Clinton News Record, 2016-11-02, Page 2020 News Record • Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Central Huron decides against green bin program
Justine Alkema
Clinton News Record
At a Central Huron council
meeting at the beginning of
September, community
member Joan Addison
requested that Central
Huron research the possibil-
ity of implanting a green bin
program in Central Huron
for organic waste.
This program is active in a
number of places in Canada.
The report sent back to
council that was signed by
CAO Steve Doherty and
Roads Manager Tom Sinclair
described the program as
the following:
"A system whereby
organic material would be
collected curbside like
waste and recyclables as
opposed to private com-
posts being installed on
individual properties." It
said the latter is "an option
that already exists and is in
practice throughout Cen-
tral Huron."
The report read that "a
Green Bin program is not
viable for Central Huron at
this time for a multitude of
reasons."
The first reason is there
are no local sites to accept
the materials. They would
likely have to be driven to
Guelph or London which
would be very costly.
Second, the program
would have to be manda-
tory. For this reason, they
would have to make waste
service also mandatory
(currently it is not) to "limit
the contamination of the
recycling and organic bins."
Third, organics must be
collected weekly due to the
smell which is quite fre-
quent. If organics are col-
lected weekly, waste could
be collected bi-weekly,
though in the long run this
may cause issues for some
residents wanting to
change the size of their
waste bin.
Lastly, once the Mid
Huron landfill closes, waste
will likely be brought to
Watford. This will increase
the cost and it isn't com-
patible with driving organ-
ics to Guelph. Two trucks
are not feasible for the
entire municipality.
No cost estimates were
given, and it was suggested
that if this topic is to be
brought up again, it is
addressed after the closing
of the Mid Huron landfill.
Justine Alkema Clinton News Record
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