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Landfill closure causes increased CH collection costs
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
With the impending closure of the
Mid -Huron Landfill, Central Huron
Council has had to raise waste
management costs to reflect
increased travel, but has stopped
short of making the service
mandatory.
The municipality is continuing its
current service, which provides
wheelie bins through the Bluewater
Recycling Association (BRA).
However, costs will be rising as a
result of increased travel distance for
the company once the local landfill
closes its doors.
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Chief Administrative Officer Steve
Doherty spoke to the issue at
council's budget meeting, held on
March 13 in Clinton. He said that
with waste having to be brought to
either the Twin Creeks Landfill in
Watford or the Wellington North
Landfill in Mount Forest, it's going
to cost BRA more to manage the
municipality's waste and that's why
rates are on the rise.
There are three annual waste
options: a 35 -gallon waste bin that
will cost between $130 and $156 per
year, a 65 -gallon bin that will cost
between $160 and $240 per year and
a 95 -gallon bin that will cost
between $240 and $340 per year.
These rates are up for the current
costs annually charged to residents
on their final tax bill of the year. The
current rates are $90 per year for a
35 -gallon bin, $160 per year for a
65 -gallon bin and $240 per year for
a 95 -gallon bin.
He said that while the increases
being proposed are substantial, that
they remain competitive when
compared to neighbouring
municipalities.
"Although the above increases are
considerable — staff feel that
curbside waste collection at $2.50
per week (majority of users have a
35 -gallon bin) is a competitive and
reasonable rate for service," Doherty
said in his report. "If council's
decision is to proceed as outlined in
this report, existing customers will
be billed for a half-year at the old
rate and a half-year at the new rate"
In his report to council, Doherty
said that his suggested rate schedule
is based on cost -recovery, so he felt
that the new rates would have little
impact on the municipal budget.
Waste services in Central Huron,
he said, will continue to be a
partnership between BRA and
Waste Management. While
BRA will continue to haul
waste from the municipality, as it has
been for years, Waste Management
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Doherty said that BRA already
services two-thirds of the
municipality's households. He
expects more will take up the service
when the landfill closes at the end of
June, leaving only a few who will
endeavour to manage waste on their
own.
While council has not voted to
make waste management a
mandatory service, that conversation
will still be coming at a future
meeting said Clerk Brenda
Maclsaac. However, for the time
being, the services will remain status
quo, only with an increased rate
schedule to cover the larger distance
to travel.
In his report, Doherty said that the
Landfill 3 Group (Central Huron,
Huron East and Goderich) is
considering operating a recycling
and waste facility for two -and -a -half
days per week at the Mid -Huron
Landfill site that would accept
shingles, wood, steel, tires and e -
waste only from residents of the
three municipalities. Conditions
upon which collection would be
based are that carriers collecting
curbside refuse cannot bring refuse
to the site and that all loads must be
sorted and unloaded manually.
He said that hazardous waste will
continue to be accepted at the site
from residents of all Huron County
municipalities, which is the
continuation of the existing county
service of accepting batteries,
fertilizers, cleaning products,
detergents, paint cans, etc.
Council passed Doherty's
recommendation, installing the new
fee schedule as of July 1.
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