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especially of the solid
wastes from industry,
varies widely from one
area to another; thus
most economic recycling
uses varyconsiderably
from one location to
another. Thus, a large
•degree ' of , source
segregation, to avoid or
minimize cross -
contamination, is
desirable, though this
need,not in all cases
mean separate collec-
tions.
The artificially low
prices charged for lan-
dfill disposal have hin-
dered reclamation of
solid waste fraction's, for
either resource or energy
recovery, by private
- --- enterprise. ConSiderabMe
"high -grading" of solid
waste fractions ,. has
proved economically
attractive -to private
enterprise. Thus scrap
steel from the larger
sources is mostly
reclaimed, a and good
markets exist for a
number of grades of
waste paper, if they are
well -sorted. Composting
of vegetative matter has
, worked successfully *in
various areas.
Massive central waste
processing installations, -
designed to handle all
types of solid wastes,
have usually been very
expensive in terms' of
capital costs, and power
and ,maintenance
requirements, since the
equipment has been
designed to "shred" or ,
disintegrate heavy metal,
or relatively heavy
metal, as well as the
lighter fractions (like
paper) .
Ex dosions have o-
carred• often enough in
shredders (due to
flammable or explosive'
materials like paint or
solvent cans) that it is
customary now 'to
prevent access to
operating general
shredder bldgs, and to
build the shredders
strong enough to
withstand minor ex-
plosions in them.
-_ _.-.W..____S-orting--.b.e-lts. in ad-
vance ofprimary
shredders are now
customary, to permit
advance manual removal
of excessively large or
heavy or apparently
dangerous objects.
One alert operator- '
inspector pulled off the
sorting belt in advance of
the primary shredder in a
Delaware city, a strange
object wffich on . closer
examination proved to be
a World War II anti-tank
land mine designed to
penetrate about 12 inches
of steel armour plate. It
was found that a U.S.
Army Colonel had kept it
as,•a souvenir, and after
his death, his family hat
thrown it, along 'with
others of his possessions
they didn't want, into the
"garbage without
realizing what it was.
Such extreme cases are
much rarer in Canada,
and especially in small
towns and rural areas..
However, there have
been many cases of toxic
substances having
peached from landfill
sites, and a number of old
landfill sites have had to
be partially or wholly
excavated, and the
wastes processed by
safer methods.
The probable future
trend appears to be
toward much more
source segregation and
presorting, with outright
banning of certain wastes
from "garbage". It is
now illegal to discard live
ammunition, . or even
damp explosives, into
domestic or industrial,
general solid waste.
streams, but this does not
guarantee that such
materials will never find
their way into "gar-
bage".
Often, solid waste
processing and
separation plants can
advantageously be
located at.or adjacent to
existing, relatively well -
isolated landfill disposal
sites, since this doesn't
alter truck travel pat-
terns, and the fractions
(e.g. stones, sand, and
e_— -dust-)-- ' no
economically
recoverable can be bured
in the landfill site.
If a local market exists
for the heat value of the
combustible fraction not
recoverable for more
valuable uses, it may be
more economical to
locate the solid waste
processing plant near the
heat user (e.g. a firm
needing considerable
low-pressure steam.)
Several heat recovery
incinerators, meeting air
pollution-' control -=stat[
dards, are on the market,
and have proved
economically com-
petitive to solid waste
disposal in several areas,
and cheaper after write-
off of capital costs.
Such incinerators leave
• a certain amount of ash to
be disposed into land -fill
sites, and many solid
waste 'fractions can be
recovered, by advance
separation, for salvage
va•1-ues-..eo118 idera-b-l.y:--
greater than, their fuel
value.
Steel and other 'ferrous
metals can sometimes be
sold to a local foundry
operator, though the thin
coating of tin on "tin
cans" must be removed if
the steel is to be used for
other than loby-grade uses
such as concrete rein-
forcing bars.
On a large scale,
detinnina.__of _dins _js._._.
economic, and is being
done by a Hamilton area
plant. .
In summary, I would
suggest that Goderich
and its neighbouring
municipalities adopt ••a
schedule oflandfill
disposal charges
Disco
instruction
designed • to prolong the
lite of the existing landfill
sites), and consider
alternative solid waste
utilization methods which
would fit Well into the
area's economy.,..,..
They should, 'however,
avoid hiring, for a large
fee, a firm of engineering
consultants having a
vested interest in land -fill
disposal, to do an overall
survey of long-term solid
waste disposal solutions.
Most oft the needed
information can be ob-
tained much ' more
cheaply through local
expertise, small firms'
"and. various federal and
provincial .government
departments• or agencies,
or ' f'rom various in-
dividuals (often retired'
or semi -retired), having
experience in various
aspects of solid waste
recovery.
Yours very truly,'
Harold R. Stevens,
Me. riebe ,Chemical
Institue of Canada
Port Hope, Ontario.
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