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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 5 page paper discussing Toronto’s dilemma in disposing of its municipal solid waste. The paper provides a background of the 20-year investigation of alternatives and citizens’ rejection of plans to export Toronto’s waste to a more rural area. The paper concludes with a recommendation that Toronto expand an existing landfill while implementing more sustainable disposal practices, including recycling and requiring city government to use resulting products. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSenvToroGar.rtf
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The story is a common one, one that speaks to the need to develop sustainable practices regarding the volumes of waste generated in urban areas. There are
many cities of the world that can be used as examples of the consequences of unsustainable practices; the one of note here is Toronto.
The problem, of course, is that Toronto has reached the capacity of its existing landfill; does not have another in proximity; and has determined to export its garbage to
a more rural area that does not have the landfill pressures that exist in the Greater Toronto Area. Though this method meets with the approval of Toronto residents, those
of the two areas Toronto identified as candidates to receive its garbage do not. Toronto leadership needs to identify and implement a workable solution to the resulting conflict, in
addition to dealing with waste. Background and History The Keele Valley Landfill is that which has accepted Torontos waste for several decades, but
that landfill closed in 2002. Studies have been ongoing for more than 20 years and at a cost of more than $150 million to arrive at a workable alternative,
but ultimately with no success. All investigation between 1980 and when the Keele Valley Landfill closed in 2002 had been directed to assessing the availability of public-sector sources.
Finally, the Toronto Council turned its attention to the private sector and determined to export its municipal solid waste north to Adams Mine in Kirkland Lake in 2000 (Langan, 1991).
The decision angered local residents around the Adams Mine site so thoroughly that they blockaded the railway access to the site and sent
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