Kim Collins Market Production Mary Garufi Circulation Manager Carol Bell-Lenoury Mgr EcoLog Group Bruce Creighton President Business Information Group Contributing Editors Michael Cant, Adam Chamberlain, Maria Kelleher, Clarissa Morawski, Usman Valiante, Paul van der Werf Award-winning magazine Solid Waste & Recycling magazine is published six times a year by EcoLog Information Resources Group, a divi sion of BIG Magazines L.P., a leading Canadian busi ness-to-business information services company that also publishes HazMat Management magazine and other infor mation products. The magazine is printed in Canada. Solid Waste & Recycling provides strategic informa tion and perspectives on all aspects of Canadian solid waste collection, hauling, processing and disposal to waste managers, haulers, recycling coordinators, landfill and compost facility operators and other waste industry professionals. Canadian Publications Mail Product Sales Agreement No. 40069240 Information contained in this publication has been com piled from sources believed to be reliable, thus Solid Waste & Recycling cannot be responsible for the absolute correctness or sufficiency of articles or editorial contained herein. Articles in this magazine are intended to convey information rather than give legal or other professional ad vice. Reprint and list rental services are arranged through the Publisher at (416) 510-6798.

Announcing the Municipal Waste Association AMRC has a new name, same long history

or over 20 years, the Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators (AMRC) has been a key player in researching information on waste reduction programs, and bringing together its members from across Ontario to further municipal 3Rs programs. But its focus no longer is only on “recycling” and its members are not only “municipal coordinators.” Its mandate has broadened to progress waste management as a whole in Ontario, advocating on behalf of a diverse group of waste management professionals. It has evolved to become the newly renamed “Municipal Waste Association” (MWA). The origins of the AMRC were due to the efforts of a few dedicated municipal recycling coordinators. In 1987 a meeting was hosted by the Region of Peel and organized by Peel Region’s Linda Varangu, Claudia Marsales from Halton Region and Tim Michaels from (the then) Metro Toronto. The original agenda focused on programs for the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors (IC&I) but it soon became apparent — given the standing room only turnout — that there were dozens more municipalities and organizations anxious to discuss this new thing called the “blue box.” Regular meetings were organized. Municipal coordinators shared information, experience and resources during these meetings and (as legend has it) afterwards some gathered over drinks to reflect on current events and issues, to draft plans and goals. At first, dedicated volunteers organized mailing lists, meetings, and committees. Eventually staff was hired through the “On-site” program which placed EI-eligible qualified persons into en-

Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Circulation Department, Solid Waste & Recycling 12 Concorde Pl, Ste 800, Toronto, ON M3C 4J2 Call: (416) 442-5600 Fax: (416) 510-5148 E-mail: mgarufi@bizinfogroup.ca From time to time we make our subscription list available to select companies and organizations whose product or service may interest you. If you do not wish your contact information to be made available, please contact us via one of the following methods: Phone: 1-800-268-7742 Fax: 416-510-5148 E-Mail: jhunter@businessinformationgroup.ca Mail to: Privacy Officer Business Information Group 12 Concorde Pl, Ste 800 Toronto, ON Canada M3C 4J2 Solid Waste & Recycling, USPS 018-886 is published bimonthly by Business Information Group. US office of publication: 2424 Niagara Falls Blvd, Niagara Falls, NY 14304-0357. Periodicals Postage Paid at Niagara Falls, NY. US postmaster: Send address changes to Solid Waste & Recycling, PO Box 1118, Niagara Falls, NY 14304. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program towards our mailing costs. © 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior consent. ISSN-1483-7714 PAP Registration No. 10991

AMRC/MWA executives in front of the new logo at the MWA booth at the recent Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo in Toronto, Ontario. Left to right: Executive Director Vivian de Giovanni, Chair Sherry Arcaro (County of Peterborough) and Vice-Chair Sue Campbell (Ottawa Valley Waste Recovery Centre).

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The 1992 AMRC executive members (and their affiliations then) and staff looking down from the Monora Pavilion balcony were, from left: Glenn Pleasance (Durham Region), Mark Collins (Barrie), Jake Westerhof, (Haldimand-Norfolk), Linda Robinson (Mono), Rosanne Fritzsche (Simcoe County), Dick Buggeln (Waterloo region), Linda Varangu (AMRC ED), Albert Shamess (Halton region), Beth Goodger (Hamilton-Wentworth Region), Kathy McAlpine (Metro Toronto), Cynthia Hyland (AMRC) and Ben Bennett (Collingwood).

vironment-related positions. Staff enabled the AMRC to better manage the demands and responsibilities inherent with a burgeoning membership. Information was in short supply and desperately needed by those with fledgling residential programs including blue box, leaf composting, backyard composter, and household hazardous waste, as well as for IC&I waste diversion initiatives. The AMRC filled this niche then and continues to do so 20 years later. By the early 1990s, municipal membership in the AMRC had grown to well over 100. The Ministry of the Environment provided funding so the AMRC could expand its activities and services to members. This included workshops dedicated to specific waste diversion issues, studies, and program operation guides. The AMRC produced its first newsletter in the fall of 1990. For R Information, with Ben Bennett as editor, has proven to be an important way to link membership with timely information. In early 1991, the AMRC was incorporated as a not-for-profit organization. Later that year, the AMRC’s first executive director was hired and the AMRC cemented its role as the only municipal organization dedicated to waste diversion in the province. With the end of provincial funding in the mid 1990s and monies everywhere in short supply during the late 1990s, the AMRC tightened its belt and looked to project-based funding as well as opportunities for corporate sponsorship of its increasingly popular and well-attended workshops. The board of the AMRC continues to consist of municipal volunteers who offer their time and expertise to contribute to the continual effectiveness of the association. Board members are either elected by standing committees or by the municipal membership. Currently, there are ten board members and five standing committees: Finance, Household Hazardous Waste, Markets/Contracts, Organics, and Policy and Programs.

Cynthia Hyland, contractor to the AMRC, conducting HHW research in 1997.

The early board members of the AMRC believed there would come a time when the learning curve on waste diversion in all its forms would flatten and there might no longer be a need for an AMRC. If anything, the curve is ever steeper and the demands placed on individual municipalities to deliver cost-effective waste diversion programs have never been greater. Members are still hungry for information and enjoy networking with long-time counterparts at AMRC conferences, workshops, and committee meetings. The AMRC continue — as the Municipal Waste Association — to play a key role in the evolution of waste management. For more information about the MWA, its activities, committees, etc., contact the office at 516-823-1990 or visit www.amrc.ca @ARTICLECATEGORY:787;

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by Guy Crittenden “Is a sustainable economy simply one that diverts more and more residential waste from disposal?”

The ideas in Ontario’s new Zero Waste discussion paper could reduce waste, change the way it’s managed and paid for, and alter the way the consumer society produces products and packaging. Wow!

The End of

Garbage?

t caught industry observers off-guard, and is still flying below the radar of the mainstream media and public. In November 2008, Ontario Environment Minister John Gerretsen released a discussion paper, Toward a Zero Waste Future: Review of Ontario’s Waste Diversion Act, 2002. In addition to (no doubt) causing some “OMG!” moments among environmental activists and industry executives, release of the paper triggered a 90-day comment period that ends January 15, 2009. It’s no overstatement to say the ideas in Toward a Zero Waste Future represent a radical potential change in Ontario with respect to waste management and related policy issues. Simply put, it appears that the minister and his staff recognize the not insignificant shortcomings of waste diversion — as a single approach — and are thinking through what would be entailed if they moved the economy toward true sustainability. Public policy, like science, is a matter of asking the right questions. With its renowned blue box, Ontario is a leader in residential waste diversion via curbside collection. Industry “stewards” pay up to 50 per cent of the net costs of the program (something that’s unknown in other provinces or the United States). With many communities implementing

diversion programs for source-separated organics and multi-residential dwellings, the province will eventually achieve its stated 60 per cent diversion goal. But is this the right answer to the wrong question? Is a sustainable economy simply one that diverts more and more residential waste from disposal? Or does the consumption of products and packaging designed to enter the waste stream in the first place need to be addressed? Experts say the upstream “externalities” of natural resource extraction, manufacturing, distribution and actual use of products represent the majority of their energy and environmental impacts. End-of-life management of these materials is only a small part of a bigger equation. The discussion paper asks new questions and contemplates moving the province beyond the blue box toward European-style producer responsibility for products and packaging. Implementation of these ideas in the real world bears important implications for the “throwaway” society and a variety of stakeholders, including consumers (who will have to change their behavior), industry (which will have to redesign its products and systems) and the waste management industry (which will have to re-process more materials and cart less off to disposal sites). This could be the beginning of the “end of garbage” as we know it.

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The five-year review

Toward a Zero Waste Future is part of a mandatory five-year review of the Waste Diversion Act that, among other things, created Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO) — the agency that presides over policy development in this area. The WDO oversees the Blue Box Program Plan (BBPP) via which industry stewards and municipalities split the net cost of curbside recycling. The WDO has been asked on a separate track to report back next spring on how the BBPP could be revised to incorporate the ideas in the discussion paper. The WDO also oversees product stewardship program development. So far, it has developed programs for household hazardous waste (HHW) and waste electronics (to be implemented in 2009). The government rejected WDO-designed programs for used oil and scrap tires (although it’s asked the WDO to revisit the latter). With the five-year review, industry observers might have expected the minister to simply tweak the existing Waste Diversion Act. Instead, the minister’s discussion paper outlines a Zero Waste policy based on four key principles: ii(i) The framework should be founded on Extender Producer Responsibility (EPR); i(ii) A greater focus on waste reduction and reuse, not just recycling (i.e., restoration of the waste management hierarchy; (iii) Increasing reduction and diversion of waste from the industrial, com-

mercial a n d i n s t i t u t i o n a l IC&I sector (which is double the size of the residential waste stream); and (iv) Greater clarity around roles, responsibilities and accountability. The WDA discussion paper discusses producer versus shared responsibility, the economic implications of individual producer responsibility versus collective producer action on waste diversion, the tough issue of stewardship costs manifesting themselves as “visible fees” applied over and above the price of products, and the impact of stewardship program design on competition in waste service markets. Specifically, in addition to a greater focus on the first and second of the 3Rs (waste reduction and reuse) the discussion paper proposes a framework built upon the foundation of EPR including: — The concept that, “… waste diversion programs should shift more financial responsibility onto producers,” while allowing, “… producers to discharge responsibility for their products and packaging in the way that best suits their needs, has the fairest impact on existing markets and meets the public’s demand for successful diversion activities that strive for zero waste and foster a green economy.” — The concept of differentiating between producers’ products based on the environmental profile of those products (including waste and nonwaste factors such as energy efficiency, toxics reduction, greenhouse gas emissions profile, etc.); — A prohibition on “visible fees”; — Application of stewardship fees to materials that are not currently recyclable; ... continues on page 12

“Ministry staff are aware of the Product Stewardship Councils that have popped up in other jurisdictions.” December/January 2009 www.solidwastemag.com 9

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by Monica Kosmak

The Distraction of Diversion Why BC needs a new waste goal

n the dictionary, the word “diversion” has an ironic double meaning. The first is to deflect, which is what we mean by avoiding waste disposal. But the second meaning is even more relevant today. To distract. As in, “create a diversion.” Both senses of the word apply to waste politics in BC. BC’s diversion goal dates back to 1989 when it pledged to cut the amount of garbage disposed per person by 50 per cent by 2000. Province-wide diversion peaked in 1998, at 25 per cent, where it has stayed ever since. Of the regional districts that met their 50 per cent goal, many moved on to adopt Zero Waste. Interpretations of Zero Waste range from the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary’s goal of 100 per cent diversion by 2020, to Metro Vancouver’s Zero Waste Challenge of getting there “eventually.” All of them intend to work towards zero by setting higher diversion goals. Metro Vancouver is pledging to boost diversion from 52 per cent to 70 per cent by 2015, which it will hold until 2035. Metro also announced it’s prepared to spend $3 billion on high-tech disposal. The question that now dominates BC’s collective imagination is, “What to do with the remaining 30 per cent?” BC is electric with potential answers. Garbage is being rebranded as a clean, green, carbon-saving, renewable fuel by the province (Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum, BC Climate

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Action Secretariat, BC Hydro), as well as Metro Vancouver, other local governments, and, of course, the disposal industry. The question that no one’s asking is, “Will 70 per cent really get us closer to zero?” The problem with diversion is that it’s prone to a little fudging. Many regional districts calculate it like a recycling rate, relying on private MRFs to provide estimates that they’re not obligated to track accurately. The formulas also usually include guesses for reduction and reuse. Diversion rates simply aren’t accurate. Still, there’s a bigger, often overlooked problem. Just because you increase diversion doesn’t mean you’ll decrease disposal at the same rate. That’s because diversion is a relative measure, tied to population growth, consumption, and annual generation rates, and says nothing about absolute disposal. We need a new kind of goal, one that closes the door on disposal, closes the loop on the economy, and gets us past the “landfill versus thermal technology” debate.

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400,000 short tons per year to 40,000 tons per year by 2020. That’s an absolute reduction of 90 per cent. (Download the entire strategy at www.zerowasteoakland.com.) Becky Dowdican, Oakland’s Solid Waste & Recycling Program Supervisor, says the city changed directions when it realized that, although it was meeting the state of California’s 50 per cent diversion target, garbage wasn’t going down. “When diversion is high, we all love to brag about it,” says Dowdican. “But it’s hard not to be cynical when we see that garbage is the same. So we said, let’s cut through the smoke and mirrors. Let’s just say Zero Waste really means zero [to disposal].” As for results, in 2007 Oakland’s total waste disposal dropped by five per cent to 380,000 tons, including residential, commercial and C&D streams.

And population growth? Dowdican’s answer is simple. “We disallowed that as an excuse.” For argument’s sake, let’s say Metro Vancouver adopted an absolute reduction goal of 90 per cent less waste disposed by 2035. Figure 1 shows how this compares to Metro’s proposed 70 per cent diversion, which it intends to achieve by 2015 and hold to 2035. By then, Metro assumes that population will grow from two to three million, and waste generation (3Rs plus disposal) will climb to roughly 4.5 million tonnes. The red line shows that, if Metro achieves 70 per cent by 2015 holds steady as planned until 2035, total disposal would climb back up to the 1.5 million tonnes — just six percent less than what’s disposed today. (This is the same trend line presented in Metro’s consultation document, Strategy to Update the Solid Waste Management Plan, March 15, 2008 Update.) The green line shows 90 per cent disposal reduction from 1.6 million to 160,000 tonnes by 2035. That’s less than four per cent reduction a year. It would be a shame if BC’s environment ministry accepted Metro’s artificially low goal. The ministry has said that EPR will eventually cover all products. BC’s track record of industry-led EPR, with stewards like the brewers recovering more than 90 per cent of their products and covering 100 per cent of the costs, we’re even better positioned than Oakland to go for absolute zero. Monica Kosmak is a freelance writer and environmental policy analyst based in Port Moody, BC. Contact Monica at monica. kosmak@shaw.ca @ARTICLECATEGORY:2243;

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— A more flexible approach to allowing procommercial waste industry ducers to discharge their existing or future steware enormous. ardship obligations through individually crafted Understanding approaches such as pre-existing schemes, or EPR/IPR individual producer-run programs. The term Extended ProduIn regard to increasing reduction and divercer Responsibility is used sion of waste from IC&I sector, alternatives almost interchangeably with include revising the existing 3Rs regulations, “product stewardship” but a extending responsibility for IC&I wastes to different definition is emerging for producers, or designating IC&I wastes on a each. The term “product stewardship” is material-by-material basis. appropriate for programs whose objective is The Ministry has posted Toward a Zero to simply divert specific waste materials (e.g., Waste Future on the Environmental Bill of used oil) from disposal. Such programs usuRights Registry at www.ebr.gov.on.ca (Regisally charge consumers an Advance Recycling try Number 010-4676). Fee (ARF or “eco fee”) in a system of collecThe implications of all this for consumers tion points, haulers and processors approved and retailers, producers (manufacturers and by a collective Industry Funding Organization importers), and managers in the municipal and Walinga VC2336 6/11/07 2:36 PM Page 1

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Producer Responsibility” (IPR). In this hightech era of RFID tags and GPS systems, some envision the possibility of specifically tracking and charging producers for each item that requires end-of-life management. Short of that, waste composition studies can often determine the approximate fair share of each company’s waste (as electronics manufacturers currently do). IPR is considered most appropriate for product and material streams where (a) the brand owners can be identified, (b) the materials are heterogeneous, and (c) the products lend themselves to redesign. Perhaps the best example is waste electronics and electrical equipment (WEEE) — computers, laptops, cell phones and other devices — for which design for the environment (DfE) opportunities abound. Hewlett-Packard, for example, has redesigned its laptops to facilitate ease of dismantling and recycling, and to include fewer screws and fewer different metals and plastics. Sony has inked a deal with recycler GEEP that encourages customers to return its products to stores and special depots, recognizing the opportunity to establish a customer relationship over the entire product lifecycle. (See article, page 19.) But it would be wrong to assume that EPR only suits complicated gadgets. EPR/IPR makes can trigger dynamic change for simple packaging types such as the containers used for soft drinks and other beverages. Ontario (ironically) is home to two very different leading systems for the management of used beverage containers (UBCs). The blue box manages non-alcohol UBCs in what’s called the “shared cost” model (municipalities and industry split the costs) and also the “basket of goods” (wherein high-value materials such as aluminum cross-subsidize less valuable materials such as mixed plastic). In good times, when commodity prices are high (as they’ve been until recently) the “basket of goods” looks like a winner. But when prices crash, municipal partners are reminded that the system can be expensive. More importantly (from an EPR perspective), a lot of containers (50 per cent or more) are still sent for disposal (in part because single-serve drinks are often consumed away from the home). UBC recovery rates stalled years ago, and now even the Aluminum Association is supportive of deposit-refund systems. (See news item, page 60 and article, page 21.) The other system in Ontario is the one op

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Brave New World What would a Zero Waste society look like?

implement a product stewardship program for their containers makes more t’s ironic that private industry, in seeking to externalize the cost of its sense than, say, implementing product stewardship broadly for a particuproducts and packaging onto ratepayers (and the environment) turned lar kind of plastic. Ontario and BC (and other provinces such as Nova to a central-planning model represented by the blue box as its solution. Scotia and Quebec) could cooperate in rolling out a series of programs Now that the limits of this solution are becoming evident, industry will no to deal with various materials/applications, and this would benefit brand doubt complain if it’s forced to re-internalize certain costs. However, an owners who sell their products nationally. It’s difficult to imagine “laggard” EPR economy doesn’t have to be a return to the Stone Age. Perhaps it provinces not following suit once such programs are established. Perhaps would look like the society of our grandparents, with a modern technothe fast food industry could be next? Or pharmaceuticals? logical twist. Think “steam punk” here — you know, the kind of NeoMarket-based systems: The government could establish an authority Victorian trend that’s popped up recently and was celebrated in the film in the province similar to the Dualles system in Germany. At the recent The Golden Compass. (If you didn’t see it, it marries things like dirigibles AMRC fall conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake, consultant Usman Valiante and Victorian clothing with iPod-era gadgetry. Who says a sustainable (a contributing editor to this magazine) outlined a well-received scheme in economy can’t look cool?) Here are a few ideas of what might occur in the which Stewardship Ontario would be tasked with responsibility for the masociety envisioned in the discussion paper Toward a Zero Waste Future. terials managed in the blue box. Something like this makes sense, given the Disposal bans: No good will come from making industry 100 per cent “bench strength” within Stewardship Ontario in understanding waste and responsible for end-of-life management of product and packaging waste recycling issues. No doubt various safeguards if the option exists to simply cart it to a landfill or would have to be put in place to make sure waste-to-energy incineration plant. Ontario’s dethat anti-competitive “combines”-type activities clining permitted landfill space is no secret, and do not occur or become institutionalized. In a has been described in painful detail in this very sustainable economy, government would eschew magazine. The situation will become more dire central planning and command-and-control legiswith closure of the US border to waste export. Any lation and (alongside a clear set of rules) let the serious reduction in waste will help. market figure out the most eco-efficient ways to Zero Waste poses more of a challenge to inachieve “clean production” and closed-loop syscineration proponents; any municipality seriously tems. Call it “the free market” meets “industrial considering construction of a large purpose-built ecology.” waste incinerator must now consider that the Alternative distribution systems: It wasn’t anticipated waste fuel may decline precipitously Steam punk laptop long ago when people’s milk was delivered during the operating lifespan of the project. Endoor-to-door in glass bottles. They took refillable vironmentalists certainly hope so. Ontario is in a soft drink containers back to the store to recover their deposit. Although the policy quandary on this at the moment. The Liberal government made an containers might be made from new-age plastics (and the deposits would election pledge to close the province’s old coal-fired power plants and has be adjusted higher for inflation), a sustainable future would likely see the been scrambling to find replacement sources of “calories” for the grid ever return of these kinds of distribution and container recovery systems. This since, including “green energy” from wind farms, heat exchange systems might not benefit the market share of the major soft drink brands and their and waste-to-energy projects. If the government goes full tilt with waste recentral filling and distribution hubs, but it would certainly be a boost to any duction, WTE megaprojects may not be viable, but (to be non-ideological) number of small “mom and pop” producers who could compete in smaller thermal applications may be appropriate for certain niche applications localize markets (where recovering one’s bottle “float” is paramount.) Or (e.g., autoclave for medical waste, cement kilns or gasifiers for certain perhaps the free market would favour the major soft drink brands. (Cocawastes). Cola won major market share in Germany by being the first to build a Simply put, there wouldn’t be a lot of landfills or incinerators in a Zero high-tech system for refillable PET containers once it realized the governWaste society, but there would be lots of recycling and composting plants ment was serious.) We needn’t be concerned with who the winners and (or a few large ones). losers will be in the new economy — only that pollution is prevented and Government procurement: After years of talking about it, it’s ridicusubsidies are ended (including the municipal subsidy wherein local govlous how little the government (at all levels) has done to implement green ernments cart away the growing mountain of stuff foisted on consumers). procurement policies. Consultants have identified numerous significant opRetooled waste jobs: The job of “sanitation engineer” was invented in portunities for the government (a huge buyer) to “lead by example” and the era when waste haulage was a matter of public hygiene and cholera reduce waste and duplication, reuse items and buy recycled products, and require high post-consumer recycled content in office paper and countless epidemics rampaged in crowded inner cities. While today’s waste manother materials. A sustainable Ontario government would stop talking and agers might fear unemployment in a Zero Waste economy, they should take action on this. consider the boom in alternative next-generation jobs that will spring up Materials regulated by application: Ontario could establish a forwhen industry has to redesign its systems to eliminate waste, and recycle mal policy task force to link with British Columbia and emulate the apthe tons and tons of material it currently ships to landfill at relatively low proach taken there, which regulates waste diversion by application rather cost. Like the workers in smokestack industries who traded in their shovels than simply by material. For example, BC is establishing a product stewfor laptops, savvy haulers and waste processors will re-envision their jobs ardship program for used detergent containers. This has the advantage for the high-tech future (heck, with its optical sorters and star screen filters, that the government can work with one industry group led by a small the waste industry is already high tech!). number of companies whose packaging constitutes the vast majority of Perhaps the “garbage truck” of the future will look more like a courier waste materials in that sector. The packages generally use the same kind of taxi of today. plastic resin. In this instance, having the detergent companies design and

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management hierarchy. The Beer Store recently agreed to also accept all the province’s wine and liquor UBCs for recycling, after these were also placed on deposit. Best of all, containers managed in this industry-run system are kept (for the most part) out of municipal programs. The minister’s discussion paper, simply put, envisions extending this kind of system to as many products and packaging types as possible. It’s difficult not to imagine that used soft drink containers will also eventually be placed on deposit, given the success of The Beer Store system. This would make Ontario’s system more harmonious with the other Canadian provinces, most of which already have deposits

in place. Indeed, the industry might embrace deposits voluntarily if and when it has to pay the full cost of managing not only its discarded containers collected in the blue box but also those that end up in landfill (as the discussion paper contemplates). The question remains whether or not the government will go to the next step and insist that all (or some portion) of soft drinks be sold in refillable containers (as was the case only a few decades ago). This controversial move would subject the government to lobbying from some deep-pocket corporations and their trade associations, yet high-speed sterilization and refilling plants in Germany (and elsewhere) demonstrate that refillable glass and PET containers are a vi-

able alternative; soft drink containers could be managed in an EPR system similar to that of the brewers.

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It’s likely that those industries whose packaging materials are currently managed in the blue box will lobby to maintain the status quo, at least initially. And it’s likely that companies would contract with municipalities to collect certain materials going forward, even in an EPR economy. After all, they have the trucks and infrastructure in place. Barbara McConnell, spokesperson for Stewardship Ontario (the IFO for the blue box ... continues on page 18

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program), was quoted in an article by Mark Saborin in our affiliate EcoCompliance.ca newsletter saying, “We believe that the shared responsibility model is, of course, a really effective way of ensuring that both parties have a shared commitment to the process and making sure that blue box programs are efficiently operated.” Municipalities represented by the Association of Ontario Municipalities (AMO) and the Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators (AMRC, now renamed [see article, page 6.]) have been calling for 100 per cent industry funding for years. However, some municipalities may be reluctant to “let go” and realize that if industry is paying the whole bill, it morally has the right to choose whatever system it likes, as long as it meets the minister’s objectives. Some municipalities may balk at the discussion paper’s mention of “manufacturer’s

networks” and other alternatives, but these are really just different names for product stewardship or EPR programs. Municipal staff shouldn’t fret about losing their jobs any time soon; industry will still need their services, although who they report to might change. There will likely be some rationalization of material recovery facilities (MRFs) and other infrastructure, but local governments will still be involved in running depots for household hazardous waste, WEEE and other yet-to-be designated materials. And they’ll probably still be responsible for organic waste collection. Landfills, already short of capacity, will enjoy a reprieve as volumes sent for disposal will decline over time. Ministry staff are aware of the Product Stewardship Councils that have popped up in BC, California, Oregon and Washington, plus more recently in a half-dozen other jurisdic-

tions (e.g., Vermont). These councils endorse the concepts promoted by Bill Sheehan’s Product Policy Institute (PPI) that envisions EPR for all “product waste” and municipalities primarily managing organic wastes. That such a vision could become reality would’ve been hard to imagine only a few years ago, but the ministry recognizes that the public may be ready for it. And the recent collapse of prices for recycled commodities may have created a “useful crisis” to push the agenda ahead. We will watch developments in the year ahead and report back to readers about whether and how events unfold as Ontario considers Toward a Zero Waste Future. Guy Crittenden is editor of this magazine. Contact Guy at gcrittenden@solidwastemag.com @ARTICLECATEGORY:2243; 2247;

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E-Waste Stewardship GEEP’s “e-colleX” program and Sony

ne of the major issues facing the electronics recycling industry in North America is the cost of transporting electronic waste to recycling processors. Distances between large metropolitan areas incur logistics and transportation costs impacting the profitability in recycling electronic waste. In April 2008 Global Electric Electronic Processing (GEEP) based in Barrie, Ontario launched e-colleX — a unique national electronic waste collection program to complement and augment existing and planned provincial stewardship programs across Canada. The e-colleX program accepts all consumer electronics including portable appliances, electronic games and battery operated devices. Sony was the initial partner in the program as e-colleX provided the opportunity to expand its recycling groundworks/MC7564/SWR 12/5/08 10:23 AM Page 1 efforts in collecting all Sony branded products including larger items like televisions and stereos for end-of-life processing. The goal of the

e-colleX program is to make electronics recycling more accessible to Canadians. All of the collected electronic devices are processed at GEEP facilities through a closed loop procedure. In-house processes and proprietary technology ensures that the e-waste is recycled in an environmentally responsible manner, resulting in maximum resource recovery with a zero landfill objective. This provides manufacturers, business customers and consumers with peace of mind in knowing their used electronics have been recycled with security in an environmentally safe manner. As an example, mixed-plastic fractions that would normally go to landfill are processed utilizing GEEP’s proprietary Nano Fuel Technology to produce pure diesel fuel (to drive generators creating electricity to run the Barrie plant). Currently the e-colleX program manages 29 sites including 14

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Sony authorized service centres (which only receive Sony branded products). All Sony products are collected at no charge to the customer; all other brands are received for a nominal processing fee. The objective is to expand the program in 2009 with an additional 25 collection sites and establish a series of collection events working with local businesses. It’s anticipated that other manufacturers will participate in the ecolleX program to augment in-house branded recycling programs. Manufacturer-driven Take Back and Trade In programs are readily facilitated within the e-colleX program providing a vehicle to stimulate sales and increase retail traffic. As a marketing tool for manufacturers of HD and large screen televisions, the e-col-

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by Clarissa Morawski “All dairy beverage containers will carry a deposit of 10 or 25 cents – a first in North America.”

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nce again, the Province of Alberta has taken the lead in improving the collection and recovery of beverage containers. Last summer the province undertook an extensive regulation review process for its existing deposit-refund program, which covered all beverage containers (both refillable and non-refillable) but excluded milk and any dairy-based beverages. The consultation, led by an all-party committee of the legislature, recommended a series of system improvements, most notably increasing the deposit levels and adding dairy beverage containers to the existing program. On October 22, 2008 Alberta Environment and the Beverage Container Management Board (BCMB) announced that part its Too Good to Waste strategy would include a new beverage container recycling goal of 85 per cent, up from the existing 75 per cent. Under the new program, deposits will increase from 5 to 10 cents and 20 to 25 cents as of November 1, 2008, and all dairy beverage containers will be placed on deposit by June 1, 2009. For the most part, BCMB reports that Albertans are supportive of these changes, based on over 300 calls received after the announcement.

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Environmental advocates throughout North America have been calling for increased deposits in programs with deposits of just five cents for many years. They argue that the declining value of the nickel (see figure next page) plays a role in declining recovery rates. Most deposit refund systems were established in the late 1970s and early 1980s and had a five cent refund on containers. The refund levels have not changed significantly within the last few decades and, as the value of the refund has declined over time, accordingly so has the impact of the economic instrument. In the study Evaluating the Relationship Between Refund Values and Beverage Container Recovery prepared for the BCMB in 2003 by CM Consulting, the findings state: “A strong, positive relationship exists between higher refund levels and corresponding recovery rates in Canada (r2 = .82) and internationally (r2 = 0.80), supporting the hypothesis that the level of the economic incentive to return containers (“the refund”) is a key driver of recovery rates; and data indicates 10-cent refund levels (~86.2 per cent) result in

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higher recovery rates than 5-cent levels (~75.1 per cent), and the system for refillable beer (~97.2 per cent) engenders still higher recovery values in Canada due to the high perceived refund associated with the returns of multi-container packs.” In the Alberta system, unredeemed deposits and material revenue are used directly to off-set system costs. If the recovery rate on bever-

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age containers increases by 10 per cent, then the pool of unredeemed deposits will increase as well. While the number of unredeemed containers will decline, the value of unredeemed containers will double, which means that the revenue from unredeemed deposits will increase, along with material revenue from increased collection. This would seem to be a “win-win” for everyone, except those consumers who choose to discard their container and lose10 cents instead of just 5 cents — a more aggressive penalty for polluters. In spite of supportive science and the possibility of a more sustainable financing system, some industries continue to fight higher deposits. In its submission to the standing committee, Refreshments Canada suggested that, “Raising deposit levels would likely amount to nothing more than a ‘cash grab’ out of consumers pockets, with virtually no real improvement to overall diversion in Alberta.” This sentiment seems to get closer to the real issue that most of the beverage industry has with the concept on increasing deposit levels: the impact on sales. Talk to any beverage company and most believe that a 5-cent increase in deposit levels will have a negative impact on sales. Truth is, several factors can impact sales of beverage containers like seasonal temperatures, economic climate, etc. As such, it’s difficult to accurately measure the economic impact of a deposit increase on sales. To date, no research is available that attributes a direct decline in sales as a result of a new deposit, or an increased deposit. However, it’s worth identifying the impact on sales from front-end fees like container recycling fees (CRF) in BC and Alberta, new deposits, or deposit increases, which

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can be examined by analyzing sales before and after implementation. According to Alberta sales history, there was no impact on the upward sales trend of beverage sales after implementation of a CRF. According to Encorp Pacific there was also no impact on beverage sales after such a fee was implemented in BC in 1999. Deposits were increased in California in 1989 from one to two cents; in 1993 from two to 2.5 cents; and in 2004 from 2.5 cents to four cents. More recently, in January 2007 the deposit was further increased from four to five cents (for small units) and to 20 cents (for large units). Sales figures show no impact as a result of increased deposit values. Hawaii tracked sales of beverage containers pre- and post-introduction of a deposit-refund program there, which charges a five cent deposit, plus a one cent container recycling fee. Again, there was no downward impact on sales. Bottom line: there’s no evidence that deposits or recycling fees on beverage containers impact sales.

included in the deposit-refund program. Starting June 1, 2009 all dairy beverage containers will carry a deposit of 10 or 25 cents redeemable at provincial depots. This will be a first in North America. Performance rates in Alberta over the next couple of years will establish if program changes are successful. Other provinces,

especially British Columbia, will monitor the achievements closely and may well follow Alberta’s lead. Clarissa Morawski is principal of CM Consulting based in Peterborough, Ontario. Contact Clarissa at morawski@ca.inter.net @ARTICLECATEGORY:2243;

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by Paul van der Werf “The odour molecules are decomposed to their nonodourous element forms such as carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen atoms.”

Closing the Gap

he column “The Capacity to Succeed” (February/March edition) highlighted the gap between source separated organics (SSO) collected and processing capacity in the Ontario. I provided an estimate of current SSO capture, estimated future SSO capture and estimated SSO processing capacity in the province. As highlighted in the Waste Diversion Ontario 2006 and 2007 datacall information, SSO capture continues to increase in Ontario, although the rate of increase is lower than was predicted. In 2006 there was a 38 per cent increase in households that had access to green bin collection and a pretty incredible 71 per cent increase in SSO collected. This increase in SSO collected is in part due to maturing organics programs as well as a full year of data from green bin programs initiated in 2005. On average, the 1.2 million households with access to the green bin program diverted about 160 kg/year each. In 2007 there was a 33 per cent increase in households that had access to green bin collection and a 28 per cent increase in SSO collected. On average the 1.65 million households that had access to the green bin program by that point diverted about 150 kg/year. Processing capacity has increased significantly since 2007. Some of the composting facilities have developed their full capacity potential and a number of new facilities have come online. More facilities are planned for 2009.

Estimating capacities is an imperfect science, to say the least. In round numbers it’s estimated that in 2008 there’s about 325,000 tonnes of annualized SSO processing capacity. It’s likely that SSO processing capacity will approach 400,000 tonnes in 2009. This includes estimates for the capacities of fully operating facilities and part capacities for those facilities starting operations in 2008. It’s likely that this figure is an overestimate because in many cases rated facility capacity also includes any carbonaceous amendment that must be added to SSO. Furthermore, rated facility capacity does not assume that a facility is running at full capacity. Finally, spare capacity in one facility is not necessarily always used as merchant capacity for SSO outside of the facility’s jurisdiction. The significant gap in Ontario’s SSO processing capacity is starting to be filled. It’s clear given the continued movement of some SSO out of Ontario that this has not been fully resolved. However, the processing gap is clearly narrowing and could potentially be fully closed within the next two years, and certainly within five years. It seems there’s a mindset to establish local processing capacity to the extent possible. Notwithstanding that, there are a number of potentially large new programs to the east (Kingston, Ottawa) and the west (Region of Waterloo and possibly City of London) that could require additional processing capacity. In the east this processing capacity is planned if not under construction. In the west this is less so.

Universal Resource Recovery

Universal Resource Recovery Inc. (URRI) is a company that’s developing new SSO composting capacity. It has recently developed a new composting (and C&D waste) facility, near Welland, Ontario.

The Region of Niagara is undergoing a transformation with regard to available SSO processing capacity with two new facilities being developed. Universal Resource Recovery Inc. (URRI) is an example of a company that’s developing new SSO composting capacity. It has recently developed a new composting (and C&D waste) facility, near Welland, Ontario. They’ve taken the second “R” (reuse) to heart and it forms an integral part of their facility. Unfortunately the province is littered with old manufacturing facilities that have been shuttered for one reason or another. It’s heartening when one of these old facilities is converted to a new use; an efficient reuse of resources. URRI, an environmental recycling company, purchased the old Welland Pipe site in May, 2006. The site has a staggering 350,000 square feet of building space and the whole site is on about 60 acres. Permitting was received for the use and operation of a waste processing site to be simultaneously used for composting and the mechanical separation of construction and demolition materials. The facility will serve southern Ontario and is set to operate 24/7. The facility will accept approximately 62,500 tonnes of compostable materials and 105,000 tonnes of C&D materials annually. Composting occurs under an approximately 160,000 sq ft building. The facility includes receiving areas for SSO, food waste, yard wastes and wood. The various feedstocks are mixed in a substrate preparation area. The feedstocks are composted in channels (Transform Compost System) with the compost cured in a dedicated area. The facility also has a dedicated screening and product storage areas. ... continues on page 41

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solid waste & recycling — 2009 buyer’s guide BALERS Al-jon Manufacturing LLC Allegheny Paper Applied Radio Technologies Baleforce Recycling Equipment Balemaster Bilt-Rite Bruce Mooney Chenington Durabac Durapac Ecotainer & Anex Fastco Equipment Harmony Enterprises Harris Waste Management Group, High Strength Plates HJA International IPS Balers, Kernic Systems Logemann Brothers Lubo USA Machinex Machinex Recycling Services Nexgen Balers Marathon Equipment / NEXGEN Baling Systems Metro Compactor Metro Compactor West Pacific Metals Recycling Reaction Dist Recycling Equipment Company of Canada Rotobale Compaction Solutions Samuel Strapping Systems Security Engineered Sierra Intl Machinery Solid Waste SP Industries Summit Equip Van Dyk Baler Varsek Trading Wastequip BATTERY COLLECTION & RECYCLING The Battery Broker Battery Council Fluorescent Lamp Recyclers Intl Marine RBRC (Canada) BUILDING SYSTEMS A-Z Technical Future Steel OMI Industries COLLECTION/HAULING/ DISPOSAL SERVICES Aevitas Inc B.J. Bear The Battery Broker BFI Canada BIN THERE Callahan Hoists DEL Hydraulics ENVIROSORT Fluorescent Lamp Recyclers Green Lane Environmental Group LP Hotz Environmental Services

J & M Tire Lafleche Environmental Metro Waste Paper Recovery Molok North America RIN Ent Rothsay – Maple Leaf Foods S.E.L Recycling Services Inc. Sandhill Disposal & Recycling Walker Environmental Group Waste Serv (CA) Wasteco Wessuc Inc COMPACTORS/CRUSHERS A & M Process Equip American Compactor Applied Radio Technologies Beacon Engineering Co. Bilt-Rite Bomag (Canada), Briquetting Systems CP Manufacturing Durabac Durapac Excel Machinery Fastco Equipment Glass Aggregate Systems Harmony Enterprises HJA International K.R. Komarek Laurin Inc. Laurin Inc. Logemann Brothers Machinex Machinex Recycling Services Nexgen Balers Marathon Equipment / NEXGEN Baling Systems Marcel Equipment Metro Compactor Metro Compactor West Multitek Northern Cast Parts Comapny Pendpac Precision Machinery Reaction Dist Recycling Equip Mfg Rotobale Compaction Solutions Samuel Strapping Systems Sebright Products Shu-Pak Equip Solid Waste SP Industries SSI Shredding Systems Summit Equip Tee Mark TMS Solutions Universal Engineering Universal Handling Equipment Varsek Trading Voghel Enviroquip Inc Wastequip Williams Patent COMPOSTING SITE All Treat Farms Cardinal Distribution GSI Environnement inc. Lafleche Environmental R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited

S.E.L Recycling Services Inc. Walker Environmental Group COMPOSTING SYSTEMS/ COMPONENTS All Treat Farms Allu Group Atkinson & Assoc BioBag Canada Brown Bear Casemaker Inc. Coastal BioAgresearch Compostex Compost Double T Equipment DuraTech Industries Fecon HCL Machine Ecolo Odor Control IPL International Bio Recovery Machinex McLanaham Corp Reotemp Instruments Resource Recovery Systems International, Inc.– KW Scarab Mfg SciCorp Systems Signature Marketing, LLC Supreme International Transform Compost Vecoplan Vermeer Canada W. Ralston WCI Environmental Solutions Wildcat Manufacturing CONSTRUCTION & DEMOLITION RECYCLING AET Consultants Allu Group Assinck BIN THERE Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) Cardinal Distribution Erin Recycling The Groundworx HogZilla-CW Mill Equipment Co., McCloskey International Sherbrooke O.E.M Vermeer Canada CONSULTING/ENGINEERING 2cg A-Z Technical Active Scale AET Consultants Air Earth All Treat Farms Assoc of Municipal Recy Atlas Polytech Coastal BioAgresearch Conestoga-Rovers & Associates EcoLog ERIS / Environmental Risk Information En-Pro International Enviroplast Inc Falcon Ridge Group GTC Ventures Inc. Golder Assoc

Holly Services I-CORP International Jacques Whitford Kubota Canada Ltd Leak Location Marshall Macklin Norditrade OCETA Paradigm Software RDC Group R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited RWDI AIR Scarfo Senes Consultants Totten Sims Hubicki VisionQuest Environmental Strategies Waste Diversion WCI Environmental Solutions WorleyParsons – Div. Infrastructure & Environment CONTAINERS (BINS, BAGS, CARTS) Bear Necessities Bilt-Rite BioBag Canada Bomac Carts Bulk-Pack Busch Systems Intl Casemaker Inc. Chevy Lane Fabrications Clorox Company Drader Manufacturing Industries Durabac Durapac Dyna Pak Ecotainer & Anex Fibrex Group Haul-All Equipment HQN Industrial Fabrics Hydraline Saniquip IPL Indaco Manufacturing Laurin Inc. Loraday McClure Industries Metro Compactor Midpoint Intl Molok North America Multi Bag Norseman Plastics Perkins Manufacturing Environmental Packaging Premier Truck RIN Ent Rotobale Compaction Solutions Soudure J.M. SSI Schaefer Systems Thunderbird Plastics Tulip Corporation Universal Handling Equipment VisionsQuest/McGuire promotional Products W. Ralston West Can Mktg CONVEYORS/BELTS Allegheny Paper Andela Products Apache Hose

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solid waste & recycling — 2009 buyers’ guide Baleforce Recycling Equipment Bruce Mooney Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) CP Manufacturing C.S. Bell Eriez Magnetics Erin Recycling Excel Machinery Flexco Glass Aggregate Systems HJA International Industrial Magnetics IPS Balers, MWE Belting Machinex Machinex Recycling Services Nexgen Balers Marathon Equipment / NEXGEN Baling Systems McCloskey International Precision Husky Recycling Equip Mfg Sherbrooke O.E.M Summit Equip Titan Industries Van Dyk Baler Vecoplan ELECTRONICS RECYCLING & DESTRUCTION Artech Reduction Technologies ECOSYS/ RIDER Global Electric Electronic Processing (GEEP) Intl Marine Lubo USA Metech International Security Engineered EVENTS (TRADESHOWS/ CONFERENCES/SEMINARS) Battery Council CCSPA Cdn Waste/Recy Messe Frankfurt dmg world media Eco/Log Week Koelnmesse Inc. Falcon Ridge Group Marketing Strategies Munich Intl Pollutec Recycling Council Recycling Council Reseau Envr WastExpo GLASS RECYCLING Andela Products Fluorescent Lamp Recyclers Glass Aggregate Systems Harvey Enterprise MSS McLanaham Corp GPS TRACKING SYSTEMS Abbott Enterprises Shaw Tracking So. Cal Soft-Pak

WAM Software HEAVY EQUIPMENT/ ATTACHMENTS/PARTS Allu Group Atkinson & Assoc Atlas Polar BODINE MFG Valon Kone Brunette Caterpillard Columbia Corp Continental Biomass Industries, Crane Equipment DEL Hydraulics, Fecon Future Steel Groeneveld Harper Power Products Hercules Bulldog High Strength Plates Hydraline Saniquip J & M Tire Bounty Liebherr-Canada Maxon Ind MGM Brakes New Waste Palfinger North America Quadco Equipment Rotobec Inc S.E.S. SETCO Solid SMS Equipment – Eastern Region Superior Tire & Rubber Vulcan On-Board Scales HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE (HHW) Aevitas Inc ENVIROSORT Hotz Environmental Services IC & I WASTE BioBag Canada EMF CONTAINERS Green Lane Environmental Group LP Walker Environmental Group INCINERATION / THERMAL (EFW) SYSTEMS Action Equipment Eco Waste GTC Ventures Inc. RGF Environmental Water Maze Willms & Shier INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS Battery Council CARI CCSPA Composting Council Municipal Waste Integration Reseau Envr

INDUSTRY INFORMATION/ TECHNICAL RESOURCES/ PUBLISHING, ETC. aboutREMEDIATION.com Atlas Polytech Database Publishing EcoLog Info Ecolog Legislative Eco/Log Week En-Pro International Falcon Ridge Group Geosynthetica.net Municipal Waste Integration OCETA Penwortham Group Recycling Council SK Waste Reduction Scarfo INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RECOVERY ECOSYS/ RIDER INSTRUMENTATION/CONTROL/ SAMPLING/MONITORING EQUIPMENT Abbott Enterprises Aggressor Auto Applied Radio Technologies Avery Weigh-Tronix Canada Bascom-Turner Canadian Scale EPG Companies Global Sensor J. McGale Industries Inc. – Clarion Surround Sight MGM Brakes QEL Quatrosense Reotemp Instruments Spectrum Technologies INSURANCE EcoLog ERIS / Environmental Risk Information LABORATORY TESTING SERVICES Active Scale CRIQ Dyna Pak Eriez Magnetics I-CORP International K.R. Komarek LANDFILL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (CAPS, DAILY COVER, LINERS, GAS/LEACHATE COLLECTION & TREATMENT Agru America AmCon Environmental Conestoga-Rovers & Associates EPG Companies Geosynthetica.net Golder Assoc GSI Environnement inc. Ecolo Odor Control HQN Industrial Fabrics

I-CORP International Landsaver Environmental Layfield Geosynthetics Leak Location Madvac Mercer Motor Works New Waste Nilex Inc. North American Green Environmental Packaging QEL Quatrosense Reef Industries R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited Rusmar Inc SciCorp Systems Solmax International Stanmech Tech Tex-Net Totten Sims Hubicki LANDFILL OPERATORS BFI Canada Essex- Windsor Solid Waste Green Lane Environmental Group LP Lafleche Environmental Walker Environmental Group Waste Serv (CA) LAWYERS/LEGAL SERVICES Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP EcoLog ERIS / Environmental Risk Information EcoLog Info Ecolog Legislative McCarthy Tétrault Miller Thomson LLP Willms & Shier MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT Allied-Gator Apache Hose Atlas Polar Bayne Premium Lift Systems Bomac Carts B and C Body Callahan Hoists Carrier Vibrating Casemaker Inc. Caterpillard Double T Equipment Hallco Mfg Harris Waste Management Group, Hercules Bulldog Industrial Magnetics Kubota Canada Bounty Liebherr-Canada Loraday MWE Belting McClure Industries Metro Compactor Metro Compactor West Multitek Stearns Magnetics Pacific Metals Recycling Palfinger North America Polymer Recovery

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Enterprise CodeWorks Essex- Windsor Solid Waste MSS Madvac Metro Waste Paper Recovery Multi Bag R.A.R.E. Recyclage Alexandria RIN Ent Shred-Tech SP Industries Tulip Corporation Walinga Inc. Waste Serv (CA) Wasteco PLASTICS RECYCLING/ COLLECTION Alberta Dairy Council Busch Systems Intl Chenington Enviroplast Inc Essex- Windsor Solid Waste Fibrex Group ECOSYS/ RIDER Granutech-Saturn Haul-All Equipment Haycore Canada Hosokawa Polymer Systems Industrial Magnetics Madvac Metro Waste Paper Recovery Multi Bag Polymer Recovery R.A.R.E. Recyclage Alexandria RIN Ent Temperature Corp Tulip Corporation Varsek Trading Walinga Inc. PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP/ EPR PROGRAMS VisionQuest Environmental Strategies PUMPS/VALVES/METERS Blackhawk Technology DEL Hydraulics, EPG Companies Hydraline Saniquip J.F. Comer OMI Industries RECYCLING SORTING & SEPARATION EQUIPMENT A & A Magnetics, Action Equipment Allied-Gator American Pulverizer Andela Products Assinck BDR Machinery The Battery Broker Beacon Engineering Co. BM&M Screening Bomac Carts Bruce Mooney Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

CP Manufacturing C.S. Bell Carrier Vibrating Continental Biomass Industries, Crane Equipment CRIQ Dings Company Enviroplast Inc Eriez of Canada Eriez Magnetics Erin Recycling Excel Machinery ECOSYS/ RIDER Granutech-Saturn Harmony Enterprises Haycore Canada Hercules Bulldog Hosokawa Polymer Systems IPL International Bio Recovery J.F. Comer Joe Johnson K.R. Komarek Keith Manufacturing Kernic Systems Liebherr-Canada Logemann Brothers Lubo USA MSS MWE Belting Machinex Machinex Recycling Services Magnetics Div Global Metso Minerals Mid City Group Midpoint Intl National Recovery Norditrade Ohio Magnetics, Inc.- Div. Stearns Stearns Magnetics Oliver Manufacturing Polymer Recovery Recycling Equipment Company of Canada Recycling Equip Mfg Rotobec Inc Scarab Mfg Sebright Products Sherbrooke O.E.M Shred-Tech Sierra Intl Machinery Solid Waste Steinert US, LLC Supreme International T&T Technology Tee Mark Thunderbird Plastics Tryco/Untha Universal Engineering Van Dyk Baler Voghel Enviroquip Inc Walinga Inc. Walker Magnetics Walking Floor West Can Mktg Wildcat Manufacturing Wilkens Industries

SCALES/WEIGHING SYSTEMS Active Scale Active Scale Aggressor Auto Air-Weigh Scales Avery Weigh-Tronix Canada B and C Body Canadian Scale Enterprise CodeWorks Fairbanks Scales Fastco Equipment METTLER TOLEDO Canada Paradigm Software So. Cal Soft-Pak TMS Solutions Trouble-Shooting Services Vulcan On-Board Scales SCRAP METAL RECYCLING Allied-Gator American Pulverizer Baleforce Recycling Equipment BIN THERE BODINE MFG Briquetting Systems Commercial Metals Eriez of Canada Global Electric Electronic Processing (GEEP) Harris Waste Management Group, Hotz Environmental Services Intl Marine IPS Balers, J & M Tire J.F. Comer Metech International Metso Minerals Ohio Magnetics, Inc.- Div. Stearns Stearns Magnetics Oliver Manufacturing Pacific Metals Recycling RIN Ent Shred-Tech Sierra Intl Machinery Superior Tire & Rubber Walker Magnetics SHREDDERS/TIRE RECYCLING A & M Process Equip Allegheny Paper American Pulverizer Artech Reduction Technologies BDR Machinery Balemaster Brown Bear C.S. Bell Chenington Columbus McKinnon Continental Biomass Industries, Ecotainer & Anex Granutech-Saturn The Groundworx High Strength Plates Hosokawa Polymer Systems Kernic Systems Machinex Machinex Recycling Services Magnetics Div Global Recycling Equipment Company of

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Inovex Industries Soudure J.M. Titan Trailers Travis Body & Trailer Universal Handling Equipment Walking Floor Wilkens Industries TRAINING & CONTINUING EDUCATION aboutREMEDIATION.com Assoc of Municipal Recy Coastal BioAgresearch Ecolog Legislative Haycore Canada Marshall Macklin Municipal Waste Integration OCETA RDC Group Robotronics SK Waste Reduction Scarfo Senes Consultants TRUX Route TRANSPORTATION/ FLEET MAINTENANCE

Labrie Equip Laurin Inc. Mailhot Industries Marcel Equipment Marrel Mid City Group Ontario Autocar Palfinger North America Pendpac Perkins Manufacturing Premier Truck Inovex Industries Roll-Rite, LLC Rotobec Inc SETCO Solid Shu-Pak Equip Sims Cab Depot SMS Equipment – Eastern Region Soudure J.M. Stellar Industries Titan Trailers Universal Handling Equipment Vulcan On-Board Scales Walinga Inc. Wessuc Inc TUB GRINDERS – SALES & SERVICE

B.J. Bear Fort Garry Ind Global Sensor Groeneveld Harper Power Products Holly Services Intec Video Joe Johnson Loraday RGF Environmental Inovex Industries Walker Environmental Group

Atkinson & Assoc Bandit Industries Continental Biomass Industries, Doran Mfg DuraTech Industries HogZilla-CW Mill Equipment Co., Peterson Precision Husky Rotochopper, S.E.L Recycling Services Inc. Supreme International

TRUCKS/HAULING & EQUIPMENT (FRONTLOADERS, ROLL-OFFS, LUGGERS, HOOK LIFT, ETC.)

WASTE AUDITING/ ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

B.J. Bear Bayne Premium Lift Systems B and C Body Callahan Hoists Fort Garry Ind Future Steel Global Sensor Harper Power Products Haul-All Equipment Heil Environmental HQN Industrial Fabrics Hydraline Saniquip Intec Video J&J Truck Bodies Joe Johnson

2cg AET Consultants BIOREM Technologies Conestoga-Rovers & Associates Deister En-Pro International ENVIROSORT Golder Assoc Holly Services Jacques Whitford Kubota Canada Ltd Metro Waste Paper Recovery Marshall Macklin OCETA RDC Group

RWDI AIR SK Waste Reduction Senes Consultants Spectrum Technologies Totten Sims Hubicki VisionQuest Environmental Strategies Waste Diversion Wasteco Willms & Shier WorleyParsons – Div. Infrastructure & Environment WASTE TO ENERGY TECHNOLOGY Valon Kone Brunette Continental Biomass Industries, Double T Equipment DuraTech Industries GTC Ventures Inc. SSI Shredding Systems Weima WOOD RECYCLING EQUIPMENT/ PARTS (DELIMBERS, DEBARKERS, TROMMEL SCREENS, CHIPPERS, ETC.) A & M Process Equip Action Equipment Assinck BDR Machinery Bandit Industries BODINE MFG Valon Kone Brunette Cardinal Distribution Continental Biomass Industries, Doran Mfg Fecon HogZilla-CW Mill Equipment Co., Machinex Machinex Recycling Services Magnetics Div Global Marcel Equipment McCloskey International McLanaham Corp Multitek Northern Cast Parts Comapny Oliver Manufacturing Peterson Precision Husky Rotochopper, Tryco/Untha Vermeer Canada Voghel Enviroquip Inc Weima West Salem Machinery Williams Patent

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solid waste & recycling — 2009 buyers’ guide Location: 6 York Rd 519 752-3701 Fax: 519 756-0267. Toll-Free: 866 284-2223 Pres Mark Nielsen

Aggressor Automation

9061 Airport Rd Mount Hope ON L0R 1W0 905 679-6397 Fax: 905 679-3131. VP Paula Harley

Agru America Inc.

500 Garrison Rd Georgetown SC 29440 843 546-0600 Fax: 843 527-2738. Sls/Mktg Dee Strong

2cg Inc.

451 Ferndale Ave London ON N6C 3X7 519 645-7733 Fax: 519 645-0337. Pres Paul Van Der Werf Waste auditing for residential sector Waste auditing for IC&I sector Waste management planning Waste diversion strategy development Composting expertise Recycling expertise Waste brokering.

A & A Magnetics, Inc.

PO Box 1427 Woodstock IL 60098-1427 Location: 520 Magnet Way 815 338-6054 Fax: 815 338-8590. Toll-Free: 888 605-6054 Sls Chris Klute

A & M Process Equipment Ltd. 487 Westney Rd S, Unit 1 Ajax ON L1S 6W7 905 619-8001 Fax: 905 619-8816. Pres John Lang

A.C. Carbone Canada Inc.

300 rue Brosseau St-Jean-Richelieu QC J3B 2E9 450 348-1807 Fax: 450 348-3311. Gen Mgr Karl Mertn Jr

A-Z Technical Bldg. Systems Inc. 299 Mill Rd, Unit 1510 Toronto ON M9C 4V9 416 626-1794 Fax: 416 626-5512. Toll-Free: 877 743-5888 Pres Wally M Loucks

Abbott Enterprises, Inc.

PO Box 9026 Pine Bluff AR 71611 870 535-4973 Fax: 870 535-4970. Toll-Free: 800 643-5973 Dir-Mktg John T Ware II

AET Consultants, A Divison of AET Group Inc.

3-504-133 Weber Street North Waterloo ON N2J 3G9 Location: 531 Wellington St N Kitchener ON N2H 5L6 519 576-9723 Fax: 519 570-9589. Principal/Sr Consultant-AET Group Inc. Scott Freiburger Branches: Eco2 Systems 204 Herbert St Waterloo ON N2J 1T8 Integrated Green Building Concepts, Waterloo, ON Consultants in waste, building sciences, ecology, energy and environmental management. Services include waste composition audits; wste characterization; waste reduction programs; operation assessments and optimizations; IC&I and C&D waste management; comprehensive municipal waste studies; waste receiver assessments; building retrofits; LEED design and facilitation; environmental impact studies; biological assessments and surveys; ecological modelling; natural systems planning and management; ecological design and restoration; energy audits; energy feasibility studies; regulatory compliance; environmental management systems; government consultation; ewmedial specialized communication and program management; and environmental health & safety.

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2070 Hadwen Rd, Unit 201A Mississauga ON L5K 2C9 905 822-4133 Fax: 905 822-3558. Proj Eng Wayne Coutinho

Action Equipment Company, Inc. PO Box 3100 Newberg OR 97132-5100 Location: 2800 Hayes St 503 537-1111 Fax: 503 537-1117. Parts/Serv Brian Bonham

Active Scale Manufacturing Inc. PO Box 2145 Stn Main Brantford ON N3T 5Y6 Location: 6 York Rd 519 752-3701 Fax: 519 756-0267. Toll-Free: 866 284-2223

Active Scale Manufacturing Inc. PO Box 2145 Brantford ON N3T 5Y6

Aevitas inc.

75 Wanlass Crt Ayr ON N0B 1E0 519 740-1333 Fax: 519 740-2320. Toll-Free: 800 324-8997 Sls Mgr Tom maxwell Aevitas Inc is an industry leader in providing environmentally responsible and cost effective solutions for unique waste treatment and disposal streams. It is our company objective to provide safe and permanent treament of a wide range of PCB materials; the only commercial mercury waste treatment system in Canada; transformer oil draining, removal, treatment and recycling; pioneered mobile treatment of PCB ballasts; drummed wste packaging and removal; and an in-house analytical laboratory testing service with trace organic capabilities.

Air Earth & Water Environmental Consultants Ltd. 423 Ireland Rd Simcoe ON N3Y 5J1 519 426-7019 Fax: 519 426-5035. Pres Robert Lovegrove

Air-Weigh On-Board Scales

1730 Willow Creek Cir Eugene OR 97402 541 343-7884 Fax: 541 431-3121. Toll-Free: 888 459-3444 Sls Mgr-Refuse Div Michael Ferguson

Al-jon Manufacturing LLC

14599 2nd Ave Ottumwa IA 52501 641 455-5635 Fax: 641 682-6294. Toll-Free: 888 255-6681 Pres Kendig K Kneen

Alberta Dairy Council, Milk Container Recycling Program

12 Wordsworth Pl St. Albert AB T8N 3P4 780 418-1400 Fax: 780 418-1600. Toll-Free: 877 414-5847 Prog Coord Roberta Windrum

All Treat Farms Ltd.

7963 Wellington Rd 109 Arthur ON N0G 1A0 519 848-3145 Fax: 519 848-2598. Compost Site Mgr Bruce Voisin

Allegheny Paper Shredders Corporation

PO Box 80 Delmont PA 15626-0080 Location: Old William Penn Hwy E 724 468-4300 Fax: 724 468-5919. Toll-Free: 800 245-2497 Sls Mgr Evelyn Jefferson

Allied-Gator, Inc.

2100 Poland Ave Youngstown OH 44502 330 744-0808 Fax: 330 744-3218. Toll-Free: 800 624-2867 Sls/Mktg Mike Ramun

Allied Paper Savers Inc.

16820 129 Ave NW Edmonton AB T5V 1L1 780 447-1648 Fax: 780 447-1737. Toll-Free: 888 680-1648 Bus Mgr Brent McIntosh

Allu Group

700 Huyler St Teterboro NJ 07608-1131 201 288-2236 Fax: 201 288-4479. Toll-Free: 800 939-2558 Pres Mardi Ohanessian

Alternative Plastic Products Mfg. Inc. 1610 Lakeside Rd S Lethbridge AB T1K 3G8 403 329-1713 Fax: 403 329-1512. Pres Grant Harrington

AmCon Environmental Co, Inc.

PO Box 1516 Somerset KY 42502 606 679-7929 Fax: 606 678-6580. Pres/CEO Bill N Cody

American Compactor, Inc.

PO Box 1303 Mansfield OH 44901 419 522-9550 Fax: 419 522-1807. CEO David Shook

American Pulverizer Company

1319 Macklind Ave St. Louis MO 63110-1853 314 781-6100 Fax: 314 781-9209. VP-Sls/Serv Skip Anthony

Andela Products, Ltd.

493 State Rte 28 Richfield Springs NY 13439 315 858-0055 Fax: 315 858-2669. Pres Cynthia Andela

Apache Hose & Belting Co. Inc. 4805 Bowling St SW Cedar Rapids IA 52404 319 365-0471 Fax: 319 365-2522. Toll-Free: 800 553-5455 Pres/CEO Steve Crain

Applied Radio Technologies Corporation

388 Speers Rd, Floor 2 Oakville ON L6K 2G2 905 825-8240 Fax: 905 338-7885. Toll-Free: 888 278-7343 Toll-Free Fax: 866 894-4329 VP-Sls/Mktg Bob Carroll

Artech Reduction Technologies 1218 South Service Rd W Oakville ON L6L 5T7 905 829-1350 Fax: 905 829-1535. Bus Dev Mgr Gary Klowak

Assinck Limited

9577 Hwy 48 N Markham ON L3P 3J3 888 801-4700 Fax: 888 801-4900. VP George Baker

Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators

127 Wyndham St N Suite 100 Guelph ON N1H 4E9 519 823-1990 Fax: 519 823-0084. Project/Commun Mgr Ben Bennett

Atkinson & Assoc.

PO Box 22 Stn Main Amherst NS B4H 3Y6 902 667-9985 Fax: 902 667-0485. Owner John R Atkinson

Atlas Polar Company Limited 60 Northline Rd Toronto ON M4B 3E5

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solid waste & recycling — 2009 buyers’ guide 416 751-7740 Fax: 416 751-6475. Toll-Free: 888 799-4422 Ontario Sls Mgr Peter Scott

Atlas Polytech Inc.

400 boul Marie-Victorin Boucherville QC J4B 1W2 450 449-4041 Fax: 450 449-7454. Pres M Scholler

Avery Weigh-Tronix Canada

217 boul Brunswick Pointe Claire QC H9R 4R7 514 695-0380 Fax: 514 695-6820. Toll-Free: 800 561-9461 Sls Mgr Joe Stark

BDR Machinery Ltd.

4580 Eastgate Pky Mississauga ON L4W 4K4 905 625-9236 Fax: 905 625-6437. Pres Christer Eyram

B.J. Bear

25 Earl Martin Dr Elmira ON N3B 2L4 519 669-1750 Fax: 519 669-3818. Toll-Free: 888 545-2736 Pres Warren Jack

Baleforce Recycling Equipment 27-1300 King St E Suite 187 Oshawa ON L1H 8J4 905 725-1900 Fax: 905 725-2948. Toll-Free: 888 874-1692 Sls Mgr Jim Guest

Beacon Engineering Co. Inc.

PO Box 129 Jasper GA 30143 706 692-6411 Fax: 706 692-3227. Sec-Treas Susie Shields

Bear Necessities Waste & Food Storage Inc. 210 Lady MacDonald Dr Canmore AB T1W 1H3 403 678-6304 Fax: 403 451-1465. Pres/CEO Lori Hogarth

BFI Canada Inc.

Brown Bear Corporation

143 Industrial Rd Bolton ON L7E 1K5 905 857-0330 Fax: 905 857-7669. Toll-Free: 866 245-8634 Pres Sal Chiera

Bin-There Inc.

561 Brant St Suite 8501 Burlington ON L7R 2G6 905 634-0777 Fax: 905 333-1562. Toll-Free: 866 562-3246 Pres Henry Kwasniak

BioBag Canada Inc.

BIOREM Technologies Inc.

111 Downey St Norwood MA 02062 781 769-9660 Fax: 781 769-2099. Toll-Free: 800 225-3298 Mktg Mgr Dennis N Crouse

The Battery Broker Environmental Services Inc.

11 Tupper Ave Toronto ON M8Z 5H5 416 255-3321 Fax: 416 255-7707. Pres Ron Bebee

Battery Council International

401 North Michigan Ave Chicago IL 60611-4267 312 644-6610 Fax: 312 527-6640. VP Maurice Desmarais

Bayne Premium Lift Systems

910 Fork Shoals Rd Greenville SC 29605 864 288-3877 Fax: 864 458-7519. Toll-Free: 800 535-2671 Mktg Mgr Carmen Smothers

1300 Aerowood Dr Mississauga ON L4W 1B7 905 625-6611 Fax: 905 625-9570. Toll-Free: 800 263-0814 Cdn Sls Mgr Dan Church

Bilt-Rite Disposal Equipment Ltd.

Bandit Industries, Inc.

Bascom-Turner Instruments, Inc.

Bomag (Canada) Inc.

Briquetting Systems

980 Crown Crt Crown Point IN 46307 219 663-4525 Fax: 219 663-4591. Reg Mgr Western Cda John Peirick

6750 Millbrook Rd Remus MI 49340 989 561-2270 Fax: 989 561-2273. Toll-Free: 800 952-0178

201 Badger Pky Darien WI 53114 262 882-5000 Fax: 262 882-3389. Toll-Free: 800 909-1147 VP-Sls/Mktg Cindy Lapidakis

135 Queens Plate Dr Suite 300 Toronto ON M9W 6V1 416 401-7725 Fax: 416 741-4565. Pres/CEO Keith Carrigan

103-1687 W Broadway Vancouver BC V6J 1X2 604 876-5100 Fax: 604 876-5107. Toll-Free: 866 976-5100 Pres Greg Beresford

Balemaster

Bomac Carts, LLC

7496 Wellington Rd 34 RR 3 Guelph ON N1H 6H9 519 767-9100 Ext. 240 Fax: 519 767-1824. Toll-Free: 800 353-2087 Dir-Tech/Emerging Mktg Derek S Webb

Blackhawk Technology Company

21W161 Hill Ave Glen Ellyn IL 60137 630 469-4916 Fax: 630 469-4896. Sls Rep Mark Bertane

BM&M Screening Solutions

9377 193 St Surrey BC V4N 4E7 604 888-8400 Fax: 604 888-8404. Toll-Free: 800 663-0323 Exec Asst Maureen Goosen

Bodine Mfg.

Industrial Park PO Box 269 Smithville ON L0R 2A0 Location: 2276 London Rd 905 957-2961 Fax: 905 957-4631. Toll-Free: 800 269-0257 Slsmn Scott Fletcher

101-1001 Broadway W Vancouver BC V6H 4E4 604 818-0287 Fax: 604 874-7103. Pres Wayne Winkler

PO Box 29 Corning IA 50841-0029 641 322-4220 Fax: 641 322-3527. Pres Stan Brown

Bruce Mooney Associates Inc.

PO Box 749 Marlton NJ 08053 856 797-9164 Fax: 856 797-9165. Toll-Free: 800 454-2686 Treas Eric Mooney

Brunette Industries Ltd.

330 Edworthy Way New Westminster BC V3L 5G5 604 522-3977 Fax: 604 522-6806.

BTE Body Compny, Inc.

PO Box 569040 Dallas TX 75356-9040 Location: 3611 Irving Blvd Dallas TX 75247 Fax: 214 630-0852. Toll-Free: 800 299-6225 Ext. 236 Gen Mgr Arlyn D Campbell

Toll-Free: 800 498-4215 Pres Peter J Anderson

Busch Systems International Inc. 343 Saunders Rd Barrie ON L4N 9A3 705 722-0806 Fax: 705 722-8972. Toll-Free: 800 565-9931 Commun Coord Genevieve Dupont

CP Manufacturing Inc.

1300 Wilson Ave National City CA 91950 619 477-3175 Fax: 619 477-2215. Toll-Free: 800 462-5311 Sls Mgr Dirk Kantak

The C.S. Bell Co.

PO Box 291 Tiffin OH 44883-0291 419 448-0791 Fax: 419 448-1203. Adv Mgr/Pres Ronald F White

Callahan 5th Wheel Hoists

PO Box 205 Royal City WA 99357 509 346-2208 Fax: 509 346-9203. Pres Nancy Callahan

Canadian Association of Recycling Industries

3 Clay St Almonte ON K0A 1A0 613 256-8533 Fax: 613 256-8534.

Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association

130 Albert St Suite 800 Ottawa ON K1P 5G4 613 232-6616 Ext. 12 Fax: 613 2336350.

Canadian Scale Company Limited

305 Horner Ave Toronto ON M8W 1Z4 416 259-1111 Fax: 416 259-1959. Toll-Free: 800 461-0634

Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

1040 Arrowsmith Eugene OR 97402-9121 541 485-0999 Fax: 541 485-6341. Toll-Free: 866 688-2066 Sls/Mktg Asst Donna Walters Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) is an innovative, worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and installation of material sorting and handling systems for the solid waste and recycling industries. Companies around the world choose BHS because of our experience and dedication, cuttingedge technology, quality construction and unmatched customer service. Our customized systems reduce labor costs and increase material throughput and recovery rates, creating both efficient and economical operations.

Bulk-Pack Inc.

1025 9th St N Monroe LA 71201 318 387-3260 Fax: 318 387-6362.

Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo 1600 Parkwood Cir Suite 615 Atlanta GA 30339 403 638-4410 Fax: 403 638-4413. Toll-Free: 877 534-7285 Show Mgr Arnie Gess

Cardinal Distribution Inc.

7 Cheminot St Angliers QC J0Z 1A0 819 949-2281 Fax: 819 949-4141. Toll-Free: 800 463-4862 Admn Mgr Karie Berneche

Carrier Vibrating Equipment Canada

PO Box 759 Aurora ON L4G 4J9 905 727-3185 Fax: 905 727-3187. Gen Mgr Mike Doucette

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solid waste & recycling — 2009 buyers’ guide Casemaker Inc.

33 Glen Cameron Rd, Unit 8 Thornhill ON L3T 1N9 905 889-5245 Fax: 905 889-4818. Pres Jack Pepall

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Scotia Plaza 40 King St W Suite 2100 Toronto ON M5H 3C2 416 869-5300 Fax: 416 360-8877. Partner James Ayres

Caterpillar Inc.

100 NE Adams St Peoria IL 61629-6335 309 675-1000 Fax: 309 675-4757. Mktg Admin Sharon Holling

CBI Howe-Baker Engineers

PO Box 956 Tyler TX 75710 903 510-5315 Fax: 903 581-6178. Mgr Curtis Nipp

Chenington Equipment Manufacturing & Sales Inc.

6333 39 St SE Calgary AB T2C 1N1 403 329-1713 Fax: 403 329-1512. Pres Grant R Harrington

Columbus McKinnon Corporation

11100 Sodom Rd Niagara Falls ON L2E 6S6 905 295-7224 Fax: 905 295-8410. Owner Donna Chamberlain Customized Public Place Recycling containers and solutions. Solutions for parks, arenas, city streets, shopping centres, schools, special events and more.

Clear Computing, Inc.

106 Apple St Suite 302 Tinton Falls NJ 07724 732 747-0113 Fax: 732 741-3359. Toll-Free: 888 332-5327 Dir-Mktg Walt Levine

The Clorox Company of Canada Ltd. 150 Biscayne Cres Brampton ON L6W 4V3 416 570-4379 Fax: 905 454-6670. Env Consul Dave Douglas

Coastal BioAgresearch Ltd. 268 Boutiliers Point Rd Boutiliers Point NS B3Z 1V1 902 826-2931 Pres P R Warman

Columbia Industries, LLC

5775 NW Wagon Way Hillsboro OR 97124-8531 503 531-0600 Fax: 503 531-0601. Mktg Mgr Jeff Van Raden

605-999 8th St SW Calgary AB T2R 1J5 403 209-3562 Fax: 403 245-8649. Toll-Free: 888 799-2545 Ext. 562 Toll-Free Fax: 866 245-8649

1920 Whitfield Ave Sarasota FL 34243 941 755-2621 Fax: 941 753-2308. Toll-Free: 800 848-1071 Sls Mgr Richard P Colyar

Commercial Metals Company

6565 N. MacArthur Blvd Suite 800 Irving TX 75039 214 689-4300 Fax: 214 689-5886. Sr VP-Mktg Bob Melendi

Compostex Compost Covers 245 Ten Stones Cir Charlotte VT 05445 802 425-5556 Owner Steven Wisbaum

The Composting Council of Canada

16 Northumberland St Toronto ON M6H 1P7 416 535-0240 Fax: 416 536-9892. Exec Dir Susan Antler

Computation Ltd.

280 Jane St Toronto ON M6S 3Z2 416 629-5667

Conestoga-Rovers & Associates Chevy Lane Fabrications

dmg world media (Canada) Inc.

651 Colby Dr Waterloo ON N2V 1C2 514 884-0510 Fax: 519 884-0525. Toll-Free: 800 265-6102 Bus Dev Mgr Bruce McConnell Branches: 10551 Shellbridge Way Suite 121 Richmond BC V6X 2W9 604 214-0510 Fax: 604 214-0525 5920 1A St SW Suite 601 Calgary AB T2H 0G3 403 271-2000 Fax: 403 271-3013 111 Brunel Rd Suite 200 Mississauga ON L4Z 1X3 905 712-0510 Fax: 905 712-0515 4610 de la Cote-Vertu Blvd Montreal QC H4S 1C7 514 336-0510 Fax: 514 336-9434 31 Gloster Crt Dartmouth NS B3B 1X9 902 468-1248 Fax: 902 468-2207 CRA provides comprehensive engi neering, environmental consulting, construction, and information technol ogy (IT) services. CRA employs more than 2,900 people in 90 offices across North America, Argentina, Brazil and England. For over 30 years, CRA has provided clients with comprehensive services in the area of solid waste management. From initial facility sit ing/permitting, through to design, construction, operations, and closure, we have the expertise to assist. CRA is also active in greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and carbon credits.

Doran Manufacturing Continental Biomass Industries, Inc.

22 Whittier St Newton NH 03858 603 382-0556 Fax: 603 382-0557. Gen Sls Mgr Ed Donovan Continental Biomass Industries, Inc. manufactures a complete line of Grind ers, Shredders and Chippers for the biomass recovery industries. Products include Grizzly Mill(r) wood waste hogs, Magnum Force(r) Horizontal Grinders and Chippers, Annihilator Shredders, Screeners, and Stump Shears. CBI also designs and builds complete station ary systems for processing and recy cling C&D and MSW. These include combinations of primary shredders, screeners, conveyors, picking stations, magnetic separators, water tanks, sec ondary and tertiary grinders to assure specific product size.

PO Box 147 Harlan IA 51537 Location: 1230 870th St 712 755-7980 Fax: 712 755-7877. Pres/Owner Randall Doran

Double T Equipment Manufacturing Ltd.

PO Box 3637 Stn Main Airdrie AB T4B 2B8 403 948-5618 Fax: 403 948-4780. Sls Rep Rey Rawlins

Drader Manufacturing Industries Ltd. 5750 50 St NW Edmonton AB T6B 2Z8 780 440-2231 Fax: 780 440-2244. Toll-Free: 800 661-4122 Sls Mgr Bruce Lecky

Durabac Durapac

33740 Seavey Loop Eugene OR 97405 541 746-9681 Fax: 541 746-8928. Mktg Mgr Carol Roberts

22 Milton Rd Granby QC J2G 8C8 450 378-1723 Fax: 450 378-1720. Toll-Free: 800 565-1723 Pres/Owner Patrick Charbonneau; Sls/ Mktg Asst Brigitte Archambault

CRIQ

DuraTech Industries

Crane Equipment Mfg. Corp.

8475 Christophe-Columb Montreal QC H2M 2N9 514 383-3254 Fax: 514 383-3221. Toll-Free: 800 667-4570 Pres Georges Archambault

Database Publishing

PO Box 378 Campbellford ON K0L 1L0 705 653-1112 Fax: 705 653-1113. Editor Mark Sabourin

Deister Electronics Inc.

1099 Kingston Rd Suite 212 Pickering ON L1V 1B7 905 837-5666 Fax: 905 837-0777. Gen Mgr Rikk Boldy

DEL Hydraulics, Inc.

PO Box 1940 Jamestown MD 58402-1940 701 252-4601 Fax: 701 252-0502. VP-Sls Bob Strahm; Mktg Mgr Al Goehring

Dyna Pak

112 Helton Dr Lawrenceburg TN 38464 931 762-4016 Fax: 931 766-1514. VP-Sls Dale Miklich

EPG Companies Inc.

19900 County Rd 81 Maple Grove MN 55311 763 424-2613 Fax: 763 493-4812. Toll-Free: 800 443-7426 Pres John Hasslen

East Manufacturing Corporation

571 Howard St Buffalo NY 14206 716 853-7996 Fax: 716 853-8003. Gen Mgr Mark Zawadzki

1871 State Rte 44 Randolph OH 44625 330 325-9921 Fax: 330 325-7851. Toll-Free: 888 405-3278 Dir-Sls Mark J Sabol

Dings Company

Eco Waste Solutions

4740 W Electric Ave Milwaukee WI 53219 414 672-7830 Fax: 414 672-5354. Sls Mgr Harold Bolstad

Discerning Systems Inc.

105-8557 Government St Burnaby BC V3N 4S9 604 298-3748 Fax: 604 298-3648. Toll-Free: 877 374-7744 Pres Dave Patterson

5195 Harvester Rd Unit 14 Burlington ON L7L 6E9 905 634-7022 Fax: 905 634-0831. Toll-Free: 866 326-2876 CEO Steve Meldrum

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EcoLog Legislative Services

12 Concorde Pl Suite 800 North York ON M3C 4J2 416 442-5600 Ext. 3570 Fax: 416 510-5133. Toll-Free: 888 702-1111 Ext. 8 Editor/Pub Lidia Lubka

EcoLog ERIS / Environmental Risk Information Services

12 Concorde Pl Suite 800 Toronto ON M3C 4J2 416 510-6821 Fax: 416 510-5133. Toll-Free: 877 512-5204 Acct Mgr Joan Hagerman Welcome to EcoLog ERIS – Canada’s primary environmental risk information service. As the leading provider of current and historical environmental risk information for real estate, ERIS delivers accurate, affordable, ondemand research services for property related data and reference materials. The ERIS service saves property buyers and environmental professionals time and money by alerting them to possible risks associated with a site and the neighbouring area. Whether you are doing a Phase 1, Phase 2, a remediation assessment, financial perspective or legal due diligence, the ERIS service is an invaluable resource to assist you in assessing environmental risk. Browse our site, learn about the different reports we offer, and discover how ERIS can serve you! The ERIS System electronically accesses over 422 federal, provincial, private sector databases containing over 3.4 million current and historical environment records to identify potential environmental threats on Canadian properties.

EcoLog News

12 Concorde Pl Suite 800 North York ON M3C 4J2 416 442-5600 Ext. 3597 Fax: 416 510-5133. Editor Jennifer Holloway

Ecotainer Recycling Equipment 2253 Harbourgreene Dr Surrey BC V4A 5J3 604 535-7293 Fax: 604 535-7967. Toll-Free: 800 561-6525 Sls Mgr Tom Button

En-Pro International Inc.

174 Simcoe St N Oshawa ON L1G 4S9 905 686-6400 Fax: 905 686-6439. Toll-Free: 800 686-6449 Cost Analyst Douglas J Leary

Enterprise CodeWorks Inc.

671H Market Hill Vancouver BC V5Z 4B5 604 876-6642 Fax: 604 876-6623. Toll-Free: 877 644-8677 Gen Mgr Norris Phillippe

250 Queen’s Quay W Suite 407 Toronto ON M5J 2N2 416 804-9636 Fax: 416 591-6594. Contact Timothy England

Fastco Equipment Corporation

PO Box 161 Stn U Etobicoke ON M8Z 5P1 905 562-1547 Fax: 905 562-1589. Toll-Free: 800 366-1325 Pres Duane Fast

1 Dundas St W, Suite 2500 Toronto ON M5G 1Z3 416 598-3343 Fax: 416 598-9185. Sls Mgr Canada Barbara Hills

Enviroplast Inc.

11060 Pky Anjou QC H1J 1N5 514 352-6060 Fax: 514 352-9177. Project Mgr Rejean Arsenault

EnviroSort Inc.

4415-39139 Hwy 2A Red Deer County AB T4S 2A8 403 342-7823 Fax: 403 343-6287. Facilities Mgr Tom Kereluk

Eriez Magnetics

2200 Asbury Rd Erie PA 16506 814 835-6000 Fax: 814 833-3348. Toll-Free: 888 800-3743 Cdn Sls Mgr Darrell Milton

Eriez Magnetics

2200 Asbury Rd Erie PA 16506 814 835-6000 Fax: 814 838-4960. Toll-Free: 800 345-4946

Erin Recycling

1 Premier Ave Riviere-du-Loup QC G5R 6C1 418 868-8324 Fax: 418 862-6642. Toll-Free: 800 267-7574 Sls Mgr Howard Fiedler

Essex- Windsor Solid Waste Authority

360 Fairview Ave W Suite 211 Essex ON N8M 3G4 519 776-6441 Fax: 519 776-6370. Gen Mgr Todd Pepper

Excel Machinery Ltd.

PO Box 31118 Amarillo TX 79120 806 335-1553 Fax: 806 335-3949. Sls Mgr Matt Garth

821 Locust St Kansas City MO 64106 816 471-0231 Fax: 816 471-5951. Pres/COO Rick Norden

Falcon Ridge Group Inc. PO Box 398 Sundre AB T0M 1X0

GTC Ventures Inc.

PO Box 42033 RPO Victoria BC V8R 6T4 Location: 2200 Oak Bay 250 208-3402 Fax: 250 386-4656.

GEEP Ecosys Inc.

1615 55e Av Dorval QC H9P 2W3 514 636-9625 Fax: 514 636-3131. Toll-Free: 888 326-7972 VP-Bus Dev Bruce Hartley

Geosynthetica.net

Entsorga-Enteco/Cologne Intl. Trade Fairs

Fairbanks Scales EMF CONTAINERS

403 638-4410 Fax: 403 638-4413. Toll-Free: 877 534-7285 Pres Arnie Gess

FCM’s Green Municipal Fund

24 Clarence St Ottawa ON K7N 5P3 613 241-5221 Fax: 613 244-1515. Outreach/Promo Off Magali Leblanc FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF) offers a range of resources and services that specifically address the sustainable community development needs of municipal governments. The Fund provides financing and knowledge to support the development of communities that are more environmentally, socially and economically sustainable.

Fecon, Inc.

3460 Grant Dr Lebanon OH 45036 513 696-4430 Fax: 513 696-4431. Toll-Free: 800 528-3113 Pres John G Heekin

The Fibrex Group, Inc.

Building 2 4165 Pruden Blvd Suffolk VA 23434 757 925-1375 Fax: 757 925-1372. Toll-Free: 800 346-4458 Toll-Free Fax: 800 444-8380 Pres Ruben Leenders

6072 N Ocean Blvd Ocean Ridge FL 33435 561 655-2060 Fax: 561 655-9922. Content Mgr Lara D Peggs

Glass Aggregate Systems

PO Box 464 Faribault MN 55021 Location: 1100 Cannon Circle 507 334-6437 Fax: 507 334-6438. Pres Tom Kubes

Global Electric Electronic Processing (GEEP) Inc.

220 John St Barrie ON L4N 2L2 416 570-4379 Fax: 705 728-3788. Toll-Free: 866 288-8016 VP Wallace MacKay

Global Sensor Systems Inc.

400 Brunel Rd Mississauga ON L4Z 2C2 905 507-0007 Fax: 905 507-4177. Gen Mgr Ray H Glenn

Golder Associates Ltd.

2390 Argentia Rd Mississauga ON L5N 5Z7 905 567-4444 Fax: 905 567-6561. Toll-Free: 800 414-8314 Mktg Mgr Suzie Williams

Flexco

Granutech-Saturn Systems Corporation

2525 Wisconsin Ave Downers Grove IL 60515 630 971-0150 Fax: 630 971-1180. Adv Jayne Dore

201 E Shady Grove Rd Grand Prairie TX 75050 972 790-7800 Fax: 972 790-8733. Toll-Free: 877 582-7800

Fogmaster Corporation

Great Lakes Mfg. Inc.

1051 SW 30th Ave Deerfield Beach FL 33442 954 481-9975 Fax: 954 480-8563. Pres Thomas Latta

Fort Garry Ind. Ltd.

8450 County Rd Suring WI 54174 920 842-2012 Fax: 920 842-2497. Toll-Free: 877 248-5677 Pres Craig French

PO Box 1848 Stn Main Saskatoon SK S7K 3S2 Location: 3445 Miners Ave Saskatoon SK S7K 7K9 306 242-3465 Fax: 306 933-4850. Toll-Free: 800 772-4599 Reg Mgr Barry Burton

Green Lane Environmental Group LP

Future Steel Buildings

Groeneveld

1405 Denison St Markham ON L3R 5V2 905 477-1894 Fax: 905 477-0029. Toll-Free: 800 668-5111 Toll-Free Fax: 877 474-4445 VP-Mktg Sean Keenan

PO Box 790 Stn Lambeth London ON N6P 1R7 519 652-9284 Fax: 519 652-9447. Toll-Free: 800 265-6036 Pres Bob McCaig

8450 Lawson Rd Unit 5 Milton ON L9T 0J8 905 875-1017 Fax: 905 875-2125. Toll-Free: 800 263-1760 Mktg Coord Beth Gorman

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solid waste & recycling — 2009 buyers’ guide Harvey Enterprise

PO Box 23132 RPO Mission Calgary AB T2S 3B1 403 660-4518 Fax: 403 244-9964. Mgr Dennis Brucker

The Groundworx Co. 1316 77 Ave Edmonton AB T6P 1M2 780 463-7077 Fax: 780 463-7040. Toll-Free: 888 222-2670 Contact Grant Kergen The Groundworx Co is the Canadian dealer for Hammel shredders. These machines will shred C+D, wood, concrete, metal & municipal solid waste. An onboard belt magnet reclaims metal from material. The Hammel shredder will reduce volume by 65%+, cutting handling, trucking and disposal costs. They come diesel/electric and track or stationary.

GSI Environnement inc. 1501 boul Lionel-Boulet Varennes QC J3X 1P7 450 929-4949 Fax: 450 929-1659. Dir-Bus Dev Simon Naylor

HCL Machine Works 15142 Merrill Ave Dos Palos CA 93620 209 392-6103 Fax: 209 392-3000. Head-Sls Casey Campbell

Hale Trailer Brake & Wheel PO Box 1400 Voorhees NJ 08043 856 768-1330 Fax: 856 768-7671. Toll-Free: 800 232-6535 Toll-Free Fax: 856 768-7671 Pres Barry Hale

HALLCO Industries, Inc. PO Box 505 Tillamook OR 97141 Location: 1600 Hallstrom Rd 503 842-8746 Fax: 503 842-4866. Toll-Free: 888 412-5092 Sls Mgr Charles Russell

Harmony Enterprises, Inc. 704 Main Ave N Harmony MN 55939 507 886-6666 Fax: 507 886-6706. VP-Sls/Mktg Chris Cremer

Harper Power Products Inc. 10 Diesel Dr Toronto ON M8W 2T8 416 259-3281 Fax: 416 259-4438. Toll-Free: 800 642-7737 Allison Transmission Sls Rep Tina Caldwell; Mktg Commun Coord Scott Hosmer

Harris 200 Clover Reach Dr Peachtree City GA 30269 770 631-7290 Fax: 770 631-7299. Toll-Free: 800 373-9131 VP-Sls Bob Pfeffer

Haul-All Equipment Ltd.

4115 18 Ave N Lethbridge AB T1H 5G1 403 328-7719 Fax: 403 328-9956. Toll-Free: 888 428-5255 Pres Dennis Neufeldt; Mktg/Sls Twyla Gurr

Haycore Canada Inc.

3144 Gregoire St Russell ON K4R 1E5 613 445-3610 Fax: 613 445-0247. Coord-Sup Chain Nathalie Gareau

Heil Environmental

5751 Cornelison Rd Chattanooga TN 37411 Fax: 423 855-3478. Toll-Free: 866 367-4345 Sls/Ops Mgr Jason Coleman

Hercules Bulldog Sealing Products Canada

30 Saunders Rd Barrie ON L4N 9A8 705 739-6735 Fax: 705 739-6731. Toll-Free: 800 665-7325 Toll-Free Fax: 800 565-6990 Gen Mgr Russ Petrie

High Strength Plates & Profiles Inc. 7464 Tranmere Dr Mississauga ON L5S 1K4 905 673-5770 Fax: 905 673-1139. Toll-Free: 800 387-4981 Inside Sls Rep Norm Banton

HJA International

Berlin CT 06037 860 828-0541 Fax: 860 829-1313. VP-Sls/Mktg Jack Bowne

905 835-1203 Fax: 905 835-6824. Toll-Free: 888 937-3382 VP Richard Unyi

Hotz Environmental Services Inc. 239 Lottridge St Hamilton ON L8L 6W1 905 545-2665 Fax: 905 545-7822. Toll-Free: 888 333-4680 VP-Bus Dev Pamela McAuley

HQN Industrial Fabrics

760 Chester St Sarnia ON N7S 5N1 519 344-9050 Fax: 519 344-5511. Toll-Free: 800 361-7068 VP Mike Nottley

Hydraline Saniquip

1 Daybar Ave Unit 2 Toronto ON M9W 3N8 416 248-6141 Fax: 416 248-5158. Pres Doug Calder

I-CORP INTERNATIONAL, Inc.

6072 N Ocean Blvd Ocean Ridge FL 33435 561 369-0795 Fax: 561 369-0895. Pres Ian D Peggs

IPS Balers, Inc.

PO Box 414 Baxley GA 31513 800 280-2313 Fax: 912 366-9460. Dir Reg Sls Ken Korney

J & M Tire International Inc.

717 Drake St Oshawa ON L1H 7R3 905 723-3323 Fax: 905 721-9540. Toll-Free: 800 263-7823 Pres Jim Michaud

J.F. Comer Inc.

141 Reach St Unit 4 Uxbridge ON L9P 1L3 905 852-3370 Fax: 905 852-6557.

J. McGale Industries Inc. - Clarion Surround Sight & Sentinel Rearvision IPL Inc.

140 Commerciale St St-Damien-de-Buckl QC G0R 2Y0 418 789-3651 Ext. 559 Fax: 418 789-3388. Toll-Free: 800 463-0270 Ext. 559 Acct Mgr W Cda/USA Elizabeth Bernier; Dir-Recycling & Waste handling Paul M Palazzo

4242 Hartfield Grove Suite 101 Mississauga ON L4W 4G9 905 625-8375 Fax: 905 625-3356. Pres James McGale

J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers

10558 Somerset Pike Somerset PA 15501 800 777-2671 Fax: 814 443-2621. VP Jerry Johnson

PO Box 658 Orchard Park NY 14127-0658 Location: 88 Beacon St Buffalo NY 14220 716 332-7061 Fax: 716 332-6059. Toll-Free: 800 836-2253 Pres Peter Hurd

Indaco Manufacturing Ltd.

813 Brock Rd Unit 11 Pickering ON L1W 3L8 905 839-0422 Fax: 416 839-0200. Toll-Free: 800 433-7334 Pres Peter Wehrle

Jacques Whitford

HLS Ecolo

Industrial Magnetics Inc.

59 Penn Dr Toronto ON M9L 2A6 416 740-3900 Fax: 416 740-3800. Toll-Free: 800 667-6355 Pres/COO Paul Chappel

1385 M-75 S Boyne City MI 49712 231 582-3100 Fax: 231 582-0622. Toll-Free: 800 662-4638 Product Spec Rob Hutchison

2521 Bowman St Innisfil ON L9S 3V6 705 733-7700 Fax: 705 733-8800. Toll-Free: 800 263-1262 Pres Joe Johnson Jr

HogZilla-CW Mill Equipment Co., Inc.

Intec Video Systems, Inc.

14 Commerce Dr Sabetha KS 66534 785 284-3454 Fax: 785 284-3601. Toll-Free: 800 743-3491 Sls Mgr Tim Wenger

Holly Services

3 Hillside Dr Tillsonburg ON N4G 2E4 519 842-9455 Fax: 519 842-5046. Pres Michael Holly

Hosokawa Polymer Systems 63 Fuller Way

23301 Vista Grande Laguna Hills CA 92653 949 859-3800 Fax: 949 859-3178. Toll-Free: 800 468-3222

7271 Warden Ave Markham ON L3R 5X5 905 474-7700 Fax: 905 479-9326. Contact Didier Lapointe

Joe Johnson Equipment Inc.

K.R. Komarek, Inc.

1825 Estes Ave Elk Grove Village IL 60007 847 956-0060 Fax: 847 956-0157. Pres Richard K Komarek

Keith Manufacturing Co.

52 Riverside Dr North Vancouver BC V7H 1T4 604 924-1023 Fax: 604 924-1043. Pres/CEO Henry J Bow

PO Box 1 Madras OR 97741 Location: 401 NW Adler 541 475-3802 Fax: 541 475-2169. Toll-Free: 800 547-6161 Dir-Ops/Sls/Serv David Schertzberg

International Marine Salvage Inc

Kernic Systems, Inc.

International Bio Recovery Corp.

PO Box 6 Port Colborne ON L3K 5V7 Location: 17 Invertose Dr

5230 South Service Rd Burlington ON L7L 5K2 905 632-0562 Fax: 905 632-0027.

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solid waste & recycling — 2009 buyers’ guide Toll-Free: 800 678-9516 Pres R Derek Simons

KNL Holdings, LLC

PO Box 760 Paragould AR 72451 Location: 603 N 3rd Ave 870 236-7753 Fax: 870 239-2130. Pres Fred Workman

8044. Toll-Free: 800 588-9223 VP Construction Sean Simonpietri

Laurin Inc.

240 MacDonald Blvd Alexandria ON K0C 1A0 613 525-1627 Fax: 613 525-4385. Sls Rep Jay Arkison

Madvac Inc.

1690 rue Eiffel Boucherville QC J4B 7W1 450 616-8100 Fax: 450 616-8103. Toll-Free: 800 862-3822 Dir-Mktg Andre Pollmueller

Kubota Canada Ltd.

5900 14th Ave Markham ON L3S 4K4 905 294-7477 Fax: 905 472-6143. Mktg Spec Ray St Antoine The leader in compact construction equipment in anada, Kubota Canada offers three number one selling wheel loaders under 60 hp. The R320, R420, and R520 models are 4-wheel drive and feature fully articulated steering, loadsensing transmissions, hydraulic shuttle shift, and deluxe suspension seat. With Kubota’s legendary clean, efficient diesel engines, these machines are an unbeatable investment for your business.

La Bounty

1538 Hwy 2 Two Harbors MN 55616 218 834-2123 Fax: 218 834-3879. Global Dir-Mktg Kelly Steck

Layfield Geosynthetics & Industrial Fabrics Ltd.

20 Staffern Dr Unit 9 Vaughan ON L4K 2Z7 905 761-9123 Fax: 905 761-0035. Bus Dev Mgr Rene Laprade

Leak Location Services, Inc.

16124 University Oak San Antonio TX 78249-4015 210 408-1241 Fax: 210 408-1242. Pres Daren Laine

Liebherr-Canada Ltd.

1015 Sutton Dr Burlington ON L7L 5X8 905 319-9222 Fax: 905 319-6622. Toll-Free: 800 387-3922 Sls Mgr Rick Koen

Logemann Brothers Company

Labrie Environmental Group

175 rte du Pont Saint-Nicolas QC G7A 2T3 418 831-8250 Fax: 418 831-5255. Toll-Free: 800 463-6638 Pres Claude Boivin

Lafleche Environmental Inc.

17125 Lafleche Rd Moose Creek ON K0C 1W0 613 538-2776 Fax: 613 538-2779. Sls/Bus Dev Mgr Geoffroy Lafleche Lafleche Environmental Inc. (LEI) is a privately held company committed to the protection of the environment to ensure we leave a legacy that we will be proud of for future generations. LEI’s waste management facility is located in Moose Creek serving Eastern Ontario. Presently LEI provides a Bio-reactor landfill for non-hazardous waste soil recycling for hydrocarbon-impacted soils, tire collection and recycling, waste water treatment, electronics waste and organics composting.

Landsaver Environmental

2831 Cardwell Rd Richmond VA 23234 Fax: 804 271-

3150 W Burleigh St Milwaukee WI 53210 414 445-3005 Fax: 414 445-1460. Sls Mgr Robert T Plichta

Loraday Environmental Products 40 Bell Farm Rd Unit 2 Barrie ON L4M 5G6 705 733-3342 Fax: 705 733-3352. Toll-Free: 888 853-6600 Pres Peter Lorimer

Lubo USA

31 Wellington St Orangeville ON L9W 2L6 519 940-4510 Fax: 519 940-9853.

M-E-C Company

1400 W Main St Neodesha KS 66757-1679 620 325-2673 Fax: 620 325-2678. Pres David M Parker

MSS Inc.

3738 Keystone Ave Nashville TN 37211 615 781-2669 Fax: 615 781-2923. Dir-Sls Felix Hottenstein

MWE Belting Company Ltd.

3300 Mainway Dr Burlington ON L7M 1A7 905 336-7848 Fax: 905 336-7832. Toll-Free: 800 263-4261 Pres Chris Elgar

6975 Kenderry Gate Mississauga ON L5T 2Y1 905 696-9789 Fax: 905 678-2496. Toll-Free: 800 956-2622 VP-Sls Roger Gendron; Gen Sls Mgr Tom Ramsden

Marathon Equipment Company/ NEXGEN Baling Systems

Laurin Inc.

487 rue Principale Laval QC H7X 1C4 450 689-1962 Fax: 450 689-2527. Sls Rep Jay Arkison

Manac

Machinex Industries Inc.

2121 Olivier St Plessisville QC G6L 3G9 819 362-3281 Fax: 819 362-2280. Toll-Free: 877 362-3281 VP-Sls/Mktg Gaetan Bolduc Branches: Machinex Recycling Services 817 Brock Rd, Unit 11 Pickering ON L1W 3L9 800 463-4298 Fax: 905 420-0319 E-mail: sales@machinexrt.ca. Web: www.machinexrt.ca Sls Kathlyn Schoon Machinex offers complete engineering design, fabrication and installation of Material Recycling Facilities and Municipal Solid Waste equipment. Machinex provides turnkey project for the recycling industry: single stream, Construction & Demolition, front-end processing and waste handling. We specialize with conveyors. OCC Screens, Separators, Optical Sorter, Trommels and quality peripheral equipment, for a complete system integration.

Machinex Recycling Services

817 Brock Rd, Unit 11 Pickering ON L1W 3L9 905 420-0466 Fax: 905 420-0319. Toll-Free: 800 463-4298 Sls Kathlyn Schoon Branches: 12345 104 Ave, Unit C Surrey BC V3V 3H2 225A Range Rd Calgary AB T2P 2G6 Machinex Technolgoies Inc. 8770 W Bryn Mawr Ave Chicago IL 60631 Machinex designs, fabricates and installs equipment for MRF and MSW, provides turnkey projects for the recycling industry: single stream, front-end processing, waste handling and C & D. Machinex maintains solid client relations by stocking a large inventory of parts as well as providing a dedicated service department working on call 24 hours a day.

Magnetics Division, Global Equipment

PO Box 810483 Boca Raton FL 33481-0483 561 750-8662 Fax: 561 750-9507. Toll-Free: 866 750-8662 Pres Marshall Gralnick

Mailhot Industries

3330 boul des Enterprises Terrebonne QC J6X 4J8 450 477-6222 Fax: 450 477-0002. Toll-Free: 800 563-3663

PO Box 1798 Vernon AL 35592 Fax: 205 695-8813. Toll-Free: 800 269-7237 Sls Rep Renee Boman

Marathon Equipment / NEXGEN Baling Systems PO Box 1798 Vernon AL 35592 800 269-7237 Fax: 205 695-8813. Mat Coord Stacy Clark

Marcel Equipment Limited

1000 Progress Dr London ON N6N 1B8 519 686-1123 Fax: 519 686-9350. Toll-Free: 800 265-5747 Sls Mgr John Stewart

Marketing Strategies & Solutions

433 William St London ON N6B 3E1 519 432-8327 Fax: 519 642-3372. Pres Robert B Adeland

Marrel Corp.

3565 17 Mile Rd. Cedar Springs MI 49319 616 696-1372 Fax: 616 696-4075. Toll-Free: 866 822-3580 Mgr Andy Jansma

Maxon Industries Inc.

3204 W Mill Rd Milwaukee WI 53209 414 351-4000 Fax: 414 351-9057. Pres William Maxon

McCarthy Tetrault

PO Box 48 Toronto ON M5K 1E6 Location: Toronto Dominion Bank Tower Suite 5300 416 601-7512 Fax: 416 868-0673. Partner Doug Thomson

McCloskey International Ltd.

1 McCloskey Rd, RR 7 Peterborough ON K9J 6X8 705 295-4925 Fax: 705 295-4777. Toll-Free: 877 876-6635 Sls Don Smith

McClure Industries Inc.

9051 SE 55 Ave Portland OR 97206 503 777-2821 Fax: 503 775-2828. Toll-Free: 800 752-2821 Dir-Sls Thomas B MacLaren

McLanahan Corporation

PO Box 229 Holidaysburg PA 16648-0229

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solid waste & recycling — 2009 buyers’ guide Location: 200 Wall St Hollidaysburg PA 16648-1637 814 695-9807 Fax: 814 695-6684. Gen Mgr Mineral Div Bruce Daskivich; Reg Sls Mgr Claire Hayek

Markham ON L3R 0C9 905 415-6707 Fax: 905 415-6777. Assoc Counsel Rod McLeod

MMM Group Limited

Mercer MN 04957 207 587-4534 Fax: 207 587-4534. Pres Terry Pitcher

100 Commerce Valley Dr W Thornhill ON L3T 0A1 905 882-1100 Fax: 905 882-0055. Pres/CEO Bruce Bodden; Mktg Coord Emma Joslin

Metech International

Molok North America Ltd.

Mercer Motor Works

150 Blackstone River Rd Suite M Worcester MA 01607-1455 508 795-1950 Fax: 508 459-5266. Toll-Free: 888 638-2761 VP-Ops John Silvestri

Metro Compactor

40 Bethride Rd Etobicoke ON M9W 1N1 416 743-8484 Fax: 416 740-8687. Toll-Free: 888 968-7491 Sls Mgr Doug King

Metro Compactor West

Bldg F 2350 Beta Ave Burnaby BC V5C 5M6 604 291-8485 Fax: 604 291-8425. Toll-Free: 888 968-7491 Ops Mgr Jean Mercure

Metro Waste Paper Recovery Inc.

66 Shorncliffe Rd Toronto ON M8Z 5K1 416 231-2525 Fax: 416 232-8820. Toll-Free: 877 226-6608

Metso Minerals Canada Inc.

644 Imperial Rd N Guelph ON N1H 7M3 519 821-7070 Fax: 519 821-4376. Prod Sales Mgr Steve Craig

METTLER TOLEDO Canada 2915 Argentia Rd Unit 6 Mississauga ON L5N 8G6 Toll-Free: 800 523-5123 Robert Van Duynhoven

PO Box 693 Mount Forest ON N0G 2L0 Location: 179 Norpark Ave Unit 19-21 519 323-9909 Fax: 519 323-9910. Toll-Free: 877 558-5576 Gen Mgr Mark Hillis

Multi Bag

6525 boul Decarie bureau 302 Montreal QC H3W 3E3 514 738-3961 Fax: 514 738-3676. Toll-Free: 888 862-0500 Sls Mgr Renee Cohen

Multitek North America, LLC

PO Box 170 Prentice WI 54556-0170 Location: 700 Main St 715 428-2000 Fax: 715 428-2700. Toll-Free: 800 243-5438 VP-Sls/Mktg Howard Heikkinen

Munich International Trade Fairs Canada (IFAT) 2842 Bloor St W Etobicoke ON M8X 1B1 416 237-9939 Fax: 416 237-9920. Pres/Owner Brigitte Mertens

Municipal Waste Integration Network

PO Box 1116 Ayr ON N0B 1E0 Location: 704 Glen Morris Rd W 519 620-9654 Fax: 519 620-9678. Exec Dir Maryanne E Hill

National Recovery Technologies, Inc.

85 Wyman Cres Bradford ON L3Z 3J7 416 904-8948 Fax: 905 775-4799. Cdn Sls Mgr Rick Deane

566 Mainstream Dr Nashville TN 37228 615 734-6400 Fax: 615 734-6410. Toll-Free: 800 467-4678 Application Eng/Sales John Thomsen

Mid City Group Inc.

New Waste Concepts

MGM Brakes

28 River Rd Winnipeg MB R2M 3Y9 204 977-1703 Fax: 204 977-1704. Pres Neil Oosterveen

26624 Glenwood Rd Perrysburg OH 43551 419 872-2190 Fax: 419 872-2602. CEO Milton F Knight

Midpoint International Inc.

Nilex Inc.

189 Earl Stewart Dr, Unit 1 Aurora ON L4G 6V5 905 726-9658 Fax: 905 726-9659. Toll-Free: 888 646-4246 Toll-Free Fax: 888 547-5411 Pres Bruce Buchan

9304 39 Ave NW Edmonton AB T6E 6L8 780 463-9535 Fax: 780 463-1773. Toll-Free: 800 667-4811 Toll-Free Fax: 866 645-3922 Bus Dev Mgr Brian Williams

Miller Thomson LLP

Norditrade Inc.

60 Columbia Way Suite 600

132 Banff Rd Toronto ON M4P 2P5

416 489-8438 Fax: 416 489-4168. Pres Lars Henriksson

Norseman Plastics Ltd.

39 Westmore Dr Rexdale ON M9V 3Y6 416 745-6980 Fax: 905 450-2009. Toll-Free: 800 894-8397 Gen Mgr Envr Prods Div Doug Hill

North American Green

14649 Hwy 41 N Evansville IN 47725 Fax: 812 8670247. Toll-Free: 800 772-2040 Pres Tim Lancaster

Northern Cast Parts Comapny Inc.

2185 Marine Dr Suite 304 Oakville ON L6L 5L6 905 465-1773 Fax: 905 465-1775. Pres Peter Salmon

OCETA

2070 Hadwen Rd Unit 201A Mississauga ON L5K 2C9 905 822-4133 Ext. 232 Fax: 905 822-3558. Pres/CEO Kevin Jones

Odor Control Company, Inc.

PO Box 14363 Scottsdale AZ 85267 480 488-2126 Fax: 480 488-9439. Toll-Free: 888 948-3956 Toll-Free Fax: 877 948-1010 Contact Michelle Lang

Ohio Magnetics, Inc.- Div. Stearns

5400 Dunham Rd Maple Heights OH 44137 216 662-8484 Fax: 216 662-9526. Toll-Free: 800 486-6446 Sls Mgr Ken Richendollar

Ohio / Stearns Magnetics, Inc.

5400 Dunham Rd Maple Hts OH 44137-3687 216 662-8484 Fax: 216 662-9526. Toll-Free: 800 486-6446 Gen Mgr John Wohlgemuth

Oliver Manufacturing Co. Inc.

PO Box 512 Rocky Ford CO 81067 719 254-7813 Fax: 719 254-6371. Pres Brian Burney

OMI Industries

18-6 E Dundee Rd Suite 101 Barrington IL 60010 847 304-9111 Fax: 847 304-0989. Toll-Free: 800 662-6367 Natl Sls Dir Thomas O Minett

Ontario Autocar Inc.

4320 Harvester Rd Burlington ON L7L 5S4 905 333-0779 Fax: 905 632-4557. Toll-Free: 888 820-7335 New Truck Sls Mgr John Murphy

Pacific Metals Recycling International 8360 Ontario St Vancouver BC V5X 3E5 604 327-1148 Fax: 604 327-3614. Pres/Gen Mgr Mark Lotzkar

Palfinger North America PO Box 846 Niagara Falls ON L2E 6V6 Location: 7942 Dorchester Rd 905 374-3363 Fax: 905 374-1203. Toll-Free: 800 567-1554 Inside Sales Mgr Chris Thorne

Paradigm Software, L.L.C. 10944 Beaver Dam Rd Suite C Hunt Valley MD 21030-2255 410 329-1300 Fax: 410 329-1885. VP Jackie W Barlow II

Pendpac Inc. 1700 N Main St Fairview OK 73737 602 476-2777 Fax: 580 227-3829. COO Robert Gnatovich

The Penwortham Group 1173 Queen Victoria Ave Mississauga ON L5H 3H2 705 891-2514 Fax: 705 891-3239. Man Dir Keith Davey

Perkins Manufacturing Co. 737 Oakridge Dr Romeoville IL 60446 708 482-9500 Fax: 708 354-5878. Toll-Free: 800 882-5292 Sr VP/COO Robert Mecchi

Peterson Pacific Corp. PO Box 40490 Eugene OR 97404 541 689-6520 Fax: 541 689-0804. Toll-Free: 800 269-6520 VP-Sls/Mktg Michael Kvach; Mktg Mgr Dave Benton Peterson began producing specialized debarking and delimbing machines for the pulpwood market over twenty years ago. This was followed by the first full tree processor capable of producing high quality clean pulp chips. Later Peterson introduced a line of horizontal waste wood grinders to turn low value resources and waste products into higheer value products. Most recently, Peterson has added a line of blower trucks to serve the landscaping and erosion control markets. Peterson machines are operating in over 20 countries in the world. For more details see www.petersoncorp.com.

Pollutec c/o Promosalons Canada 20 Queen St W, Suite 2004 Toronto ON M5H 3R3

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solid waste & recycling — 2009 buyers’ guide 416 929-2562 Fax: 416 929-2564. Toll-Free: 800 565-5443 Mgr Anita Whyte

Polymer Recovery Systems, Inc. 945 Short St Eau Claire WI 54701 715 835-3233 Fax: 715 833-2464. Pres John Ayres

Polytuf Brands, Inc. formely EPAC, Inc.

PO Box 3079 Cuyahoga Falls OH 44223 330 773-0184 Ext. 423 Fax: 330 773-0390. Toll-Free: 888 765-9883 Ext. 423 Prod Mgr Trish Righetti

Precision Husky Corporation

PO Box Drawer 507 Leeds AL 35094-0507 205 640-5181 Fax: 205 640-1147. Pres Scott Smith

Precision Machinery Systems, Inc. 633 Hay St York PA 17403 717 846-6800 Fax: 717 843-0529. Pres Barry Bosies

Premier Truck Sales, Inc.

5800 W Canal Rd Valley View OH 44125 Fax: 216 9018006. Toll-Free: 800 825-1255 Mgr Victoria Lojek

QEL (Quatrosense Environmental Ltd.) PO Box 749 Ottawa ON K0A 2Z0 Location: 5935 Ottawa St 613 838-4005 Fax: 613 838-4018. Cust Serv Mgr Simon Warland

Quadco Equipment

416 535-9210 Fax: 416 536-9892. Coord Susan Antler

Reaction Distributing 44 Spiers Cres Ajax ON L1S 6Y7 905 426-6442 Fax: 905 426-5925. Pres Larry Vine

Recycling Council of Alberta PO Box 23 Bluffton AB T0C 0M0 403 843-6563 Fax: 403 843-4156. Exec Dir Christina Seidel

Recycling Council of BC 10-119 Pender St W Vancouver BC V6B 1S5 604 683-6009 Fax: 604 683-7255. Exec Dir Brock Macdonald

Recycling Equipment Company of Canada Inc. 100 Frobisher Dr Unit 2 Waterloo ON N2V 2A1 519 746-0990 Fax: 519 746-8122. Owner Gary Barlow

Recycling Equipment Manufacturing, Inc. 6512 N Napa Spokane WA 99217 509 487-6966 Fax: 509 483-5259. VP-Sls/Eng Mike Farley

Reef Industries Inc. PO Box 750250 Houston TX 77275 713 507-4251 Fax: 713 507-4295. Toll-Free: 800 231-6074 Sls Mgr Mike McElhany

Reotemp Instruments Corp.

951 Great St Prince George BC V2N 5R7 250 563-8899 Fax: 250 563-6704. Toll-Free: 877 563-8899 Kevin Hodgins

10656 Roselle St San Diego CA 92121 858 784-0710 Fax: 858 784-0720. Toll-Free: 800 648-7737 Compost Product Mgr Nathan O’Connor

R.A.R.E. Recyclage Alexandria Recycling

RESEAU environnement

265 Industrial Blvd Alexandria ON K0C 1A0 613 525-5112 Fax: 613 525-5114. Mgr Rene Jeaurond

RDC Group

1709 Hwy 7 Brougham ON L0H 1A0 905 427-0009 Fax: 905 428-8074. Pres Jack McGinnis

RGF Environmental Group, Inc.

3875 Fiscal Crt West Palm Beach FL 33404 561 848-1826 Fax: 561 848-9454. VP Walter Ellis; Indus Sls Mgr William Svec

RBRC (Canada)

16 Northumberland St Toronto ON M6H 1P7

911 rue Jean-Talon E Suite 220 Montreal QC H2R 1V5 514 270-7110 Fax: 514 270-7154. Dir Josee Methot; Sls Rep Exhibit/ Sponsorship Lyne Dubois

Resource Recovery Systems International, Inc. - KW Composters 511 Pawnee Dr Sterling CO 80751 970 522-0663 Fax: 970 522-3387. Pres Les Kuhlman

Ride-On Tire Protection System (TPS) 45681 Oakbrook Crt Suite 102 Sterling VA 20166-9215

703 421-9778 Fax: 703 421-1967. Toll-Free: 888 374-3366 Pres Mark Farkhan

RIN Enterprises Ltd 32 Jaffa Dr Brampton ON L6S 4C5 905 790-3266 Fax: 905 790-3268. Pres/CCO Asgar Ali Khatau

R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited 15 Townline Orangeville ON L9W 3R4 519 941-5331 Fax: 519 941-8120. Mktg Mgr Sue Pennant

Robotronics 1610 W 1600 S Springville UT 84663 801 489-4466 Fax: 801 489-8241. Dir-Sls/Mktg Paul Schwen

Roll-Rite, LLC 2574 School Rd Alger MI 48610 989 345-3434 Fax: 989 345-7805. Toll-Free: 800 297-9905 Natl Sls Mgr-Solid Waste/Recycling Erl Henry

Rothsay - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. PO Box 8270 Dundas ON L9H 5G1 905 628-2258 Fax: 905 628-8577. Toll-Free: 800 263-0302 Raw Material Mgr Kevin DeBruyn

Rotobale Compaction Solutions Inc. PO Box 100 Kenilworth ON N0G 2E0 Location: 7232 Arthur Side Rd 5 W 519 323-3673 Fax: 519 323-3816. Gen Mgr Steve Sequeira

Rotochopper, Inc.

PO Box 295 St. Martin MN 56376 Location: 217 West St 320 548-3586 Fax: 320 548-3372. Sls/Mktg Mgr Monte D Hight Rotochopper manufacturers a complete line of horizontal wood waste grinders, asphalt shingle grinders, wood chip processors, and mobile bagging systems. Offering 10 models that can simultaneously grind and colour wood waste, Rotochoper is known for its commitment to “Perfect In One Pass” finished product quality, allowing operators to produce high value biomass fuels, coloured mulch, RDF, and other end products in a single process. Rotochopper specializes in innovative equipment solutions, like the RG-1, the world’s only purpose-built asphalt shingle grinder, and the Go-Bagger 250, the only fully mobile, self-contained bagging plant on the market.

Rusmar Incorporated

216 Garfield Ave West Chester PA 19380 610 436-4314 Fax: 610 436-8436. Toll-Free: 800 733-3626 Sls/Mktg Mgr Rebekah Gormish

RWDI AIR Inc.

650 Woodlawn Rd W Guelph ON N1K 1B8 519 823-1311 Fax: 519 823-1316. Pres Michael J Soligo

S.E.L Recycling Services Inc.

PO Box 36 Elmira ON N3B 2Z5 Fax: 519 6695710. Toll-Free: 800 275-3339 Pres Steven Sittler

S.E.S. Inc.

1400 Powis Rd West Chicago IL 60185 630 231-4840 Fax: 630 231-4945. Pres Stephen Martines

Rotobec Inc. 200 rue Industrielle Ste-Justine QC G0R 1Y0 418 383-3002 Fax: 418 383-5334. Mktg Mgr Mark Shukla Rotobec manufactures extensive lines of hydraulic attachments for knuckleboom loaders, excavators and material handlers. Our lines include solid waste grapples, orange peel, heavy-duty clam shell buckets, multi-purpose grapples, etc. Continuous rotation hydraulic attachments are Rotobec’s specialty. Rotobec also manufactures 3 models of Knuckleboom Loaders for truck self-loading. Its model 60 is a White Goods collection loader. The Elite XT is a heavy-duty A-Frame for storm clean-up. The 120 model is an extreme duty unit. The last two are also offered in stationary electric for transfer stations.

Samuel Strapping Systems

737 Oval Crt, Floor 2 Burlington ON L7L 6A9 800 607-8727 Fax: 905 635-3173. Mktg/Product Mgr Adrian Demkiw Samuel Strapping Systems is a leading solutions provider within the packaging and waste management industry offering a comprehensive arrangement of vertical balers, compactors and baling wire, not to mention several state of the art manufacturing facilities for equipment, steel and plastic strapping along with supplementary products for load securement for safe transportation of product. Find out why Samuel Strapping Systems is your choice!.

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solid waste & recycling — 2009 buyers’ guide Sandhill Disposal & Recycling Inc. 5728 Old School Rd Caledon ON L7C 0W6 905 843-2552 Fax: 905 843-3495. Toll-Free: 888 941-3345 Pres John Devins

Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council 203-115 2 Ave N Saskatoon SK S7K 2B1 306 931-3242 Fax: 306 665-2128. Exec Dir Joanne Fedyk

Mississauga ON L5K 1Z8 905 403-2020 Fax: 905 403-2022. Toll-Free: 800 478-9511 Mktg Comm Mgr Lana Smith

Sherbrooke O.E.M Ltd.

262 rue Pepin Sherbrooke QC J1L 2V8 819 563-7374 Fax: 819 563-7556. Pres Alain Brasseur; Project Mgr Ian Levasseur

Scarab Manufacturing

1475 County Rd W White Deer TX 79097 806 883-7621 Fax: 806 883-6804. Plant Mgr Britt B Reid Jr

Scarfo

1114 Osborne Rd Downingtown PA 19335 610 269-5406 Fax: 610 269-5406. Pres Carol Scarfo

SciCorp Systems Inc.- Biologic 220 Bayview Dr Unit 15 Barrie ON L4N 4Y8 705 733-2626 Fax: 705 733-2618. Toll-Free: 800 897-2053

Shred-Tech

295 Pinebush Rd Cambridge ON N1T 1B2 519 621-3560 Fax: 519 621-4288. Toll-Free: 800 465-3214 CEO Rob Glass

Shu-Pak Equipment Inc.

176 McGovern Dr RR 32 Cambridge ON N3H 4R7 519 653-2472 Fax: 519 653-2719. Pres David Tanner

Sierra International Machinery, Inc. Recycling & Solid Waste Division

Sebright Products Inc.

PO Box 296 Hopkins MI 49328 Location: 127 N Water St 616 793-7183 Fax: 616 793-4022. Dir-Mktg Jeannie Bolt

Security Engineered Machinery PO Box 1045 Westboro MA 01581 508 366-1488 Fax: 508 366-6814. Toll-Free: 800 225-9293 Pres Peter Dempsey; Ntl Shred Serv Mgr Lisa Gauvin

SENES Consultants Limited

121 Granton Dr Suite 12 Richmond Hill ON L4B 3N4 905 764-9380 Fax: 905 764-9386. Pres D M Don Gorber

Sennebogen LLC

2835 Jeff Adams Dr Charlotte NC 28206 704 347-4910 Fax: 704 347-8894. Pres Constantino Lannes

SETCO Solid Tire

PO Box 809 Idabel OK 74745 580 286-6531 Fax: 580 286-6743. Mktg Mgr Sharon Birdsong

Shaw Tracking

2055 Flavelle Blvd

Solid Waste Equipment Co., Inc. 7630 L St Omaha NE 68127 402 592-4200 Fax: 402 592-7492. Toll-Free: 800 701-7079 Treas Amy Vance

Solmax International Inc.

Steinert US, LLC

13130 56th Court, Suite 605 Clearwater FL 33760 727 573-2482 Fax: 727 573-2527. Contact Dennis Ciccotelli

Stellar Industries Inc.

2801 Marie-Victorin Blvd Varennes QC J3X 1P7 450 929-1234 Fax: 450 929-2547. Toll-Free: 800 571-3904 Natl Sls Mgr Paul Payeur

PO Box 169 Garner IA 50438 Location: 190 State St 641 923-3741 Fax: 641 923-2812. Toll-Free: 800 321-3741 Sls Rep Keith Formanek

Soudure J.M. Chantal Inc.

Summit Equipment, Inc.

1000 rue Industrielle Saint-Agapit QC G0S 1Z0 418 888-3444 Fax: 418 888-3950. Toll-Free: 866 881-3444 Sls Mgr Jean St-Pierre

SP Industries Inc.

2982 Jefferson Rd Hopkins MI 49328 269 793-3232 Fax: 269 793-7451. Toll-Free: 800 592-5959 Sls Mgr Gene Koelsch

PO Box 1847 Post Falls ID 83877-1847 208 773-3885 Fax: 208 773-3799. Pres/Gen Mgr Skip Hissong

Superior Tire & Rubber Corp.

PO Box 308 Warren PA 16365 814 723-2370 Fax: 814 726-0740. Toll-Free: 800 289-1456 Prod Line Mgr Scott Holcomb

Spectrum Technologies Inc.

12360 South Industrial Dr E Plainfield IL 60585 815 436-4440 Fax: 815 436-4460. Toll-Free: 800 248-8873 Pres Mike Thurow; Mktg Mgr Rebecca Fry

SSI Schaefer Systems International

Supreme International Limited

6010 47 St Wetaskiwin AB T9A 2R3 780 352-6061 Fax: 780 352-6056. Toll-Free: 800 563-2038 Dir-Prod Support Joel Huberdeau

1674 Keller Pky Suite 102 Keller TX 76248 817 337-7111 Fax: 817 337-5838. Mktg Asst Vicki Dunigan

140 Nugget Crt Brampton ON L6T 5H6 905 458-5399 Fax: 905 458-7951. Toll-Free: 800 565-2409 Mgr/Dir Cust Serv Maria Frizzell

T&T Technology

Signature Marketing, LLC

SSI Shredding Systems

Tee Mark Corporation

134 West St Simsbury CT 06070 860 658-7172 Fax: 860 651-8376. Toll-Free: 877 658-7172 CEO Evelyn M Golden

9760 SW Freeman Dr Wilsonville OR 97070 503 682-3633 Fax: 503 682-1704. Tech Sls David Wilson

464 Wells St N Chicago IL 60610 312 266-7414 Mktg Dev Mgr Suzy Hill

1132 Air Park Dr Aitkin MN 56431 218 927-2200 Fax: 218 927-2333. Toll-Free: 800 428-9900 Sls/Mktg Mgr Denny Rach

Temperature Corporation STANMECH Technologies Inc. Sims Cab Depot Corp.

200 Moulinette Rd Long Sault ON K0C 1P0 613 534-2289 Fax: 613 534-2182. Pres Chuck Crawford

SMS Equipment - Eastern Region

1945 55e Av Dorval QC H9P 1G9 514 636-4950 Fax: 514 636-4979. Toll-Free: 800 881-9828 VP-Sls/Mktg Alain Bedard

So. Cal Soft-Pak, Inc.

208-3550 Camino Del Rio North San Diego CA 92108 619 283-2338 Fax: 619 283-6641. Toll-Free: 888 763-8725 VP-Bus Dev Peter Shroyer

944 Zelco Dr Burlington ON L7L 4Y3 905 631-6161 Fax: 905 631-1852. Toll-Free: 888 438-6324 Toll-Free Fax: 888 329-6324 Pres Paul W Subject Branches: Les Technologies STANMECH Inc. 2187 rue des Sarcelles Vaudreuil-Dorion QC J7V 9N9 450 455-1614 STANMECH Technologies Inc. specializes in the development of plastics joining, fabricating and forming solutions. We have particular expertise in providing wedge welding and extrusion technology geomembrane applications. We offer products including Extrusion Welders; Wedge Welders, Hot Air Tools & Tensile Testers; and we combine these various technologies to provide customized solutions for specific applications challenges.

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PO Box 127 Roebling NJ 08554 609 499-4545 Fax: 609 499-8227. Toll-Free: 800 541-1123 Pres John Scarperia

Thunderbird Plastics Ltd.

6969 Shirley Ave Burnaby BC V5J 4R4 604 433-5624 Fax: 604 433-6231. Pres Giuseppe Nucera

Titan Industries Inc.

735 Industrial Loop Rd. New London WI 54961 920 982-6600 Fax: 920 982-7750. Toll-Free: 800 558-3616 Pres Dan Baumbach

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solid waste & recycling — 2009 buyers’ guide Titan Trailers Inc. 1129 Hwy #3 Delhi ON N4B 2W6 519 688-4826 Fax: 519 688-6453. Pres Mike Kloepfer; Cust Serv/Exec VP Sandy Kloepfer

TMS Solutions Ltd. 1577 Ridge Rd W Suite 117 Rochester NY 14615 585 621-5825 Fax: 585 581-1098. Toll-Free: 888 301-4700 Pres William J Brown

Totten Sims Hubicki Associates 300 Water St Whitby ON L1N 9J2 905 668-9363 Ext. 2207 Fax: 905 668-0221. Mgr-Env Mgmnt Group Kelly Dechert

Transform Compost Systems Ltd. 3911 Mt Lehman Rd Abbotsford BC V4X 2N1 604 856-2722 Fax: 604 856-8444. Pres John Paul

Universal Handling Equipment Ltd. 100 Burland Cres Hamilton ON L8H 7L5 Fax: 905 6620603. Toll-Free: 877 843-1122 Pres David Gerrard

Van Dyk Baler Corp. 31 Wellington St Orangeville ON L9W 2L6 519 940-3000 Fax: 519 940-9853. Cdn Sls Mgr Don Holliday

Varsek Trading Group Inc. 6260 Mara Cres Richmond BC V7C 2P9 604 277-6255 Fax: 604 277-6239. Gen Mgr Peter V Varsek

Vecoplan, LLC PO Box 7224 High Point NC 27264 336 861-6070 Fax: 336 861-4329. Toll-Free: 877 738-3241 Mktg Coord Michelle Zimmerman

Travis Body & Trailer, Inc. 13955 FM 529 Houston TX 77041 713 466-5888 Fax: 713 466-3238. Toll-Free: 800 535-4372 Pres C K Bud Hughes

Trouble-Shooting Services Ltd. PO Box 185 Carlisle ON L0R 1H0 905 659-1323 Fax: 905 659-1286. Toll-Free: 888 397-2253 Pres Scott Beaumont; Serv/Parts/ Office Mgr Mike Collins

TRUX Route Management Systems Inc. 260 Holiday Inn Dr Unit 34 Cambridge ON N3C 4E8 519 658-4322 Fax: 519 658-9762. Toll-Free: 866 879-8789 Controller Alex Bell

Tryco/Untha International PO Box 1277 Decatur IL 62525 217 864-4541 Fax: 217 864-6397. Pres Robert West

Tulip Corporation 714 Keefe Ave E Milwaukee WI 53212 414 963-3120 Fax: 414 962-1825. Sr Sls Rep Joy O’Hearn

Universal Engineering Corp. 800 First Ave NW Cedar Rapids IA 52405 319 365-0441 Fax: 319 369-5440. Toll-Free: 800 366-2051 Sls Coord Trudi Troendle

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Walker Magnetics National Ltd. 901 Arvin Ave Stoney Creek ON L8E 5N9 905 643-3338 Fax: 905 643-6111. Toll-Free: 800 267-4678 VP/Gen Mgr Brian Thwaites

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Waste Diversion Toronto/Canada 138 Garden Ave Toronto ON M6R 1H7 416 535-9918 Founder Rod Muir

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4090 Bellgreen Dr, Unit 6 Ottawa ON K1G 3N2 613 260-0451 Fax: 613 260-2784. VP Eastern Canada Robert Ross

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3227 Clifford Crt Innisfil ON L9S 3V8 705 431-5980 Fax: 705 431-5970. Toll-Free: 888 820-5016 Sls Mgr Laurie McMillan

Water Maze Water Treatment Systems 4275 NW Pacific Rim Blvd

129 Acacia Ave Ottawa ON K1M 0R2 613 741-4242 Fax: 613 747-0510.

Weima America, Inc.

3678 Centre Cir Fort Mill SC 29715 803 802-7170 Fax: 803 802-7098. Toll-Free: 888 440-7170 Inside Sls Coord Chad Ames

Wessuc Inc.

973 Alberton Rd S Jerseyville ON L0R 1R0 519 752-0837 Fax: 519 752-0840. Toll-Free: 866 493-7782 Sls/Mktg Mgr Hank Van Veen

West Can Marketing Corporation 1610 Lakeside Rd Lethbridge AB T1K 3G8 403 329-1713 Fax: 403 329-1512. Pres Grant Harrington

West Salem Machinery Co.

PO Box 5288 Salem OR 97304 503 364-2213 Fax: 503 364-1398. Toll-Free: 800 722-3530 Gen Mgr Bob DeSouza

Wildcat Manufacturing Co. Inc.

PO Box 1100 Freeman SD 57029 Location: 420 S Hwy 81 605 925-4512 Fax: 605 925-7536. Toll-Free: 800 627-3954 Sls Mgr/VP Myron Holzwarth; Sls Rep Tim O’Hara

Wilkens Industries Inc.

184 S County Rd 22 Morris MN 56267 320 589-1971 Fax: 320 589-1974. Toll-Free: 800 833-6045 Sales Doug Storck

Williams Patent Crusher & Pulverizer Co., Inc.

2701 N Broadway St Louis MO 63102 314 621-3348 Fax: 314 436-2639. Sls Mgr Carl Rehmer

Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP

4 King St W Suite 900 Toronto ON M5H 1B6 416 863-0711 Fax: 416 863-1938. Partner Donna S K Shier; Partner John Willms

WorleyParsons - Div. Infrastructure & Environment

4500 16 Ave NW Calgary AB T3B 0M6 403 247-0200 Fax: 403 247-4811. Toll-Free: 800 668-6772 Mktg Mgr Bill Tompkins

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The enclosed channel system reverts back to a technology that has lost some of its steam over the last few years. Feedstocks are placed at the input end of a channel and uncured compost is removed in four to eight weeks. The composting material is turned and mixed one to three times per week using a compost turner. Appropriate composting temperatures of 55 to 65°C are maintained by powerful blowers that aerate the composting material. The blowers are controlled by timers and/or temperature feedback. Temperature monitoring and blower controls can be effected via a computer. A specialized odour control system is used at this facility. “Air Phaser” is a non-thermal

plasma technology and is designed to treat odourous air emissions by using electricity. In non-sciency terms think of it as a bug zapper for odour molecules. The odour molecules are decomposed to their non-odourous element forms such as carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen atoms. This technology is relatively new to Canada and for use at composting facilities.

It will be interesting to see how well this technology works and if it represents a viable alternative to biofiltration, the current industry standard for odour control. This composting facility and others that are being developed are all steps in the right direction. The enthusiasm of residents to divert their SSO is starting to be matched by Ontario’s growing composting industry. It is very satisfying to see Ontario’s SSO and quite frankly the revenue that comes with it stay at home — where it belongs. Paul van der Werf is president of 2cg Inc. in London, Ontario. Contact Paul at www.2cg.ca @ARTICLECATEGORY:784;

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s an interior designer, I was contacted recently by a national The hospitals The idea for the drop-off unit went on the back burner for a while until I pharmaceutical retail chain to design a store fixture to be located had time to discuss the issues with the largest end users: the hospitals. In in the front of their stores. The only criteria given was where the the hospitals, medical waste disposal is a problem that is on everyone’s fixture was to be located and the rough shape and dimensions of the mind and again, while no one wanted their names attached to the issue, space to be occupied. What merchandise was to go on the fixture was there was urgency — even eagerness — from everyone I spoke to at left open. every level. They all wanted to make sure my questions were answered. The idea developed into a preliminary presentation for an interactive What came to light was that pharmaceutical and medical waste disfixture designed to educate the public about the need to dispose of pharposal is currently in a state of barely controlled chaos that’s regulated maceutical waste in an environmentally responsible manner. It incorbut not fully enforced due to the lack of realistic porated bins where customers could drop off and legislation, infrastructure, equipment and fundseparate unused pharmaceuticals. ing. I got the impression that my contacts at The idea was pitched to the client and was well every level were begging me to come up with a received. However, it was eventually turned down cost-effective solution. Everyone is aware that on the basis that the infrastructure to support the the Ministry of the Environment has created an concept does not exist in Ontario. They were still entity called Waste Diversion Ontario to address receptive to the idea pending a paradigm shift such matters but no one knows what’s going on. in current medical waste collection and disposal While the ministry has invited input, many stake practices currently outside their control. holders are afraid to participate for fear of being A sense of how this problem is viewed by the singled out later. government, retailers, industry, and the public Where the rubber meets the road in this busiemerged almost at once. Absolutely no one wants Many consumers are unaware that they can their name or their organization’s name associ- usually return old drugs and medications to ness is with what are known as “sharps.” The their local pharmacy for safe disposal. term refers to the needles and scalpels, etc. that ated in the media with the problem of what to do are part of the waste deposited into the bins. Ontario hospitals are rewith pharmaceutical and medical waste. There’s a sound reason for this: quired to use one-way disposal bins but the cost of single-use bins is No person or organization contributing medical waste to the disposal high (if you multiply how many are needed on a daily basis per floor system wants to be seen as being part of the problem or an obstacle to per hospital). It’s easy to see how the system-wide cost of such bins the solution (for what is understood as an environmental safety issue could alter how medical care is delivered if this policy is allowed to that affects every living thing). It’s an issue that has been ignored to the stand without allowances being made for the ability to reuse bins. Conpoint where the damage done by pharmaceuticals is global in scope. sequently, the bins are not strictly one-way bins in a number of cases. The potential for a public backlash is a risk no one wants to take. But Rather, they’re lined with plastic bags and the bags go from one bin in, ﬁ doing nothing about the problem risks an even greater backlash.

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t The public doesn’t understand the acute shortage of space in typical medical, dental or pharmaceutical environments. Buildings and business environments are not currently built to manage hazardous wastes because the architects and designers are not made aware of the problems and therefore cannot provide solutions for absent support services.

Saskatchewan

A conversation with the owner of the Canadian company that supplies sharps bins to hospitals brought me up to speed on how Saskatchewan deals with its medical waste problem. In that province pharmaceutical waste is disposed of in metal or plastic waste bins provided by municipalities. Information about proper disposal is published from time to time in local newspapers. People are told to put the pharmaceutical disposables in small metal or plastic containers. They are to be taped shut and they go into the bins on the day they’re to be picked up by municipal waste staff. In addition, there’s a participatory pharmaceutical program that operates under the auspices of the Saskatchewan Pharmaceutical Association whereby pharmacists — on a volunteer basis — advise their clients (including doctors) to return sharps and unused or outdated drugs and prescription medicines to the pharmacy where they were purchased. The used and surplus meds are collected by medical waste specialists and destroyed in a provincially approved manner. The cost of this is borne by the pharmacies. While pharmacies may provide this service in Ontario, the general public is largely ignorant of this opportunity and the hazard of simply flushing unused meds down the toilet or throwing them unprotected into the garbage. Consequently, our waterways and municipal sewage are contaminated with all kinds of drugs that have a negative effect on biota and fish, birds and animals. A partial recovery system operates in Ontario, wide gaps exist in the system. Some of this waste stream is trucked to Saskatchewan for disposal. Another weakness in Ontario’s system is the vulnerability of waste collection staff who must pick up household waste at the curb regardless of what it might contain. Is the ministry working on the issue? Yes it is. Does it want to do the right thing? Absolutely. But doing the right thing with complex issues like this does take time and the legal implications are formidable. But the clock is ticking and accidents don’t run on schedule. It’s time for the governments in every province to act and introduce a product stewardship program and robust return-to retail system (or something equally effective) for drugs and sharps. John Newell is with Jondy Retail Interiors Inc. in Pickering, Ontario. Contact John at jondy@sympatico.ca @ARTICLECATEGORY:789; 2243;

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Tony Mac Donald (left) of T.G. Mac Sales Ltd. in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and Jean-Sebastian Voghel (right) of Voghel Enviroquip Inc. in Mississauga, Ontario with a customer at the Doppstadt booth. www.voghel.com

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by Gordon Quaiattini

BIOMASS

“GreenField has struck a 25 year feedstock supply agreement with the city to fuel its ethanol production.”

Cellulosic Ethanol Waste and advanced renewable fuels

nergy, the economy, and the environment are the defining issues of our day. Even in the face of the global financial crisis — and perhaps accelerated by it — these forces will shape future public policy. They will direct commercial trends. And they will dictate a great deal of change in the years ahead. Consumers know that. Business knows that. And municipalities know that. Of course, those in the waste management industry know it as well. What may be less well known is how the interests of that industry and the renewable fuels sector are becoming increasingly entwined. Driven by scientific innovation, there’s an emerging commonality of interest between waste and renewable fuels; an interest that will help meet public and municipal demand for economic growth, cleaner energy, and more efficient diversion of waste. That common interest can be summed up with one term: cellulosic ethanol. Not only does cellulosic ethanol promise cleaner and less expensive transportation fuel, it offers a built-in market for municipal waste. In recent months, grain-based ethanol has been wrongly accused of nearly every evil under the sun. First, it was blamed for rising crop prices, which experts now agree was always false. Economist Stewart Ramsey of Global Insight went so far as to say flatly that crop prices were a “speculative bubble.” Some argued that ethanol was diverting needed crops from our food chain and creating shortages. The reality, of course, was that food shortages were the consequence of drought and maladministration in the developing world. Corn — the most common grain used for ethanol — is being harvested in record amounts, far outstripping demand generated by either food or fuel. Finally, there have been a host of questions about the environmental bona fides of grain-based ethanol. On every score, ethanol leaves a lighter carbon footprint than fossil fuels. In fact, new federal regulations for ethanol use will cut greenhouse gases by some 4.2 Megatonnes each and every year. That’s the equivalent of removing one million cars a year from our highways. Grain-based ethanol brings a wide number of benefits from an economic and environmental perspective. Of even greater relevance to those in the waste management industry, it has also served to build the foundation for the next generation of fuels; cellulosic fuels that can be made from non-recyclable waste products. Unlike grain based ethanol, cellulosic biofuels can be made from a wide variety of organic stock, including municipal waste. While this technology remains new in terms of commercial applications, that’s changing quickly.

Biomass project

Nowhere is that example better on display than in Edmonton, Alberta. Canadian Renewable Fuels Association member GreenField Ethanol has teamed-up with CRFA member Enerkem, a Quebec-based firm that has developed a proprietary technology to convert biomass from municipal waste into biofuels. Together, they’re building a nearly 40 million litre plant to produce cellulosic ethanol using this new technology. It will be among the first of its kind anywhere in the world: a commercial facility producing next-generation biofuels in a way that some critics suggested would never be seen. Excitingly, that’s not the only way in which this initiative is breaking new ground. How the biofuels are being produced and the partnership underlying that effort is equally innovative. GreenField has struck a 25 year feedstock supply agreement with the city to fuel its ethanol production. The supply will be composed from diverted municipal waste. The benefits of this arrangement are many. First and most important, the plant will show that cellulosic ethanol can be produced on a commercial scale. Second, the Edmonton facility will reduce the province of Alberta’s harmful greenhouse gas emissions by more than six million tonnes during the period of the agreement. Third, and of greatest relevance for the waste management sector, it stands as a model private-public partnership. Municipalities looking to demonstrate leadership on diversion from landfills will find this an example to be copied. It shows that we can find new ways with new technology to transform waste into a source of revenue, energy, and environmental improvement all at once. A similar plant is being constructed in Varennes, Quebec. It too will produce 40 million litres when it reaches full capacity. At the end of the day, the true lesson of GreenField and Enerkem’s cellulosic leadership is that it highlights the potential for new partnerships. Working together, the biofuels industry, municipalities, and the waste management sector can achieve tremendous gains. We can create jobs and economic growth. We can combat climate change. We can produce new cleaner energy alternatives. And we can diminish the burden faced by those in waste management. That’s a winning alternative. Gordon Quaiattini is President of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association in Ottawa, Ontario. Contact Gordon at g.quaiattini@greenfuels.org @ARTICLECATEGORY:2242;

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by Phil Zigby “The average ‘basket of goods’ price for Ontario blue box materials was over $175/tonne in October and less than $40 in December.”

A Bit of Gloom and Doom Straight talk on the current depressed commodity market

he recent global economic upheaval has had a direct, detrimental effect on the value of recycled commodities. Through October and November the price of post consumer fibres, plastics and metals has plummeted, creating challenges for program operators everywhere. The average “basket of goods” price for Ontario blue box materials was over $175/tonne in October and less than $40 in December. The initial price drops were felt from the fibre markets. With the economic malaise fewer goods are being produced requiring fewer boxes to package them. Mills have fewer orders to fill. Newspaper companies built large inventories over the summer fearing a price increase from ONP mills. The price of OCC and ONP dropped $80/tonne in just two months. Abitibi-Bowater in Thorold Ontario shut down production for the first two weeks of November. At the same time, demand from China practically ceased. Nine Dragons — a large consumer of North American scrap fibres — closed its east coast offices. The lack of overseas demand has not been restricted to fibres. Plastics and metals have few outlets overseas where approximately 20 per cent of blue box items are sold. A glut of domestic tonnage has led municipal and commercial recycling plants to begin stockpiling baled materials onsite or in warehouses. Unfortunately this does not seem to be a minor hiccup. Speculation is rampant as to when a rebound may occur, with guesses ranging from mid-February (after the Chinese New Year) to as far off as the beginning of 2010. Regardless, a few things are worth knowing. Longstanding relationships with the end markets are more important than ever. The spot market is essentially gone. Unless tonnes were contracted to a mill you’ll find yourself at the bottom of the list to get in. The old practice of jumping from one buyer to another for a quarter cent a pound is probably costing you any gains you made in the past. Quality is paramount. With the oversupply mills will first choose the material that returns the greatest yield. Some municipalities have already experienced this at aluminum and newsprint mills. Abitibi-Bowater and Atlantic Packaging state they won’t accept ONP from singlestream MRFs unless quality improves drastically. Dual-stream quality is not necessarily better; however, the majority of tonnages are generated by single-stream operations. The Novelis aluminum plant in Oswego, New York previously indicated a preference for deposit-refund over curbside-collected material; they now refuse to take materials from several Ontario MRFs.

Materials by type

OCC: Continues to move slowly. Mills indicate two-week shutdowns over Christmas. MRF stockpiles will increase. ONP: Some relief with Abitibi-Bowater back on line and a few orders trickling in from China; however, this is only for #8 grade. Lower grade

#6 paper is no longer being sought by mills. MRFs producing this grade relied on overseas markets; now they’re stuck with material that’s homeless. Talk of landfilling runs into the fact that permitted space is limited. Boxboard is experiencing the same issues as ONP#6 Plastics: #1 PET buyers are offering to pick up loads at no charge, in stark contrast with the $400+ everyone received a few months ago. HDPE #2 has swung $700/tonne in six weeks. At least these materials are still moving and Coca Cola’s new bottle-to-bottle recycling facility for PET in the US may increase demand. The bad news is that the price of prime or virgin material is more affordable than ever (the reduced price of oil being the main factor). Tubs and lids or #3 thru #7 mixed plastic is a different story. Demand for these marginal materials is almost gone. They still have a few homes but soon buyers charge to take them. Mixed plastic only had an outlet overseas. This is gone. The only option for this grade may be landfill or incineration unless new processing technologies come online. This, however, will cost substantial money. Plastic film is stagnant as well. The quality that traditionally comes from MRFs is poor at best. Most film processors are interested in plastic bags but it has to be clean. Return-to-vendor film seems to have a better chance of being recycled than MRF film. Metal:Steel cans continue to move but at a fraction of the summer high. Local mills may go into prolonged shutdowns during the holidays, with no price increases for months. Aluminum cans remain difficult to move. Orders for January are few and far between. One of the problems here may be the credit crunch. The price has fallen and there’s still an appetite for the material — unfortunately financing is hampering this market. Looming on the horizon is the fact that Chinese mills are producing aluminum at record rates. The Chinese government had imposed a 15 per cent tariff on the export of aluminum to protect essentially the selling of its electricity. With an oversupply in the country, the Chinese government is being pressured to remove the tariff which will result in the world market being flooded with aluminum. Glass:Clear and coloured glass continues to move with relative ease. Mixed broken glass (prevalent in most MRFs) is a different story. Fibreglass insulation is the main use for mixed broken glass and demand has dropped along with housing starts in the United States. Difficulty moving recyclables has happened in the past but never to this degree. It’s obvious that some creative solutions will be required to get through this turmoil. See next page for analysis of problem materials at the MRF. Phil Zigby is Marketing and Procurement Coordinator — Solid Waste Resources, for the City of Guelph, Ontario. Contact Phil at phil.zigby@guelph.ca

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The Dirty Dozen

Twelve materials that create problems for recycling plants

ith the current economic downturn and the collapse of commodity prices, it’s time to get serious about keeping problem packaging materials out of recycling plants. Certain packaging types need to be redesigned for recyclability or not introduced in the first place, as they gum up the works in material recovery facilities (MRFs) and create problems in collection, processing and marketing of finished materials (creating so-called “contaminated” bales). Packaging continues to find exciting new shapes, designs and composition, but MRF operators are left handling a diversity of materials without the proper tools. There’s a disconnect between the people choosing the package and the people entrusted with diverting it

from disposal. Either the packaging has to change, or new technology has to be invented to sort this stuff. Perhaps tighter regulations could keep these materials out of the blue box, or steward fees could be raised for “problem materials.” We must engage the brand owners, packaging manufacturers and marketing experts for a joint solution. Perhaps if producers were made wholly responsible for the cost of end-of-life management, they’d change their packaging choices. — ed. (See Cover Story, page 8.) NOTE: This article is based on a presentation Phil Zigby made at the AMRC fall conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake. For more information about the AMRC and it’s new name, see the Up Front section, pages 6-7.

Here are 12 problem materials, our “dirty dozen.”

1. OPAQUE PET

2. POLYCOATED BEVERAGE CUPS

3. RESIN LOOK-A-LIKES

Unwanted in the PET mix; contaminated loads

Doesn’t belong with traditional fibre mixes, but

Polypropylene resembles high density. PVC and

could potentially be considered with the aseptics.

PS mimic PET -- sorters have difficulty telling the

High probability of having a lid attached (and trash

difference. High risk of quality issues.

end up in landfill. Who needs this stuff anyway?

inside).

4. UV-LINED BARRIER BOTTLES

5. NEWSPAPER IN PLASTIC BAGS

6. WAXED CARBOARD

Current contamination is low but rising. Optical

Residents generally throw them in the blue box

Undesirable at regular board mills. Does it even

sorting cannot always distinguish the barrier. Bar-

with the paper. No viable reuse options. Difficult to

have a place in the blue box?

riers not limited to PET bottles.

sort (hides very well with the paper)

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7. COMPOSITE CONTAINERS Please explain the benefit -- we still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see it. Cannot separate the different materials.

8. PUMP BOTTLES Handles get caught in the machinery and other bottles. Can become a health and safety issue.

9. PLASTIC TRAYS Composition ranges from PET, PP, PE, PS, and PLA. Can be clear or opaque. Manual sorting unreliable. Material landfilled.

10. PLA BOTTLES AND TRAYS Looks just like PET. Optical cannot separate it out. Takes miniscule amount to cause product rejection.

11. PLASTIC BAGS Expensive to collect and process. Better markets exist for clean material from return-to-retail programs, as opposed to not curbside collection.

12. OVERSIZED WATER BOTTLES These fill up blue boxes and cube out collection trucks quickly. MRF machinery cannot handle these. Place them on deposit, please.

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by John Nicholson, P.Eng.

WA S T E B U S I N E S S

“Solid waste professionals realize that a mix of treatment/ disposal options are available, depending on the waste stream.”

IWM

Finding the solution to waste management in your community

lthough some individuals would believe that one is either for or against landfilling, for or against incineration, and for or against Zero Waste initiatives, many waste professionals recognize no single universal waste management practice is preferable to all others. These experienced waste management professionals understand the concept of integrated waste management (IWM). Proponents of IWM do not see the world in black and white. They understand that there is a range of waste streams to be managed and a menu of treatment/disposal practices from which to choose. The preferred waste management option for a community depends on how environmental, economic and social considerations are prioritized.

What is IWM?

Simply put, IWM is the coordination of different waste treatment and disposal options: recycling, organics treatment, energy-from-waste, and landfilling. Solid waste professionals realize that a mix of treatment/disposal options are available, depending on the waste stream. IWM is defined by the appli cation of the waste management hierarchy (1. Reduce, 2. Reuse, 3. Recycle, 4. Recover energy, and 5. Residual management) with local priorities (social, environmental, economic). The best IWM plan for one community may not be the best for another due to local priorities and conditions coupled with regional and national requirements results. Konrad Fichtner, a consultant for AECOM in Burnaby, British Columbia, believes communities should involve their citizens in the process of finding waste management solutions so that the final solution is one that is acceptable to the majority. “By involving residents in developing an IWM plan, the needs of residents wanting no new taxes are balanced with eco-activist citizens that want a green solution at whatever cost,” Fichtner states. Economic priority: Some municipalities may be only interested in a low cost, short-term waste disposal solution. For those municipalities, landfilling is likely the preferred choice. These cost-conscious communities will only recycle if there are strong end markets and organics diversion may only consist of composting leaf & yard waste. For an IWM plan focused solely on economics, very little public education or community involvement is needed. The main advantages of an economics-only approach are (0bviously) the low cost to taxpayers, the simplicity in implementation, and the convenience for consumers and industry. On the downside, valuable re-

sources may not be utilized and future liabilities are often unaccounted. Also, there is no consideration of greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental priority: For communities that place the environment as the main priority in IWM planning, there will be a major focus on maximizing waste avoidance and a high degree of source separation of all waste streams. In an environment-first community, recycling is mandatory, material bans exist and there are tax penalties on certain wastes. Every effort is made to maximize the recycling of organics and other materials regardless of market value. Mechanical-biological treatment is preferred over thermal treatment. With an environment first approach, there are low GHG emissions, reduced demand for primary resources, a high number of “green collar” jobs, reduced long-term liability associated with waste disposal, and a highly educated and involved public. The disadvantage of focusing solely on the environment is the cost, complexity, and inconvenience of the IWM system. An example of where the environment is a priority can be found in Sweden. In some municipalities, households are expected to separate waste into eight separate streams. A landfill tax of $65 per tonne deters this cost-effective yet environmentally damaging waste management option. Societal priority: When a community places social issues as a priority, IWM programs are put in place that maximize community benefits and minimize negative impacts. Issues related to odor, noise, visual impact, convenience, and traffic all receive a high priority. The location and distribution of the IWM system is carefully considered as well as the employment quality and quantity from the system. Society-first communities exhibit a sense of responsibility and believe waste should be management within their borders. The good news for society-first communities is that it supports local businesses, provides local employment. On the downside, there are no economies of scale for small communities that focus on a society-first IWM plan. Full integration: A fully integrated IWM balances all three priorities — the environment, the economy and society. For many communities in Canada, balancing all three is tricky but can be made easier by engaging the public on the costs, benefits, and consequences of choosing specific options.

“On the downside, there are no economies of scale for small communities that focus on a society-first IWM plan.”

John Nicholson, M.Sc., P.Eng., is a consultant based in Toronto, Ontario. Contact John at john.nicholson@ebccanada.com @ARTICLECATEGORY:798;

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by Erika Beauchesne

I C & I WA S T E

“The average resident single family house puts approximately four to seven tonnes of construction waste into the landfill through the construction process.”

Building Policy Alberta first province to start recycling C&D waste

lberta is drafting plans to start recycling construction and demolition (C&D) waste -- refuse that fills up nearly a quarter of the province’s landfills. The Alberta Construction Association and the Canadian Home Builders’ Association of Alberta have partnered with the government and expect the program to be up and running by 2010. Although Alberta Environment hasn’t decided exactly how the system will work, one option might be a deposit-refund program, says Chris Boudreau, a spokesperson with the ministry. Under the program, industry would be reimbursed for a deposit on materials provided it meets whatever criteria the province lays out. The money generated would fund the program, as would any unredeemed funds. There would be no cost to taxpayers or municipalities. In a sense, this would be a product stewardship program for C&D materials. (See cover story, page 8.) “Only 10 per cent of what we could recycle is actually being recycled right now,” Boudreau says. “We needed to do something about the volume of waste that is being created.” Christina Seidel, executive director of the Recycling Council of Alberta, says economic and population growth generated a massive increase in housing and commercial construction projects throughout the province. “Fort McMurray is certainly one of the cities that has undergone a large boom but the biggest problem areas are the largest populated areas — Edmonton and Calgary,” she says. Despite the economic downturn, a recent report from the Royal Bank of Canada indicates construction in Alberta isn’t likely to slow down. The RBC Renovations Survey found 74 per cent of Albertans plan to renovate their homes in the next 12 months and that homeowner construction plans rose by five percentage points — the highest in the country. While the thriving construction industry is creating 23 per cent of landfill waste, Seidel says it has managed to fly under the radar for some time. “It’s almost a bit of a hidden waste stream,” she says. “The average person doesn’t see it because it’s in unique places, only on construction sites and then it goes to construction landfills. “Most Laurin VC2350 2/6/03 10:09 AM Page 1 people have no idea,” she adds. But it was public concern over construction waste that, in part, got

the Alberta Construction Association (ACA) on board with the government’s plans. Ken Gibson, executive director of ACA, says contractors have been receiving more and more requests from owners to recycle construction waste. “It’s a need driven by society’s expectations,” he says. Indeed, many materials can be recycled. “Concrete, brick, stone. Most of this can be reused on new roads,” Gibson says. He says there are also well-developed markets for steel and copper recycling, as well as drywall, which can go back into the manufacturing of new drywall or used as compost in soil. Wood is also recyclable, although demand fluctuates with the market. “Right now with the reduction in the U.S. housing market… the demand for lumber has gone down,” he says. Since the government announced its plans, Gibson has already started to see more interest and investment in the recycling industry, where he says environmental groups could also make a profit. “There’s already one fellow setting up a transfer station down in southern Alberta,” says Gibson. “That’s the kind of experimentation that’s going on.” Alberta would be the only Canadian province to make C&D waste recycling mandatory, although not everyone may be pleased by it. Michael Nyikes, director of Safety and Technical Services for the Canadian Home Builders’ Association of Alberta, says forcing the industry to recycle could pose problems for less developed parts of the province. “In some of the smaller, rural communities, they don’t have the same facilities or infrastructure to handle these materials. It’s more prevalent in larger centers,” he says. Still, Nyikes sees the need for such a program. “The average resident single family house puts approximately four to seven tonnes of construction waste into the landfill through the construction process,” he says. By diverting 50 per cent of construction and demolitions debris, Al berta Environment estimates the program would reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfills by 130 kilograms for each Albertan, every year. Erika Beauchesne is Web Reporter for our affiliate online news service EcoLog.com where this article first appeared. Contact Erika at ebeauchesne@ecolog.com @ARTICLECATEGORY:2241;

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by Rosalind Cooper

R E G U L AT I O N R O U N D U P

“The Bill is intended to ensure that carriers who remove waste and parties that own or operate waste disposal sites keep regular, accurate records.”

Waste Initiatives across Canada Ontario private members’ waste reduction bills

Private Member’s Bill 105 — An Act respecting the reporting of industrial, commercial, and institutional waste to facilitate the establishment of waste reduction targets and to promote recycling — received first reading on September 30, 2008 and proceeded to second reading on October 16, 2008. The Bill is intended to ensure that carriers who remove waste and parties that own or operate waste disposal sites keep regular, accurate records of waste quantities and submit these to the Minister of the Environment on a quarterly basis. The Bill creates an offence for failing to comply with these requirements, or falsifying information at any point in the reporting process. Private Member’s Bill 112 — Single-Use Bottled Water Ban Act, 2008 — received first reading on October 21, 2008 and proposes a ban on disposable water bottles. The Bill aims to reduce the amount of waste and lower energy consumption associated with the production of recycling of single-use water bottles.

Saskatchewan consults on WEEE Phase II

The Saskatchewan Waste Electronic Equipment Program (SWEEP) currently provides province-wide collection and recycling of designated electronic products such as televisions, desktops and notebook computers (including keyboards, mice and cables), monitors and desktop printers, and fax machines. The province is now consulting with stakeholders to determine which additional electronic products are best suited for inclusion in Phase II of its recycling program. In considering the inclusion of electronic products for Phase II, SWEEP is considering: the capacity of and ability for collection through the existing collection network; opportunities for collection through an expanded collection network; ability for recycling in an environmentally sound manner; existing recycling capacity for the products; estimated volume of product currently available for collection; and existing product recycling and/or diversion opportunities. SWEEP is also considering electronic products that are currently regulated or will be regulated in other jurisdictions, such as floor standing printers (copiers), personal computers (handheld), computer flatbed scanners, land-line telephones, cell phones and other wireless devices, answering machines, electronic games, and cameras.

BC guide for dismantling vehicles

The Vehicle Dismantling and Recycling Industry Environmental Planning Regulation was enacted on September 1, 2007 and is the final result of the consultations conducted by the BC Ministry of Environment based on a policy intentions paper released in October of 2005. The Regulation requires individual operators or industry associations (acting on behalf of their members) to develop environmental management plans to demonstrate how they intend to comply with the Regulation. All operators that dismantle five or more wet vehicles in a

calendar year must have registered with the ministry by September 1, 2008 and state that their operation has an environmental management plan in place. The Regulation also requires a system of monitoring and reporting to keep operators in compliance with their plans. In order to assist those affected by the Regulation, the ministry has released a guide book entitled Guide Book for the Vehicle Dismantling and Recycling Industry Environmental Planning Regulation. The guide provides background information on the Regulation and summarizes the requirements in simple language; it provides information on legal and compliance requirements, and discusses best management practices for hazardous liquids, solids, refrigerants and work areas.

Ontario reviews WDA

On October 16 the Ontario Ministry of the Environment released a discussion paper entitled “Review of Ontario’s Waste Diversion Act, 2002: Discussion Paper for Public Consultation” on October 16, 2008. The purpose of the discussion paper is to facilitate public and stakeholder consultations on the ministry’s review of the Waste Diversion Act, 2002, which came into force on June 27, 2002 and requires a review to be undertaken after the fifth year. Ontario is currently proposing the adoption of a zero waste policy, focusing on redesigning products and processes to reduce waste before it is created, as well as designing products for greater reuse. The current review of the legislation provides the ministry with an opportunity to improve its waste diversion framework, and promote its objective of zero waste. (For details, see Cover Story, page 8.)

Toronto reduces packaging waste

The City of Toronto has prepared a proposal regarding the reduction of packaging waste entitled “Proposed Measures to Reduce In-Store Packaging Waste and Litter, Municipal Hazardous and Special Waste and Plastic Water Bottles.” The various measures proposed are intended to reduce 10,000 tonnes of in-store packaging, including hot drink cups, plastic retail shopping bags and single-use plastic food packaging. These initiatives are part of a larger strategy to achieve the city’s 70 per cent waste reduction target (Target 70). The shopping bag proposal was pre-empted by an announcement from Mayor David Miller and the association representing the grocers that supermarkets will voluntarily begin charging customers five cents for every plastic shopping bag, unless they bring their own reusable bag. The city has decided to allow residents to place polystyrene (foam packaging) and plastic grocery bags in their blue bin collection carts. (For details, see News, page 60.) Rosalind Cooper, LL.B., is a partner with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, with offices across Canada. Ms. Cooper is based in Toronto, Ontario. Contact Rosalind at rcooper@tor.fasken.com @ARTICLECATEGORY:800;

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OVWRC programs win awards

plications for environmental decision-making across the province. The ruling rejected the company’s attempt to shut down public hearings into the cement manufacturer’s proposal to burn millions of kilograms of tires, plastics, bone meal and other waste in its kiln in Bath, Ontario. The Court of Appeal rejected, without reasons, Lafarge’s attempt to appeal the Divisional Court’s decision of last June, which had dismissed last-ditch efforts by Lafarge to shut down an Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) hearing over the controversial proposal. Visit www.ecojustice.ca

Republic-Allied deal cleared with conditions

The US Department of Justice announced December 3, 2008 that it has reached a settlement that will require Republic Services Inc. and Allied Waste Industries Inc. to divest commercial waste collection and disposal assets, serving 15 metropolitan areas, in order to proceed with Republic’s proposed $4.5 billion acquisition of Allied. The settlement requires Republic and Allied to divest 87 commercial waste collection routes, nine landfills and 10 transfer stations, together with ancillary assets and, in three cases, access to landfill disposal cap-

Waste Reduction Week proved to be a rewarding experience for the Ottawa Valley Waste Recovery Centre (OVWRC) in more ways than one. Recently, two of the Centre’s programs were recognized by provincial organizations at award ceremonies held during Waste Reduction Week. At its annual annual Waste Minimization Awards the OVWRC was awarded a bronze recognition by the Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO) in the Waste Diversion Program Operator category for the work done implementing an integrated waste management program with Algonquin Park using MOLOK bins. The OVWRC was also recognized by the Municipal Waste Association (MWA, formerly the AMRC, see page 6) at MWA’s annual Promotion and Education Awards. This year, the centre’s sustainable garden was recognized by MWA as one of the top three in the Promotional Tool “Other” category. Visit www.ovwrc.com NOTE: The February/March edition of this magazine will feature an in-depth look at the OVWRC’s awardwinning programs.

Lafarge loses legal battle to stop hearing tire proposal

Lafarge has lost its legal battle at the Ontario Court of Appeal to stop an independent hearing from scrutinizing a controversial incineration proposal at its plant west of Kingston, Ontario. A spokesperson for Lafarge said the defeat means that the cement producer will scrap its plans to burn tires as fuel. A coalition of concerned citizens and environmental advocates applauded the decision that will have imDecember/January 2009 www.solidwastemag.com 59

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Glass container industry sets goal

In an announcement that can be read as a veiled

endorsement of deposit-refund systems for beverage containers, the Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) has agreed to the goal of using at least 50 per cent recycled glass in the manufacture of new glass bottles and jars by 2013. Using the US EPA’s benefits calculator, GPI estimates energy savings from using 50 per cent recycled content in all glass packages manufactured in

the U.S. could save enough energy to power over 45,000 households for a year. GPI plans to accelerate support of legislative and regulatory measures that will dramatically improve glass recycling systems in order to reach these environmental goals. In related news, the Aluminum Association similarly pledged to support initiatives to increase collection of its valuable material, recognizing that billions of cans end up in landfill each year. Visit www.gpi.org

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This fall the City of Toronto prepared a paper entitled “Proposed Measures to Reduce InStore Packaging Waste and Litter, Municipal Hazardous and Special Waste and Plastic Water Bottles.” The measures described were intended to reduce 10,000 tonnes of in-store packaging, including hot drink cups, plastic retail shopping bags and single-use plastic food packaging. After negotiations between the city and industry, and separate discussions between Mayor David Miller and the grocers, various compromises were hashed out. The grocers agreed that supermarkets will voluntarily charge customers five cents for plastic shopping bags, unless they bring their own reusable bags. The city agreed to collect polystyrene foam packaging and also plastic grocery bags that it will now allow residents to place in their blue recycling carts. The city would like to divert plastic take-out food containers and has given industry until 2011 to come up with a solution. It will go ahead with ban on the sale of water in plastic bottles in its own buildings.

Quebec brewers announce inventive to recover bottles

The Quebec Brewers Association (QBA) and its members Labatt and Molson breweries, along with their partner, l’Association des détaillants en alimentation du Québec (ADAQ) have announced the implementation of an Environmental Incentive Premium that will promote the recuperation of the refillable glass 341 ml standard bottle. This new measure will come into effect on April 1, 2009. The will be implemented in two phases. First, a premium of $0.10 per metric case (a case of 24 refillable 341 ml standard glass beer bottles) will be paid to all Quebec retailers who hold beer vendor permits up until January 31, 2012. Second, effective February 1, 2012, the premium will increase to $0.24 per metric case. Overall, the implementation of the new incentive premium will entail an annual investment of more than $15 million by Quebec’s large brewers. Visit www.brasseurs.qc.ca 60 www.solidwastemag.com December/January 2009

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Machinex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADL Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 AET Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Mack Truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air Weigh-Tronix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 MMM Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Americana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Metro Waste Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 MWIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amtruck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Norseman Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bandag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 OWMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battery Broker Environmental Services Inc. The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Baycon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Paradigm Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Borden Ladner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Paul Van der Werf (2CG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Protainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 RBRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continental Biomass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Rotobec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMF Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Samuel Strapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Environmental Business Consultants (J. Nicholson) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Schuyler Rubber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eriez Magnetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Fast Pace Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Sebright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Going Green for Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Shred-It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Golder Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Sims Cab Depot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greey EnWaste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Trux Route Management Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Groundworx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . AM . . . . . .Page . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Van Dyk Baler Corp . . OWMA AD 6/5/07 7:33 Hallco Mfg. Co. Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walinga I.W. Kuhn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Waste Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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“We feel strongly that all LCA studies should met ISO standards and be peer reviewed by independent experts.”

Greenwash

The frustrating and dirty world of propaganda

verybody’s done it: selectively use information, put the best shine on a résumé, gloss over or omit stuff that might raise questions. It’s the same with environmental claims and labeling, lifecycle analysis (LCA), and the latest buzzword, sustainability. Let me somewhat generally typecast the offenders as the “ignorant,” the “academically sloppy,” the “selective fact portrayers” and the “downright dirty.” Readers would be well-advised to beware of such misinformation when attempting to formulate rational decisions. Here are some examples. The ignorant: Toronto councilor Glenn De Baeremaeker was recently reported publicly as saying that paper grocery bags and telephone books were the result of “ripping down thousand-year-old trees in British Columbia to use once… and then throwing (them) in the garbage.” Sorry councilor, but most paper grocery bags used in Canada come not from BC but from renewable US plantation forests that have been third-party certified as being sustainably managed. The minority that come from renewable Canadian managed forests (again certified) are made from wood chips, shavings and sawdust left over from harvesting trees for lumber (to make hospitals, universities and De Baeremaeker’s house). As for telephone books, most are made from 100 per cent recycled paper materials (old newspapers and egg cartons). And while he’s checking his facts, De Baeremaeker could maybe find time to investigate the latest residential recovery rates for Ontario: 72 per cent for paper overall and 88 per cent for telephone books. The academically sloppy: These are the people who quote “lifecycle” studies without even reading the original works (one downfall of the Internet) or taking any notice of the carefully worded disclaimers of the authors of those studies (sometimes as broad as the exclusion clauses of an insurance policy). They don’t dig behind who commissioned and funded the studies (sometimes obscured) and they quote studies that are up to 20 years old as if they were relevant today. They make assumptions that raw materials are supplied by the country of destination and that the energy grid of one country is roughly equivalent to that of another. For example, all kraft paper producing mills in Canada generate steam and electricity for their own paper production from wood and process wastes (chips, shavings, sawdust). They do not use 100 per cent purchased petroleum-based energy, as many European-based LCAs assume. The selective fact portrayers: These seize on information that promotes their cause and neglect to mention other factors that, put together, perhaps would tell an entirely different story. For example, a recent study commissioned by a section of the European paper industry (performed and backed by exactly the same independent parties that participated in an earlier plastics-funded study) found that five environmental indicators were systematically favorable to paper carrier bags

and two indicators systematically favorable to plastic carrier bags. Does that justify saying that one is better than the other? No. The study also found that it’s not enough to simply base comparisons on the ability to transport goods (carrying capacity). Protection, advertising support, strength, stiffness and print quality should also be taken into account in any comparative LCA. A particular concern of the paper industry is that renewable resources and the carbon cycle be fairly incorporated into any comparisons between materials. This is why we have objected to parts of the Wal-Mart scorecard (which promotes renewable energy while barely recognizing renewable resources) and to the Packaging Association of Canada’s proposed S-PAC model which doesn’t recognize renewable resources at all. Better news on the horizon is the emergence of the COMPASS tool being developed by the US-based Sustainable Packaging Coalition. It focuses on eight separate environmental indicators and treats each on its own merits rather than the S-PAC model that wants to condense all indicators into a single “sustainable packaging” number (so brandowners can be charged for the right to put a logo or a statement on their packages). The downright dirty: We would classify these as those who should know better but who deliberately smear a competitor or a competing packaging material through simplistic stereotyping and myth-making (“tree-hungry paper bags,” etc.).We find this particularly offensive given the facts, but let’s move on.

Solutions We’re encouraged that the CSA and the federal Competitions Bureau are recommending the term “environmentally friendly” not be used as it’s extremely misleading. We feel strongly that all LCA studies should met ISO standards and be peer reviewed by independent experts, and that European lifecycle studies have little relevance to Canadian circumstances. In fact, a peer-reviewed LCA of the average US corrugated box is about to be released and a boxboard one is following it. Where possible, we hope to “Canadianize” this data at some point. Almost 90 per cent of Canada’s managed forests are now third-party certified to one of three internationally recognized sustainable forest management standards. Check for yourself by reading Natural Resources Canada’s annual report The State of Canada’s Forests at http://canadaforests. nrcan.gc.ca/rpt John Mullinder is Executive Director of the Paper & Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC). Contact John at ppec@ppec-paper.com. See announcement, page XX. @ARTICLECATEGORY:788;

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