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Reg
iona
l Cou
ncil
has
a lo
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tand
ing
com
mitm
ent t
o bu
ild s
usta
inab
le c
omm
uniti
es fo
r our
cur
rent
and
futu
re
resi
dent
s.Th
e S
M4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n ad
dres
ses
Reg
iona
l nee
dsfo
r was
te m
anag
emen
t, w
hile
impl
emen
ting
cont
inuo
us
impr
ovem
ent i
n se
rvic
e an
d su
stai
nabi
lity.
The
stra
tegy
com
bine
s ou
r suc
cess
ful d
iver
sion
pro
gram
s w
ith b
est-i
n-cl
ass
idea
s fro
m a
roun
d th
e w
orld
. Thi
s re
sults
in
a b
alan
ced
appr
oach
, whi
ch o
ptim
izes
cur
rent
faci
litie
s,
iden
ti e
s cr
ucia
l inf
rast
ruct
ure
inve
stm
ents
and
eng
ages
the
com
mun
ity in
inno
vativ
e pr
ogra
ms
emph
asiz
ing
reus
e an
d w
aste
redu
ctio
n.
The
key
to s
ucce
ss is
col
labo
ratio
n be
twee
n R
egio
nal a
nd
loca
l cou
ncils
, res
iden
ts, b
usin
esse
s, s
choo
lsan
d co
mm
unity
gro
ups,
as
we
build
a s
usta
inab
le fu
ture
for
York
Reg
ion.
To
geth
er, o
ur a
ctio
ns w
ill m
ake
a di
ffere
nce.
41
Mu
nic
ipal
mas
ter
pla
ns
gen
eral
ly i
ncl
ud
e a
rev
iew
tim
elin
e an
d m
eth
od
olo
gy
to
ad
dre
ss t
he
nee
d f
or
reg
ula
r u
pd
ates
an
d
adju
stm
ents
to
th
e p
lan
.
It is
con
vent
iona
l to
app
ly a
five
-yea
r re
view
tim
elin
e w
ith t
he fi
rst
year
of
the
mas
ter
pla
n im
ple
men
tatio
n re
pre
sent
ing
yea
r on
e. M
ost
mun
icip
al
cap
ital b
udg
et p
lans
als
o ap
ply
a fi
ve
and
/or
ten-
year
tim
elin
e fo
r ca
pita
l b
udg
et p
lann
ing
.
In o
rder
for
a p
lan
to s
erve
as
a ‘li
ving
’ d
ocum
ent,
it re
qui
res
cont
inuo
us a
nd
reg
ular
eng
agem
ent
of c
ounc
il.C
o-or
din
atin
g a
form
al re
view
of
the
mas
ter
pla
n w
ith t
he m
unic
ipal
el
ectio
n cy
cle
pro
vid
es a
n op
por
tuni
ty
to e
duc
ate
and
info
rm n
ew c
ounc
ilors
re
gar
din
g t
he m
aste
r p
lan
and
eng
age
the
new
cou
ncil
in im
ple
men
tatio
n.
Giv
en t
he c
urre
nt m
unic
ipal
ele
ctio
n sc
hed
ule,
an
app
rop
riate
form
al re
view
/up
dat
e tim
e-fr
ame
wou
ld b
e th
e sp
ring
of
201
9, 2
023
and
202
7. T
hese
form
al
revi
ew p
oint
s p
rovi
de
an o
pp
ortu
nity
to
see
k au
thor
ity fo
r an
y m
ajor
ad
just
men
ts t
o th
e m
aste
r p
lan
that
may
b
e w
arra
nted
.
Be
ne
fi ts
of
Re
aliz
ing
th
e V
isio
nTh
e re
ality
of t
he w
aste
man
agem
ent
bus
ines
s is
tha
t th
e m
ore
was
te t
hat
is g
ener
ated
, the
mor
e it
will
cos
t to
p
rovi
de
was
te m
anag
emen
t se
rvic
es.
This
pla
n, u
nlik
e m
any
othe
r p
lans
in
the
pas
t, fo
cuse
s on
the
4Rs
and
p
lace
s em
pha
sis
on t
he fi
rst
two
Rs
– Re
duc
e an
d R
euse
. By
focu
sing
on
red
uctio
n an
d re
use,
the
am
ount
of
mat
eria
l man
aged
by
the
Reg
ion
and
lo
cal m
unic
ipal
ities
can
go
dow
n, a
s is
d
emon
stra
ted
by
this
mas
ter
pla
n.
The
first
five
yea
rs o
f im
ple
men
tatio
n fo
cus
on p
ilotin
g n
ew p
rog
ram
s an
d
tech
nolo
gie
s to
ass
ess
feas
ibili
ty a
nd
resu
lts. T
he p
roje
ctio
ns fo
r 20
31 w
ill b
e re
visi
ted
dur
ing
the
firs
t re
view
of t
he
pla
n an
d re
-cal
ibra
ted
bas
ed o
n th
e su
cces
s an
d c
halle
nges
from
thos
e p
ilots
.
“By
fo
cu
sin
g o
n
red
uct
ion
an
d
reu
se, t
he
amo
un
t o
f m
ater
ial
man
age
d b
y t
he
R
egio
n a
nd
loca
l m
un
icip
alit
ies
can
g
o d
ow
n...
.”
Bac
kyar
d c
om
po
ster
s ca
n
red
uce
ho
use
ho
ld w
aste
b
y 3
0 p
er c
ent
+ e
lim
inat
e th
e n
eed
fo
r ch
emic
al
fert
iliz
ers
Kee
pin
g it
Cu
rren
t
Pla
n U
pd
ates
+
Rev
isio
ns
Reduce
Re
use Recycle
Recover
Integrated
Partne
rship
Developm
ent
Fig
ure
14
- P
rio
rity
In
itia
tiv
es
to D
riv
e
Lo
ng
-Te
rm P
erf
orm
ance
40
Ho
w W
e M
easu
re +
R
epo
rt o
n S
ucc
ess
Per
form
ance
mea
sure
s h
ave
bee
n i
den
tifi
ed f
or
com
po
nen
t st
rate
gie
s o
f th
e m
aste
r p
lan
.
The
per
form
ance
mea
sure
s th
at h
ave
bee
n id
entif
ied
are
des
igne
d t
o b
e sp
ecifi
c, m
easu
rab
le, a
chie
vab
le,
rele
vant
and
tim
ely.
As
par
t of
the
m
aste
r p
lan,
a n
ew “
Bal
ance
d
Scor
ecar
d”
has
bee
n d
evel
oped
to
bet
ter
und
erst
and
the
per
form
ance
of
the
was
te m
anag
emen
t sy
stem
as
a w
hole
. Tra
diti
onal
mea
sure
s of
was
te
div
ersi
on a
nd w
aste
ton
nes
man
aged
d
o no
t al
way
s re
flect
the
ong
oing
ch
ang
es in
the
ind
ustr
y. T
o ad
dre
ss
this
real
ity, t
he m
aste
r p
lan
iden
tifie
s a
new
form
of s
yste
m m
easu
rem
ent
whi
ch lo
oks
at a
ran
ge
of p
erfo
rman
ce
met
rics
to e
valu
ate
over
all p
rog
ram
su
cces
s. C
usto
mer
ser
vice
, par
tner
ship
d
evel
opm
ent,
ad
voca
cy e
ffort
s, w
aste
g
ener
atio
n an
d c
ost
per
hou
seho
ld a
re
incl
uded
in t
he n
ew m
odel
to
cap
ture
co
mm
unity
sat
isfa
ctio
n.
Thro
ugh
the
mon
itorin
g o
f sys
tem
p
erfo
rman
ce, a
dd
ition
al o
pp
ortu
nitie
s fo
r en
hanc
emen
t w
ill b
e ea
sier
to
iden
tify
and
will
resu
lt in
an
even
m
ore
effe
ctiv
e an
d e
ffici
ent
was
te
man
agem
ent
syst
em in
the
futu
re.
(See
Fig
ure
13).
“As
par
t o
f th
e m
aste
r p
lan
, a
new
“B
alan
ced
S
co
rec
ard
” h
as
bee
n d
evel
op
ed
to b
ett
er
un
der
stan
d t
he
per
form
anc
e o
f th
e w
aste
m
anag
emen
t sy
ste
m a
s a
wh
ole
.”
In 2
011
+ 2
012
,Y
ork
Reg
ion
Co
mm
un
ity
E
nv
iro
nm
enta
l Cen
tres
(C
EC
s) d
iver
ted
ap
pro
xim
atel
y 3
11 t
on
nes
fr
om
lan
dfi
ll b
y u
sin
g
par
tner
ship
pro
gra
ms
such
as
Go
od
wil
l +H
abit
at f
or
Hu
man
ity
was
ted
ive
rsio
n
was
teg
en
era
tio
n
cu
sto
me
rse
rvic
e
adv
oc
acy
eff
ort
s
co
mm
un
ity
par
tne
rsh
ips
co
st p
er
ho
use
ho
ld
ton
ne
sp
roc
ess
ed
pro
gra
mc
ost
s
Go
ing
bey
on
d
was
te d
iver
sio
n
to m
easu
re
pro
gra
m
succ
ess
and
v
alu
e to
co
mm
un
ity
Fig
ure
13
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ett
ing
Ne
w M
eas
ure
s o
f S
ucc
ess
Feat
ure
sIn
tro
du
ctio
n ..
......
......
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apin
g O
ur
Futu
re ..
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Su
pp
ort
ing
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road
er
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ion
......
......
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Wh
ere
We
Are
To
day
.....
......
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Ob
ject
ive
s o
f th
e P
lan
......
......
......
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.....
12
Mas
ter
Pla
n T
eam
.....
......
......
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Vis
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uid
ing
Pri
nci
ple
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e V
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the
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re W
e W
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o ..
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e P
lan
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r T
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t T
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ng
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aste
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ate
d ..
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imiz
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th
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se o
f o
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pro
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alu
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itie
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on
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cce
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n U
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ate
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vis
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s ....
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Be
ne
fi ts
of
Re
aliz
ing
th
e V
isio
n ...
......
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1
TO
ST
RIV
E F
OR
A MORE
SUSTA
INABLE
FU
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RE
PEOPLE
IN YO
UR CO
MMUN
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IN
SP
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GET S
TART
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lear
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hat
we’
re d
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w
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ou
can
hel
p
39
Th
e w
aste
man
agem
ent
syst
em i
n Y
ork
Reg
ion
co
sts
app
rox
imat
ely
$71
mil
lio
n p
er y
ear
to
op
erat
e. T
he
Reg
ion
al p
ort
ion
net
op
erat
ing
co
sts
are
app
rox
imat
ely
$4
1 m
illi
on
per
yea
r ($
60
mil
lio
n i
n t
ota
l co
sts
wit
h $
19 m
illi
on
in
rev
enu
e).
The
loca
l por
tion
of w
aste
m
anag
emen
t co
sts
is a
pp
roxi
mat
ely
$30
mill
ion/
year
, prim
arily
for
curb
sid
e w
aste
col
lect
ion
and
pro
mot
ion
and
ed
ucat
ion
serv
ices
. The
se c
osts
w
ill in
crea
se a
s p
opul
atio
n g
row
th
nece
ssita
tes
add
ition
al c
apac
ity fo
r co
llect
ion
and
pro
cess
ing
of m
ater
ials
. Th
e m
aste
r p
lan
initi
ativ
es e
xten
d
the
life
of p
roce
ssin
g c
apac
ity a
nd
faci
litie
s b
y re
duc
ing
was
te g
ener
atio
n,
how
ever
ad
diti
onal
cap
ital i
nves
tmen
ts
are
still
nee
ded
to
pro
vid
e re
sid
ents
w
ith p
rog
ram
s an
d s
ervi
ces.
The
York
Reg
ion
10-y
ear
cap
ital
fore
cast
is a
pp
roxi
mat
ely
$177
mill
ion
to s
upp
ort
was
te s
ervi
ces
and
incl
udes
:
• A
pp
roxi
mat
ely
$65
mill
ion
(or
37
per
cen
t of
the
ten
-yea
r p
lan)
for
fund
ing
of a
sou
rce
sep
arat
ed
org
anic
s p
roce
ssin
g fa
cilit
y
• $3
0 m
illio
n to
incr
ease
div
ersi
on
cap
acity
• $2
0 m
illio
n fo
r ex
pan
sion
of t
he
Com
mun
ity E
nviro
nmen
tal C
entr
e ne
twor
k
• $8
mill
ion
to u
pg
rad
e w
aste
m
anag
emen
t fa
cilit
ies
With
the
se fu
ture
cos
ts, a
new
m
echa
nism
is re
qui
red
to
sup
por
t th
e fu
ndin
g o
f was
te m
anag
emen
t p
rog
ram
s, s
ervi
ces
and
faci
litie
s. F
or
this
reas
on, p
relim
inar
y d
iscu
ssio
ns o
n th
e co
ncep
t of
alte
rnat
ive
finan
cing
op
tions
for
the
was
te m
anag
emen
t sy
stem
was
exp
lore
d a
s p
art
of t
he
SM4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n as
it c
ould
:
• Fu
nd fu
ture
larg
e ca
pita
l wor
ks
req
uire
d fo
r hi
ghe
r d
iver
sion
leve
ls
in t
he w
aste
man
agem
ent
syst
em
with
out
com
pro
mis
ing
Reg
iona
l C
ounc
il’s
com
mitm
ent
to a
tax
rat
e in
crea
se o
f tw
o p
er c
ent
or lo
wer
• M
ove
was
te m
anag
emen
t co
sts
from
the
Reg
iona
l lev
y to
a
Reg
iona
l was
te c
harg
e
• Se
par
ate
finan
cing
of w
aste
th
roug
h us
er c
harg
es w
hich
w
ould
elim
inat
e cr
oss-
sub
sid
y of
re
sid
entia
l was
te m
anag
emen
t b
y In
dus
tria
l, C
omm
erci
al a
nd
Inst
itutio
nal s
ecto
r ta
xes
To a
dd
ress
the
se lo
ng-t
erm
fina
ncia
l co
ncer
ns, t
he s
trat
egy
outli
nes
the
pro
cess
to
arriv
e at
a p
refe
rred
op
tion
to e
nsur
e lo
ng-t
erm
fina
ncia
l su
stai
nab
ility
. The
ap
pro
ach
reco
mm
end
s th
e Re
gio
n ta
ke t
he le
ad
on m
akin
g a
ny fi
nanc
ing
cha
nges
in
itial
ly, f
ollo
wed
by
loca
l mun
icip
al
actio
n, if
des
ired
or
req
uire
d.
Ad
diti
onal
stu
dy
is re
qui
red
to
cont
inue
thi
s p
relim
inar
y w
ork
and
to
iden
tify
a m
odel
tha
t b
est
mee
ts t
he
need
s of
the
mun
icip
al p
artn
ers
inth
e fu
ture
.
Alt
ern
ativ
e Fu
nd
ing
O
pp
ort
un
itie
s
7
Intr
od
uct
ion
Th
is r
epo
rt o
utl
ines
key
iss
ues
id
enti
fi ed
du
rin
g t
he
pla
nn
ing
pro
cess
, rec
om
men
dat
ion
s fo
r fu
ture
op
erat
ion
san
d p
rog
ram
min
g a
nd
pro
ject
ed i
mp
acts
on
was
teg
ener
atio
n a
nd
man
agem
ent
in Y
ork
Reg
ion
.
The
Reg
iona
l Mun
icip
ality
of Y
ork
is
cent
rally
loca
ted
in t
he G
reat
er T
oron
to
Are
a (G
TA),
dire
ctly
nor
th o
f the
City
of
Toro
nto,
in O
ntar
io, C
anad
a.Yo
rk R
egio
n co
vers
1,7
56 s
qua
re
kilo
met
res
and
is c
omp
rised
of n
ine
loca
l mun
icip
aliti
es.
York
Reg
ion
and
its
loca
l mun
icip
al
par
tner
s p
lan
and
del
iver
sus
tain
able
w
aste
red
uctio
n d
iver
sion
and
dis
pos
al
pro
gra
ms.
Cur
bsi
de
colle
ctio
n of
blu
e b
ox, g
reen
bin
, yar
d w
aste
and
resi
dua
l w
aste
is m
anag
ed b
y Yo
rk R
egio
n’s
nine
lo
cal m
unic
ipal
par
tner
s: t
he T
owns
of
Aur
ora,
Eas
t G
will
imb
ury,
Geo
rgin
a,
New
mar
ket,
Ric
hmon
d H
ill, W
hitc
hurc
h-St
ouffv
ille,
the
City
of M
arkh
am, t
he C
ity
of V
aug
han
and
the
Tow
nshi
p o
f Kin
g.
All
colle
cted
mat
eria
ls a
re d
eliv
ered
to
York
Reg
ion
faci
litie
s fo
r p
roce
ssin
g,
ener
gy
reco
very
and
/or
dis
pos
al b
y ex
tern
al c
ontr
acto
rs. R
egio
nal a
nd
mun
icip
al d
epot
s of
fer
add
ition
al
opp
ortu
nitie
s fo
r w
aste
div
ersi
on.
Part
icip
atio
n ra
tes
in d
iver
sion
pro
gra
ms
are
hig
h. In
201
2, Y
ork
Reg
ion
and
its
loca
l mun
icip
al p
artn
ers
div
erte
d82
per
cen
t of
col
lect
ed m
ater
ials
from
la
ndfil
l dis
pos
al, i
nclu
din
g m
ater
ial s
ent
to e
nerg
y-fr
om-w
aste
faci
litie
s.
York
Reg
ion
is o
ne o
f the
fast
est
gro
win
g a
reas
of C
anad
a; it
s cu
rren
t p
opul
atio
n of
1.1
mill
ion
peo
ple
will
in
crea
se t
o 1.
5 m
illio
n b
y 20
31. T
he
Reg
ion
and
its
par
tner
s m
ust
pla
n no
w t
o en
sure
pro
visi
on o
f qua
lity,
co
st-e
ffect
ive
serv
ices
to
this
gro
win
g
pop
ulat
ion.
The
SM
4RT
Livi
ng P
lan
sets
th
e co
urse
for
was
te m
anag
emen
t in
the
Re
gio
n fo
r th
e ne
xt 2
5 to
40
year
s.
This
inno
vativ
e, lo
ng-t
erm
pla
n d
rives
w
aste
red
uctio
n an
d re
use
over
th
e ne
xt 2
5 to
40
year
s, re
sulti
ng
in re
duc
ed c
osts
and
sus
tain
able
w
aste
man
agem
ent.
Ful
l det
ails
on
reco
mm
end
atio
ns a
nd p
roje
ctio
ns c
an
be
foun
d in
the
str
ateg
y d
ocum
ents
in
Ap
pen
dix
1.
“Th
e S
M4
RT
Liv
ing
Pla
n
sets
th
e c
ou
rse
fo
r w
aste
m
anag
emen
tin
th
e R
egio
nfo
r th
e n
ext
25
to
40
ye
ars.
”
In 2
012
, Yo
rk R
egio
n
and
ou
r lo
cal m
un
icip
al
par
tner
s d
iver
ted
82
per
cen
t o
f co
llec
ted
m
ater
ials
fro
m la
nd
fi ll
d
isp
osa
l
8
Sh
apin
g O
ur
Futu
re
Th
e S
M4
RT
Liv
ing
Pla
n c
om
bin
es t
rad
itio
nal
ap
pro
ach
es a
nd
in
no
vat
ive,
com
mu
nit
y-d
riv
en p
rog
ram
s to
max
imiz
e lo
ng
-ter
m b
enefi
ts.
Trad
ition
ally
, mun
icip
al w
aste
m
anag
emen
t fo
cuse
s on
the
3Rs
–
red
uce,
reus
e, re
cycl
e.
In Y
ork
Reg
ion,
Cou
ncil
has
also
en
dor
sed
the
four
th R
– e
nerg
y re
cove
ry fr
om w
aste
(Fig
ure
1)1 .
1.
Red
ucti
on
of w
aste
and
imp
rove
d
hand
ling
op
tions
to
pre
vent
was
te
gen
erat
ion
2.
Reu
se o
f pro
duc
ts a
nd m
ater
ials
3.
Rec
yclin
g o
f mat
eria
ls
4.
Rec
ove
ry o
f ene
rgy
and
re
cycl
able
mat
eria
ls, a
fter
all
othe
r d
iver
sion
effo
rts
have
bee
n ex
haus
ted
Ove
r th
e p
ast
30 y
ears
, was
te
man
agem
ent
pro
gra
ms
emp
hasi
zed
d
iver
sion
of w
aste
from
land
fill r
athe
r th
an a
ttem
pts
to
pre
vent
gen
erat
ion.
A m
ore
sust
aina
ble
was
te m
anag
emen
t sy
stem
req
uire
s a
chan
ge
in t
he w
ay
was
te is
vie
wed
, foc
usin
g fi
rst
on
red
uctio
n an
d re
use
to p
reve
nt w
aste
g
ener
atio
n an
d e
ncou
rag
e re
sour
ce
cons
erva
tion.
The
SM4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n ex
plo
res
new
m
etho
ds
to e
xten
d t
he li
fe o
f cur
rent
w
aste
man
agem
ent
infr
astr
uctu
re
thro
ugh
was
te re
duc
tion
and
reus
e in
itiat
ives
. The
bac
kbon
e of
the
p
lan
pro
mot
es re
duc
tion-
bas
ed
solu
tions
tha
t re
ly o
n th
e co
mm
unity
to
be
eng
aged
in m
akin
g c
hang
es.
The
“tra
diti
onal
ap
pro
ach”
of
was
te m
anag
emen
t fo
cuse
s on
te
chno
log
y an
d in
fras
truc
ture
to
man
age
the
pro
ble
ms
crea
ted
by
was
te. T
he S
M4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n p
lace
s a
heig
hten
ed fo
cus
on b
ehav
iour
ch
ang
e to
avo
id u
nnec
essa
ry w
aste
w
hile
reco
verin
g re
sour
ces
thro
ugh
par
ticip
atio
n in
the
sus
tain
able
hi
erar
chy
of w
aste
man
agem
ent
pro
gra
ms.
The
SM4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n st
rikes
a
bal
ance
bet
wee
n ke
y ca
pita
l in
vest
men
ts in
infr
astr
uctu
re a
nd
inno
vativ
e, c
omm
unity
-driv
en
pro
gra
ms
to m
axim
ize
long
-ter
m
ben
efits
.
1 Ja
nuar
y 22
, 200
9 –
Reg
iona
l Cou
ncil
end
orse
s Re
por
t N
o.1
of t
he S
olid
Was
te
Man
agem
ent
Com
mitt
ee w
hich
incl
udes
en
dor
sing
the
four
th R
in t
he w
aste
m
anag
emen
t hi
erar
chy.
red
uce
reu
se
recy
cle
reco
ver
min
imu
mla
nd
fill
dis
po
sal
op
tim
izin
gre
sult
s at
eac
hle
vel
to
ach
iev
eg
reat
est
ben
efit
Fig
ure
1 -
4R
s H
iera
rch
y
37
RE
CO
VE
R:
iden
tify
ing
key
init
iati
ves
Cu
rren
tly
, Yo
rk R
egio
n h
as a
co
nti
nu
ed f
ocu
s o
n i
mp
rov
ing
w
aste
rec
ov
ery
th
rou
gh
mo
nit
ori
ng
of
the
Do
ng
ara
con
trac
t an
d e
ven
tual
ly t
he
Du
rham
Yo
rk E
ner
gy
Cen
tre
wil
l fu
rth
er
the
fou
rth
“R
” in
Yo
rk R
egio
n b
y:
Re
co
ve
rin
g e
ne
rgy
The
Dur
ham
Yor
k En
erg
y C
entr
e w
ill
gen
erat
e el
ectr
icity
tha
t ca
n b
e so
ld
to t
he e
lect
rical
grid
for
dis
trib
utio
n at
an
nual
reve
nue
of o
ver
$8 m
illio
n (to
tal
shar
ed b
etw
een
Dur
ham
and
Yo
rk R
egio
n).
Rec
ov
erin
g a
dd
itio
nal
m
ater
ials
The
Dur
ham
Yor
k En
erg
y C
entr
e w
ill
reco
ver
80 p
er c
ent
of t
he fe
rrou
s m
etal
an
d 6
0 p
er c
ent
of t
he n
on-f
erro
us
met
al re
mai
ning
in re
sid
ual w
aste
to
be
recy
cled
(sp
lit b
etw
een
Dur
ham
and
Yo
rk R
egio
n).
Re
du
cin
g t
he
env
iro
nm
enta
l b
urd
enTh
e co
mb
inat
ion
of D
ong
ara
and
th
e D
urha
m Y
ork
Ener
gy
Cen
tre
sig
nific
antly
red
uce
the
pot
entia
l for
en
viro
nmen
tal i
mp
acts
, in
par
ticul
ar
GH
G e
mis
sion
s, w
hen
com
par
ed t
o la
ndfil
l alte
rnat
ives
.
Re
du
cin
g t
he
amo
un
t o
f m
ater
ial t
o la
nd
fi ll
The
Dur
ham
Yor
k En
erg
y C
entr
e w
ill
red
uce
the
volu
me
of w
aste
cur
rent
ly
bei
ng la
ndfil
led
by
up t
o 90
per
cen
t,
sig
nific
antly
red
ucin
g t
he R
egio
n’s
relia
nce
on la
ndfil
l dis
pos
al.
“Th
e D
urh
am
Yo
rk E
ne
rgy
C
en
tre
wil
l g
en
era
te
ele
ctr
icit
y t
hat
c
an b
e so
ld t
o t
he
elec
tric
al g
rid
fo
r d
istr
ibu
tio
n...
.”
Ele
ctri
city
pro
du
ced
by
th
e D
urh
am Y
ork
En
erg
y
Cen
tre,
op
erat
ing
at
des
ign
cap
acit
y,
is s
uffi
cie
nt
to p
ow
er
abo
ut
10,0
00
ho
mes
RE
CO
VE
R:
reco
gn
izin
g th
eva
lue
of
was
te
“Yo
rk R
egio
n
too
k a
lead
ersh
ip
po
siti
on
an
d
emb
arke
d
on
tw
o n
ew
op
po
rtu
nit
ies.
...”
Wh
en f
aced
wit
h t
he
Mic
hig
an b
ord
er c
losu
re t
o m
un
icip
al
resi
du
al w
aste
in
20
10, t
he
Reg
ion
was
on
e o
f th
e fi
rst
Gre
ater
T
oro
nto
Are
a m
un
icip
alit
ies
to s
tart
loo
kin
g “
ou
tsid
e th
e b
ox
” fo
r al
tern
ativ
e w
ays
to m
anag
e re
sid
ual
was
te a
nd
rec
ov
er
add
itio
nal
res
ou
rces
.
York
Reg
ion
took
a le
ader
ship
p
ositi
on a
nd e
mb
arke
d o
n tw
o ne
w
opp
ortu
nitie
s th
at re
cog
nize
the
val
ue
of w
aste
: Don
gar
a’s
resi
dua
l was
te
pel
letiz
atio
n fa
cilit
y an
d t
he D
urha
m
York
Ene
rgy
Cen
tre.
Yor
k Re
gio
n C
ounc
il re
solv
ed t
hat
no n
ew R
egio
nal
land
fill c
apac
ity in
Yor
k Re
gio
n w
ould
b
e ex
plo
red
in t
he fu
ture
whe
n it
adop
ted
the
Sol
id W
aste
Pla
nnin
g
Prin
cip
les
in 1
999
3 . Th
is re
solu
tion,
in
par
t, le
d t
o th
e D
urha
m Y
ork
Ener
gy
Cen
tre
initi
ativ
e.
Cur
rent
ly, t
here
is s
uffic
ient
resi
dua
l w
aste
pro
cess
ing
and
reco
very
cap
acity
to
man
age
the
need
s of
the
Reg
ion
up
to 2
022
usin
g b
oth
Don
gar
a an
d t
he
Dur
ham
Yor
k En
erg
y C
entr
e.
Aft
er 2
022,
the
SM
4RT
Livi
ng P
lan
reco
mm
end
s an
exp
ansi
on o
f the
D
urha
m Y
ork
Ener
gy
Cen
tre
to m
eet
futu
re n
eed
s fo
r p
roce
ssin
g e
nerg
y
from
was
te.
The
Resi
dua
ls M
anag
emen
t St
rate
gy
pro
vid
es s
ome
key
ben
efits
to
the
par
tner
s:
• O
ptio
ns t
o ad
dre
ss t
he lo
ng-
term
nee
d t
o id
entif
y re
sid
uals
m
anag
emen
t ca
pac
ity
• Ti
mel
ine
and
ste
ps
to s
ecur
e ea
ch
optio
n
• Pr
elim
inar
y cr
iteria
and
key
q
uest
ions
to
be
reso
lved
• St
rate
gy
to in
itiat
e a
det
aile
d
revi
ew o
f lon
g-t
erm
dis
pos
al
optio
ns
3 Ja
nuar
y 28
, 199
9 –
Reg
iona
l Cou
ncil
end
orse
s Re
por
t N
o.1
of t
he S
olid
Was
te
Man
agem
ent
Stra
teg
y C
omm
ittee
(Nov
. 26
, 199
8), w
hich
incl
udes
ten
‘Sol
id
Was
te D
isp
osal
Pla
nnin
g P
rinci
ple
s’.
Prin
cip
le n
o. 1
is ‘n
o ne
w la
ndfil
l cap
acity
in
Yor
k Re
gio
n’
9
Su
pp
ort
ing
a
Bro
ader
Vis
ion
Th
e R
egio
n h
as e
stab
lish
ed a
str
on
g v
isio
n f
or
a su
stai
nab
le
futu
re w
ith
its
th
ree
maj
or
stra
teg
ic d
ocu
men
ts: V
isio
n 2
051
,T
he
Yo
rk R
egio
n O
ffi c
ial P
lan
an
d T
he
Yo
rk R
egio
n
Su
stai
nab
ilit
y S
trat
egy
.
The
SM4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n al
so h
as s
tron
g
conn
ectio
ns w
ith o
ther
inte
rnal
str
ateg
ic
doc
umen
ts in
clud
ing
the
201
1 to
20
15 S
trat
egic
Pla
n, C
omm
unity
and
H
ealth
Ser
vice
s Im
mig
ratio
n Se
ttle
men
t an
d C
omm
unity
Inve
stm
ent
Stra
teg
y,
Nut
ritio
n Se
rvic
es a
nd t
he F
ood
Saf
ety
Prog
ram
. Lin
kag
es h
ave
also
bee
n m
ade
with
the
New
Com
mun
ities
Gui
del
ines
, C
entr
es a
nd C
orrid
ors,
Sus
tain
able
Dev
elop
men
t Le
ader
ship
in E
nerg
y an
d E
nviro
nmen
tal D
esig
n (L
EED
) and
M
akin
g E
nds
Mee
t Re
por
t.
Thes
e d
ocum
ents
, alo
ng w
ith a
m
ultit
ude
of o
ther
Yor
k Re
gio
n an
d
loca
l mun
icip
al p
lans
and
pol
icie
s ar
e re
flect
ed in
the
dire
ctio
n of
thi
sm
aste
r p
lan.
SM
4R
T L
ivin
g i
s w
ork
ing
wit
h t
he
Yo
rk R
egio
n F
oo
d
Net
wo
rk t
o p
rom
ote
fo
od
aw
aren
ess
+ r
edu
ctio
n
Mul
ti-Y
ear
Plan
201
0 to
201
5
Mak
ing
End
s M
eet
2011
to
2015
Str
ateg
ic P
lan
Vis
ion
2051
10
Wh
ere
We
Are
To
day
the
nn
ow
No
cu
rbsi
de
div
ers
ion
pro
gra
m
Blu
e B
ox
intr
od
uce
d
pre
vio
us
to 1
98
0
Re
cycl
ing
de
po
tsac
cep
t b
ulk
y it
em
s
199
0
198
02
00
4
Yo
rk R
eg
ion
div
ert
s 4
5.7
%fr
om
lan
dfi
ll
#1
in L
arg
eU
rban
Cat
ego
ry
20
07
Gre
en
Bin
intr
od
uce
d20
04
to 2
00
7
20
08
20
10
Init
iati
on
of
the
Inte
gra
ted
Was
teM
anag
em
en
tM
aste
r P
lan
20
11
En
vir
on
me
nta
lA
sse
ssm
en
tap
pro
val
of
Du
rham
-Yo
rkE
ne
rgy
-Fro
m-W
aste
faci
lity
MO
E*
rele
ase
s p
ape
ro
n E
xten
ded
Pro
du
cer
Re
spo
nsi
bili
ty a
nd
Yo
rk R
eg
ion
sto
ps
ship
me
nt
of
resi
du
alw
aste
to
Mic
hig
an
Yo
rk R
eg
ion
ach
iev
es
57%
div
ers
ion
, Co
un
cil
en
do
rse
s R
eco
ve
ry a
s 4
th R
and
firs
t C
EC
** o
pe
ns2
00
9
York
Reg
ion
div
erts
25
% f
rom
lan
dfi
ll
* M
OE
- M
inis
try
of t
he
En
viro
nm
ent
** C
EC
- C
om
mu
nity
En
viro
nm
enta
l Cen
tre
In Y
ork
Reg
ion
, was
te m
anag
emen
t is
del
iver
ed i
n a
tw
o-t
ier
syst
em. C
urb
sid
e co
llec
tio
n o
f b
lue
bo
x, g
reen
bin
an
d r
esid
ual
w
aste
is
man
aged
by
ou
r n
ine
loca
l mu
nic
ipal
par
tner
s.
York
Reg
ion
and
our
nin
e lo
cal
mun
icip
al p
artn
ers
have
imp
lem
ente
d
one
of t
he m
ost
com
pre
hens
ive
inte
gra
ted
was
te m
anag
emen
t sy
stem
s in
Nor
th A
mer
ica.
Ove
r th
e p
ast
30 y
ears
, sig
nific
ant
pro
gra
m im
ple
men
tatio
n an
d fa
cilit
y
dev
elop
men
t ha
s b
een
achi
eved
tha
nks
to t
he le
ader
ship
and
fore
sig
ht o
f Re
gio
nal a
nd lo
cal m
unic
ipal
cou
ncils
in
add
ress
ing
was
te m
anag
emen
t is
sues
d
irect
ly w
ith s
tron
g le
ader
ship
pos
ition
s on
all
asp
ects
of t
he w
aste
man
agem
ent
hier
arch
y (F
igur
e 2)
.
Fig
ure
2 -
His
tory
of
Was
te M
anag
em
en
t in
Yo
rk R
eg
ion
Sm4r
t Liv
ing
Fam
ily C
halle
nge
Part
icip
ants
- “T
he P
arda
tsch
ers”
34U
nd
erst
and
ing
th
e v
alu
e o
f Y
ork
Reg
ion
’s
recy
clin
g f
acil
ity
A b
lue
box
pre
dic
tion
mod
el w
ill b
e d
evel
oped
to
pro
vid
e an
nual
fore
cast
s of
blu
e b
ox q
uant
ity a
nd c
omp
ositi
on
to t
he R
egio
n fo
r p
rog
ram
and
in
fras
truc
ture
pla
nnin
g. T
his
mod
el
will
hel
p t
o b
ette
r p
red
ict
imp
acts
to
the
recy
clin
g fa
cilit
y fr
om c
hang
ing
q
uant
ities
and
com
pos
ition
and
b
ette
r p
rep
are
the
Reg
ion
for
futu
re
infr
astr
uctu
re in
vest
men
ts.
A v
alua
tion
of th
e cu
rren
t Reg
iona
l blu
e b
ox in
fras
truc
ture
is re
com
men
ded
in
resp
onse
to
pot
entia
l exp
and
ed
exte
nded
pro
duc
er re
spon
sib
ility
p
rog
ram
min
g p
rop
osed
thr
oug
h th
e d
raft
Was
te R
educ
tion
Act
(Bill
91)
.
Pla
nn
ing
fo
r n
ew
sou
rce
sep
arat
ed
org
anic
s ca
pac
ity
The
Reg
ion
cont
inue
s to
hav
e ch
alle
nges
with
sec
urin
g lo
ng-t
erm
, st
able
sou
rce
sep
arat
ed o
rgan
ics
pro
cess
ing
cap
acity
. A s
trat
egy
for
eval
uatin
g lo
ng-t
erm
sou
rce
sep
arat
ed
org
anic
s p
roce
ssin
g o
ptio
ns in
clud
ing
a
reco
mm
end
ed a
pp
roac
h, c
riter
ia a
nd
bas
elin
e te
chno
log
y re
view
is in
clud
ed
in t
he p
lan.
Con
tinue
d p
artn
ersh
ip w
ith
Duf
ferin
Cou
nty
for
a jo
int
org
anic
s p
roce
ssin
g fa
cilit
y is
reco
mm
end
ed.
Co
nti
nu
ing
to
del
iver
su
cc
ess
ful l
eaf
and
y
ard
was
te p
rog
ram
This
suc
cess
ful p
rog
ram
is w
ell
know
n an
d re
ceiv
ed b
y re
sid
ents
and
is
reco
mm
end
ed fo
r co
ntin
uatio
n th
roug
hout
the
imp
lem
enta
tion
of t
he
mas
ter
pla
n. A
dd
ition
al o
pp
ortu
nitie
s to
sol
idify
long
-ter
m c
ontr
acte
d
pro
cess
ing
cap
acity
wou
ld b
e b
enef
icia
l. In
vest
igat
ing
the
feas
ibili
ty
of e
nhan
ced
pro
gra
mm
ing
/pol
icie
s to
enc
oura
ge
all r
esid
ents
to
leav
e g
rass
clip
pin
gs
on t
he la
wn
rath
er t
han
colle
ctin
g t
hem
as
yard
was
te is
als
o re
com
men
ded
.
Max
imiz
ing
C
om
mu
nit
y
En
vir
on
men
tal
Cen
tres
As
find
ing
s of
the
mas
ter
pla
n ar
e im
ple
men
ted
, the
Reg
ion
will
d
eter
min
e th
e fe
asib
ility
of u
sing
th
ese
site
s as
pilo
t lo
catio
ns fo
r ne
w
div
ersi
on in
itiat
ives
or
pro
duc
tre
-pur
pos
ing
wor
ksho
p lo
catio
ns.
This
initi
ativ
e is
bei
ng re
com
men
ded
as
it h
as t
he a
bili
ty t
o at
trac
t ne
wus
ers
as w
ell a
s m
axim
ize
the
valu
eof
the
se a
sset
s.
Ad
dre
ssin
g t
he
nee
d f
or
add
itio
nal
C
om
mu
nit
y
En
vir
on
men
tal
Cen
tres
Det
aile
d a
naly
sis
to d
evel
op a
bus
ines
s ca
se fo
r th
e ad
diti
on o
f any
new
fa
cilit
ies
and
ass
essm
ent
of d
rop
-off
serv
ice
need
s an
d d
rive-
times
acr
oss
the
cent
ral p
ortio
n of
the
Reg
ion
is
reco
mm
end
ed.
The
follo
win
g pr
ovid
es a
sum
mar
y of
key
ben
efits
of t
his
stra
tegy
:
• A
n ad
diti
onal
incr
ease
in
recy
clab
les
colle
cted
of
app
roxi
mat
ely
2,00
0 to
nnes
of
recy
clin
g m
ater
ial b
y 20
31
over
bas
elin
e p
roje
ctio
ns
• K
ey a
dvo
cacy
tar
get
s an
d
pos
ition
s to
furt
her
sup
por
t th
e cu
rren
t sy
stem
and
ch
ang
es p
rop
osed
in t
he
futu
re
• A
com
pre
hens
ive
app
roac
h to
ad
dre
ss c
urre
nt a
nd
futu
re c
hang
es t
o th
e w
aste
m
anag
emen
t sy
stem
as
a re
sult
of e
xten
ded
pro
duc
er
resp
onsi
bili
ty
• A
long
-ter
m p
lan
to s
ecur
e su
stai
nab
le s
ourc
e se
par
ated
or
gan
ics
pro
cess
ing
cap
acity
• Ta
rget
ed e
ffort
s to
faci
litat
e g
reat
er 4
Rs p
ract
ices
in
area
s ou
tsid
e Re
gio
nal
juris
dic
tion
• St
rate
gy
to a
dd
ress
futu
re
Com
mun
ity E
nviro
nmen
tal
Cen
tre
and
dep
ot n
eed
s
11
* C
EC
s -
Co
mm
un
ity E
nvi
ron
men
tal C
entr
es**
WD
O -
Was
te D
iver
sio
n O
nta
rio
resi
de
nti
alw
aste
ge
ne
rate
d
DE
ST
INA
TIO
N
PR
OC
ES
SIN
G
CO
LL
EC
TIO
N
WA
ST
EG
EN
ER
AT
ION
ResidentsLocal
Municipalities York Region
resi
du
al w
aste
colle
cted
[at
cu
rbsi
de
, d
ep
ots
+ C
EC
s*]
lan
dfi
ll
resi
du
e+
mo
istu
relo
std
ive
rsio
nfr
om
lan
dfi
lln fi
lll
WD
Od
ive
rsio
n r
ate
to e
nd
mar
ket
En
erg
y-
Fro
m-
Was
te (
EF
W)
fac
ilit
y
Do
ng
ara
Pe
llet
Pla
nt
yar
dw
aste
co
mp
ost
Blu
e B
ox
sort
ing
loc
alm
un
icip
alc
aptu
re r
ate
div
ers
ion
mat
eria
lsco
llect
ed[a
t c
urb
sid
e,
de
po
ts +
CE
Cs*
]
ash
ener
gy
Gre
en
Bin
tran
sfe
r
was
teso
rtin
gc
en
tre
Th
ese
div
ersi
on
pro
gra
ms
and
fac
ilit
ies
hav
e w
on
aw
ard
s fr
om
org
aniz
atio
ns
incl
ud
ing
as
the
Fed
erat
ion
of
Can
adia
n
Mu
nic
ipal
itie
s, S
oli
d W
aste
Ass
oci
atio
n o
f N
ort
h A
mer
ica
and
R
ecy
clin
g C
ou
nci
l of
On
tari
o.
Succ
ess
of t
hese
pro
gra
ms
refle
cts
pos
itive
ly o
n th
e Re
gio
n an
d o
ur
loca
l mun
icip
aliti
es w
ho im
ple
men
t m
any
of t
he p
rog
ram
s at
cur
bsi
de,
th
e le
ader
ship
of c
ounc
ils a
nd t
he
ded
icat
ion
and
par
ticip
atio
n of
all
York
Reg
ion
resi
den
ts, b
usin
esse
s an
d
com
mun
ity p
artn
ers.
Thi
s co
-op
erat
ive
app
roac
h w
ill c
ontin
ue a
s m
aste
r p
lan
imp
lem
enta
tion
mov
es fo
rwar
d.
In Y
ork
Reg
ion,
was
te m
anag
emen
t is
d
eliv
ered
in t
wo-
tier
syst
em. C
urb
sid
e co
llect
ion
of b
lue
box
, gre
en b
in a
nd
resi
dua
l was
te is
man
aged
by
our
nine
lo
cal m
unic
ipal
par
tner
s. T
he R
egio
n is
resp
onsi
ble
for
rece
ivin
g, t
rans
fer,
pro
cess
ing
, rec
over
y, m
arke
ting
and
d
isp
osal
ser
vice
s. P
rom
otio
n an
d
educ
atio
n is
pro
vid
ed a
t b
oth
the
loca
l an
d R
egio
nal l
evel
s (F
igur
e 3)
.
Mo
re t
han
80
per
cen
t o
f Y
ork
Reg
ion
ho
use
ho
lds
par
tici
pat
e in
Gre
en B
in +
B
lue
Bo
x P
rog
ram
s
Fig
ure
3 -
De
live
ry o
f W
aste
Man
age
me
nt
in Y
ork
Re
gio
n
12
Ph
ase
1
tow
ard
zero
was
te
Ph
ase
2P
has
e 3
Wh
ere
We
Are
(Q2
20
11 t
oQ
1 2
012
)
Ass
ess
Bas
elin
e Sy
stem
Revi
ew C
urre
nt
and
Inno
vativ
e Pr
actic
es
Revi
ew P
olic
y
Eng
age
Pub
lic
Wh
ere
We
Wan
t to
Go
(Q1
20
12 t
oQ
3 2
012
)
Vis
ion
and
Gui
din
g
Prin
cip
les
Inte
gra
ted
Pa
rtne
rshi
p
Dev
elop
Pro
ject
ions
Iden
tify
Syst
em G
aps
Eng
age
Pub
lic
Ho
w W
e A
re
Go
ing
to
Ge
t T
he
re
(Q4
20
12 t
oQ
3 2
013
)
Eval
uate
O
pp
ortu
nitie
s
Dev
elop
Str
ateg
ic
and
Imp
lem
enta
tion
Plan
s
Eng
age
Pub
lic
infr
astr
etc
hin
g
inv
estm
ent
inn
ov
atio
n
Mu
nic
ipal
mas
ter
pla
ns
are
too
ls t
o p
rov
ide
lon
g-t
erm
v
isio
ns,
in
fras
tru
ctu
re a
nd
ser
vic
e d
eliv
ery
nee
ds
for
was
te
man
agem
ent,
wat
er, w
aste
wat
er a
nd
tra
nsp
ort
atio
n.
Mas
ter
pla
ns a
re b
ased
on
sust
aina
bili
ty.
In M
arch
201
1, Y
ork
Reg
ion
and
our
lo
cal m
unic
ipal
par
tner
s in
itiat
ed t
he
first
Inte
gra
ted
Was
te M
anag
emen
t M
aste
r Pl
an w
ith e
arly
ob
ject
ives
to:
• Id
entif
y, a
sses
s an
d d
ocum
ent
a cl
ear
pic
ture
of r
oles
and
re
spon
sib
ilitie
s, e
xper
tise
and
ef
ficie
ncie
s
• Pr
epar
e fo
r Ex
tend
ed P
rod
ucer
Re
spon
sib
ility
• Sc
hed
ule/
pla
n fo
r w
aste
m
anag
emen
t to
mee
t th
e Re
gio
n’s
com
mitm
ents
out
lined
in t
he
Sust
aina
bili
ty S
trat
egy,
Reg
iona
l O
ffici
al P
lan
and
Str
ateg
ic P
lan
as
wel
l as
othe
r ap
plic
able
Reg
iona
l an
d lo
cal p
olic
ies
and
pla
ns
• En
able
pro
activ
e in
vest
ing
in
infr
astr
uctu
re, s
ervi
ces
and
sys
tem
s
• En
able
the
Reg
ion
to m
eet
req
uire
men
ts s
et o
ut in
pro
vinc
ial
pla
nnin
g d
ocum
ents
• En
sure
citi
zen
invo
lvem
ent
and
es
tab
lish
a tr
ansp
aren
t d
ecis
ion
mak
ing
ap
pro
ach
to w
aste
m
anag
emen
t
The
SM4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n g
uid
es
dev
elop
men
t of
new
pro
gra
ms,
se
rvic
es, f
acili
ties
and
infr
astr
uctu
re
in a
co-
ord
inat
ed m
anne
r. It
pro
vid
es
an a
pp
roac
h to
mon
itor
the
was
te
man
agem
ent
syst
em, e
stab
lishe
s a
flexi
ble
fram
ewor
k to
sup
por
t co
ntin
uous
imp
rove
men
t an
d a
llow
s fo
r re
gul
ar u
pd
ates
of t
he p
lan
as t
ime
and
ci
rcum
stan
ces
chan
ge.
The
SM4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n is
dev
elop
ed in
th
ree
pha
ses
and
illu
stra
ted
in F
igur
e 4.
Try
sh
op
pin
g a
t a
farm
ers’
mar
ket.
L
oca
l fo
od
has
few
er
env
iro
nm
enta
l im
pac
ts
+ h
elp
s su
pp
ort
loca
l fa
rmer
s
Fig
ure
4 -
De
ve
lop
me
nt
of
Sm
4rt
Liv
ing
Pla
n
Wh
ere
Are
We
To
day
ob
ject
ives
of
the
pla
n
33
RE
CY
CL
E:
iden
tify
ing
key
init
iati
ves
To
su
pp
ort
co
nti
nu
ou
s im
pro
vem
ent
in Y
ork
Reg
ion
’s w
aste
d
iver
sio
n p
rog
ram
s, a
nu
mb
er o
f im
po
rtan
t in
itia
tiv
es h
ave
bee
n i
den
tifi
ed:
Ad
vo
cat
ing
fo
r c
han
ge
Ad
voca
cy is
an
imp
orta
nt p
art
of
imp
lem
entin
g t
he S
M4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n.A
suc
cess
ful a
dvo
cacy
str
ateg
y d
epen
ds
on e
arly
and
con
sist
ent
eng
agem
ent
as w
ell a
s ef
fect
ive
par
tner
ship
s w
ith a
ran
ge
of
mul
ti-st
akeh
old
er, g
over
nmen
tal,
mun
icip
al, i
nter
est-
bas
ed a
nd in
dus
try
org
aniz
atio
ns. Y
ork
Reg
ion
will
con
tinue
to
str
eng
then
its
rela
tions
hip
with
or
gan
izat
ions
and
ass
ocia
tions
whi
ch
shar
e si
mila
r p
olic
y p
ositi
ons
and
/or
offe
r th
e g
reat
est
opp
ortu
nity
to
exer
t in
fluen
ce o
n is
sues
rela
ted
to
the
del
iver
y of
was
te m
anag
emen
t se
rvic
es.
Pla
nn
ing
fo
r g
row
thTh
e Re
gio
n is
poi
sed
to
exp
erie
nce
sig
nific
ant
gro
wth
ove
r th
e co
min
g
dec
ades
acr
oss
all s
ecto
rs. T
he S
M4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n en
sure
s fu
ture
gro
wth
p
lann
ing
and
pol
icy
dev
elop
men
t w
ill re
flect
goo
d w
aste
man
agem
ent
pra
ctic
es a
nd in
corp
orat
e th
ese
into
the
d
esig
n, c
onst
ruct
ion,
and
op
erat
ion
of
all n
ew d
evel
opm
ents
.
Un
der
stan
din
g t
he
mu
lti-
resi
den
tial
co
mm
un
ity
Mor
e ef
fect
ive
per
form
ance
mon
itorin
g
of w
aste
man
agem
ent
syst
ems
in t
he
mul
ti-re
sid
entia
l sec
tor
is re
qui
red
in
ord
er t
o tr
ack
succ
esse
s an
d a
dd
ress
ch
alle
nges
. Ad
diti
onal
eng
agem
ent
and
out
reac
h ef
fort
s to
bui
ldin
g
owne
rs, o
per
ator
s an
d re
sid
ents
are
al
so re
com
men
ded
.
Rev
iew
of
exte
rnal
fu
nd
ing
fo
r th
eB
lue
Bo
x P
rog
ram
The
fund
ing
form
ula
that
is u
sed
to
dis
per
se fu
ndin
g fr
om t
he s
tew
ard
s ha
s b
ecom
e in
crea
sing
ly c
omp
lex
and
har
d t
o fo
llow
. For
Yor
k Re
gio
n,
man
y m
illio
ns o
f dol
lars
per
yea
r ($
5.1
mill
ion
in 2
011)
are
ob
tain
ed fr
om t
he
fund
ing
form
ula.
Con
tinue
d d
ilig
ence
an
d s
pec
ific
revi
ew o
f thi
s fo
rmul
a in
rela
tion
to Y
ork
Reg
ion
will
be
com
ple
ted
.
“Th
e R
egio
n
is p
ois
ed
to
e
xpe
rie
nc
e
sig
nifi
can
t g
row
th
ov
er t
he
co
min
g
dec
ades
ac
ross
all
sec
tors
.”
Th
e av
erag
e b
eer
bo
ttle
is
refi
lled
15
tim
es
bef
ore
bei
ng
rec
ycl
edin
to n
ew g
lass
RE
CY
CL
E:
max
imiz
ing
res
ou
rces
at
the
curb
“Co
nti
nu
ou
s m
on
ito
rin
g o
f w
aste
str
eam
s,
par
tic
ula
rly
th
e b
lue
bo
x, a
nd
ad
vo
cac
y w
ith
in
du
stry
an
d
oth
er le
vel
s o
f g
ov
ern
men
t w
ill c
on
tin
ue
to r
emai
n a
fo
cu
s o
f w
aste
m
anag
emen
tin
to t
he
futu
re.”
Maj
or
com
po
nen
ts o
f a
was
te m
anag
emen
t sy
stem
in
clu
de
infr
astr
uct
ure
to
pro
cess
an
d m
anag
e w
aste
.
Seve
ral f
acili
ties
and
bui
ldin
gs
owne
d
by
the
Reg
ion
are
ded
icat
ed t
o p
roce
ssin
g a
nd m
anag
ing
of w
aste
th
roug
hout
the
Reg
ion.
Ana
lysi
s in
th
e SM
4RT
Livi
ng P
lan
cons
ider
ed
thes
e fa
cilit
ies
as w
ell a
s co
ntra
cted
fa
cilit
ies
to d
eter
min
e re
qui
rem
ents
fo
r an
ticip
ated
gro
wth
and
imp
acts
re
sulti
ng fr
om fu
ture
pot
entia
l cha
nges
in
was
te c
omp
ositi
on.
Cha
nges
in p
rod
uct
des
igns
to
mee
t co
nsum
er d
eman
ds
can
have
pro
foun
d
imp
acts
on
the
was
te s
trea
m t
hat
will
re
mai
n d
iffic
ult
to p
red
ict
and
man
age.
Fo
r ex
amp
le, t
he s
tand
ard
con
tain
ers
used
, in
the
incr
easi
ngly
pop
ular
si
ngle
-ser
ve h
ot b
ever
age
mac
hine
s,
are
chal
leng
ing
to
recy
cle
bec
ause
th
ey a
re c
omp
osed
of a
mix
ture
of
mat
eria
ls (f
oil,
pla
stic
and
org
anic
s).
Con
tinuo
us m
onito
ring
of w
aste
st
ream
s, p
artic
ular
ly t
he b
lue
box
, and
ad
voca
cy w
ith in
dus
try
and
oth
er le
vels
of
gov
ernm
ent
will
con
tinue
to
rem
ain
a fo
cus
of w
aste
man
agem
ent
into
the
futu
re.
Ph
ase
1: W
her
e W
e A
reP
has
e o
ne
con
sist
s o
f:
• B
asel
ine
asse
ssm
ent
of c
urre
nt
was
te m
anag
emen
t p
rog
ram
s an
d
syst
ems
in Y
ork
Reg
ion
and
aro
und
th
e w
orld
• Re
view
of p
olic
ies
and
pro
gra
ms
influ
enci
ng w
aste
man
agem
ent
in
York
Reg
ion
• Re
view
of c
urre
nt a
nd in
nova
tive
pra
ctic
es e
ncom
pas
sing
all
asp
ects
of
was
te m
anag
emen
t fr
om w
aste
re
duc
tion
to fi
nal d
isp
osal
• En
gag
e st
akeh
old
ers
in v
ario
us
form
s of
con
sulta
tions
to
pro
vid
e in
put
to
the
SM4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n
Ph
ase
2: W
her
e W
e A
reP
has
e o
ne
con
sist
s o
f:
• D
evel
opin
g lo
ng-t
erm
vis
ion
and
goa
ls
• D
etai
led
was
te m
anag
emen
t p
roje
ctio
ns a
nd id
entif
icat
ion
of o
pp
ortu
nitie
s fo
r in
nova
tive
pro
gra
m d
eliv
ery
and
fund
ing
m
odel
s
• A
key
out
com
e of
Pha
se 2
is
est
ablis
hing
an
inte
gra
ted
p
artn
ersh
ip m
odel
to
faci
litat
e g
reat
er c
omm
unic
atio
n,co
-op
erat
ion
and
sha
ring
of
info
rmat
ion
amon
g t
he R
egio
n an
d lo
cal m
unic
ipal
ities
as
we
join
tly p
rovi
de
was
te m
anag
emen
t se
rvic
es t
o th
e Re
gio
n’s
resi
den
ts
Ph
ase
3: H
ow
We
Are
G
oin
g t
o G
et T
her
ePh
ase
3 in
teg
rate
s le
sson
s le
arne
d fr
om t
he g
lob
al a
sses
smen
t of
pra
ctic
es w
ith
York
Reg
ion’
s vi
sion
, to
crea
te a
set
of s
trat
egie
s an
d p
lans
to
help
Yor
k Re
gio
n an
d
our
resi
den
ts re
aliz
e th
e SM
4RT
Livi
ng v
isio
n. S
trat
egie
s ar
e or
gan
ized
into
the
4Rs
hi
erar
chy,
with
a s
tron
g fo
cus
on re
duc
tion
and
reus
e.
14
+ C
om
mu
nit
ies
Pro
jec
t T
ea
m
[Lo
cal M
un
icip
alit
ies]
Sta
ke
ho
lde
r
Ad
vis
ory
Co
mm
itte
e
Inte
reste
d
Sta
ke
ho
lde
rs
Me
mb
ers
of
the
Pu
bli
c
Co
nsu
lta
nt
Te
am
[HD
R I
nc.
, Kel
leh
erE
nvi
ron
men
tal,
Asc
enti
al]
Ste
eri
ng
Co
mm
itte
e
[Yo
rk R
egio
n, C
ity
of
Mar
kham
, To
wn
of
Au
rora
]
Th
e m
aste
r p
lan
dev
elo
pm
ent
was
led
by
Yo
rk R
egio
n’s
E
nv
iro
nm
enta
l Ser
vic
es D
epar
tmen
t w
ith
sig
nifi
can
t in
pu
t fr
om
loca
l mu
nic
ipal
par
tner
s an
d o
ther
Yo
rk R
egio
n
dep
artm
ents
.
Eng
agem
ent
of lo
cal m
unic
ipal
p
artn
ers
was
ess
entia
l thr
oug
hout
the
m
aste
r p
lan
pro
cess
to
crea
te a
fully
in
teg
rate
d a
nd c
omp
rehe
nsiv
e p
lan.
Lo
cal m
unic
ipal
par
tner
s p
rovi
ded
inp
ut
thro
ugh
invo
lvem
ent
on t
he p
roje
ct
team
and
in re
view
of a
ll p
roje
ct-r
elat
ed
doc
umen
tatio
n.
The
pro
ject
tea
m a
ctiv
ely
cont
ribut
ed
to t
he S
M4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n fr
om P
hase
1
thro
ugh
to t
he id
entif
ying
of i
nitia
tives
an
d d
evel
opin
g t
he im
ple
men
tatio
n p
lan
in P
hase
3.
Fig
ure
5 p
rovi
des
an
over
view
of t
he
Mas
ter
Plan
Dev
elop
men
t Te
am.
Red
uce
th
e am
ou
nt
of
‘stu
ff ’ y
ou
ow
n b
y
ren
tin
g i
tem
s y
ou
ra
rely
use
Fig
ure
5 -
Mas
ter
Pla
n D
ev
elo
pm
en
t T
eam
Wh
ere
Are
We
To
day
mas
ter
pla
n t
eam
30R
EU
SE
:id
enti
fyin
g k
ey in
itia
tive
sT
o s
up
po
rt a
nd
fu
rth
er e
xp
lore
th
e si
gn
ifi c
ant
was
te
red
uct
ion
op
po
rtu
nit
ies
thro
ug
h r
euse
act
ivit
ies,
a n
um
ber
of
key
in
itia
tiv
es h
ave
bee
n i
den
tifi
ed:
Un
der
stan
din
g t
he
amo
un
t o
f re
use
and
its
imp
act
To c
lear
ly u
nder
stan
d t
he p
oten
tial
imp
act
of re
use,
as
wel
l as
the
curr
ent
activ
ities
alre
ady
und
erw
ay, a
co
mp
rehe
nsiv
e su
rvey
of r
esid
ents
’ p
erce
ptio
ns a
nd u
sag
e p
atte
rns
is
reco
mm
end
ed.
Max
imiz
ing
“g
entl
y
use
d”
clo
thin
g a
nd
te
xtil
es d
on
atio
n in
m
ult
i-re
sid
enti
al
dev
elo
pm
ents
an
dat
th
e c
urb
Text
iles
curr
ently
rep
rese
nt a
si
gni
fican
t p
ortio
n of
the
mat
eria
l g
oing
out
in t
he g
arb
age.
As
par
t of
pla
n im
ple
men
tatio
n, a
dd
ition
al
emp
hasi
s w
ill b
e p
lace
d o
n w
orki
ng
with
cha
ritab
le o
rgan
izat
ions
to
help
su
pp
ort
them
in t
he c
olle
ctio
n an
d
reus
e of
the
se m
ater
ials
thr
oug
h pa
rtne
r-driv
en c
urbs
ide
colle
ctio
n pi
lots
.
A p
ilot
pro
gra
m w
ith t
he m
ulti-
resi
den
tial s
ecto
r w
ill e
xplo
re h
ow
bes
t to
red
irect
tex
tiles
from
the
was
te
stre
am fr
om t
hese
bui
ldin
gs
to re
use
opp
ortu
nitie
s.
Sw
app
ing
an
dse
llin
g e
ven
tsC
urb
sid
e sw
ap e
vent
s, g
arag
e sa
les,
“M
om-t
o-M
om”
sale
s, e
tc.,
have
b
ecom
e in
crea
sing
ly p
opul
ar. T
hese
ty
pes
of s
ales
hav
e th
e p
oten
tial
to re
sult
in s
igni
fican
t w
aste
reus
e an
d re
duc
tion.
For
201
5, p
ilots
are
re
com
men
ded
at
a la
rger
sca
le t
o m
easu
re t
he a
ctua
l im
pac
t of
the
se
even
ts a
nd id
entif
y lo
ng-t
erm
was
te
reus
e an
d re
duc
tion
pot
entia
l.
Sh
are
too
lsTh
e es
tab
lishm
ent
of a
too
l sha
re
libra
ry d
emon
stra
tion
pro
ject
at
a lib
rary
or
com
mun
ity c
entr
e (s
imila
r to
Tor
onto
’s To
ol S
hare
Lib
rary
) is
reco
mm
end
ed fo
r fu
rthe
r st
udy.
A
lthou
gh
not
antic
ipat
ed t
o ha
ve
sig
nific
ant
over
all w
aste
red
uctio
n im
plic
atio
ns in
the
sho
rt t
erm
, thi
s ty
pe
of in
itiat
ive
can
help
to
fost
er
the
nece
ssar
y so
cial
and
cul
tura
l ch
ang
e th
at c
an le
ad t
o si
gni
fican
t w
aste
qua
ntity
red
uctio
ns. A
s p
art
of t
his
exp
lora
tion,
the
role
of t
he
Reg
ion
and
/or
loca
l mun
icip
ality
sh
ould
be
revi
ewed
and
con
sid
erat
ion
to c
omm
unity
par
tner
s as
initi
ativ
e le
ader
s sh
ould
be
giv
en.
The
follo
win
g p
rovi
des
a
sum
mar
y of
key
ben
efits
of t
he
abov
e id
entif
ied
initi
ativ
es:
• A
nnua
l red
uctio
n of
ap
pro
xim
atel
y 8,
700
tonn
es
thro
ugh
reus
e of
mat
eria
ls
by
2031
and
an
annu
al
savi
ngs
of a
pp
roxi
mat
ely
$2.8
mill
ion
(ass
umed
tha
t m
ater
ial w
ould
be
othe
rwis
e m
anag
ed a
s re
sid
ual w
aste
) b
y 20
31
• Re
duc
tion
of re
sid
ual
was
te q
uant
ities
req
uirin
g
pro
cess
ing
whi
ch w
ill
miti
gat
e th
e ne
ed fo
r ad
diti
onal
pro
cess
ing
ca
pac
ity o
ver
wha
t is
cu
rren
tly re
qui
red
• Si
gni
fican
t re
duc
tions
in
envi
ronm
enta
l bur
den
as
soci
ated
with
mat
eria
l p
rod
uctio
n, t
rans
por
tatio
n,
and
was
ted
mat
eria
l co
llect
ion
and
pro
cess
ing
• In
crea
sed
aw
aren
ess
amon
g
resi
den
ts a
roun
d re
use,
re
pai
r an
d re
-pur
pos
ing
ac
tiviti
es
• C
omm
unity
bui
ldin
g
opp
ortu
nitie
s th
roug
h en
gag
emen
t, p
artn
ersh
ips,
sh
arin
g a
nd le
ndin
g
• So
cial
ben
efits
real
ized
b
y ch
arita
ble
par
tner
or
gan
izat
ions
Left
to R
ight
: Ilm
ar S
iman
ovsk
is –
Tow
n of
Aur
ora,
Cou
rtne
y D
anie
ls –
Yor
k Re
gion
, Ros
anne
Frit
zsch
e –
Tow
n of
Ric
hmon
d H
ill, L
aura
McD
owel
l – Y
ork
Regi
on, A
man
da N
ewm
an –
Tow
n of
Aur
ora,
Rod
Sm
ith –
Tow
n of
New
mar
ket,
Bria
n A
ntho
ny –
City
of V
augh
an, C
laud
ia M
arsa
les
– C
ity o
f Mar
kham
, Jul
ie
Hor
dow
ick
– Yo
rk R
egio
n, K
ayla
Sas
so –
Yor
k Re
gion
, Geo
rge
Flin
t – T
own
of
Rich
mon
d H
ill, G
reta
Zin
ck –
Tow
n of
Geo
rgin
a, P
aul W
hite
hous
e –
Tow
n of
W
hitc
hurc
h-St
ouffv
ille,
Kel
ly S
pitz
ig –
Yor
k Re
gion
, Dav
e G
ordo
n –
York
Reg
ion.
Mis
sing
: Bria
n Jo
nes
– To
wn
of N
ewm
arke
t, Ro
b Fl
inda
ll –
Tow
nshi
p of
Kin
g,
Robe
rt (B
ob) F
ortie
r– T
own
of G
eorg
ina,
Chr
is K
alim
ooto
o –
Tow
n of
Eas
t G
will
imbu
ry, J
ohn
Han
nah
– To
wn
of E
ast G
will
imbu
ry, T
erry
Ric
kett
s –
Tow
n of
Ri
chm
ond
Hill
, Sea
n H
urle
y –
York
Reg
ion
16
Wh
ere
Are
We
To
day
vis
ion
+ g
uid
ing
pri
nci
ple
sE
xte
nsi
ve
con
sult
atio
n a
nd
co
mm
un
ity
en
gag
emen
t th
rou
gh
ou
t th
e m
aste
r p
lan
nin
g p
roce
ss p
rese
nte
d S
M4
RT
L
ivin
g c
on
cep
ts t
o a
wid
e ra
ng
e o
f st
akeh
old
ers.
Stak
ehol
der
eng
agem
ent
reve
aled
th
at p
eop
le a
cros
s Yo
rk R
egio
n ar
e g
ener
ally
see
king
a c
hang
e to
war
d
a m
ore
sust
aina
ble
life
styl
e. S
M4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n p
ublic
eng
agem
ent
allo
wed
p
eop
le t
o ex
plo
re h
ow t
hey
see
was
te
in a
ll as
pec
ts o
f the
ir liv
es a
nd id
entif
ied
ar
eas
of c
once
rn in
clud
ing
exc
essi
ve
pac
kag
ing
and
dis
pos
able
pro
duc
ts,
clut
ter
arou
nd t
he h
ouse
from
buy
ing
/st
orin
g t
oo m
uch
and
was
ted
food
.
Con
sid
erab
le e
ffort
was
sp
ent
on
iden
tifyi
ng, d
efin
ing
and
des
crib
ing
the
lo
ng-t
erm
vis
ion
for
was
te m
anag
emen
t an
d S
M4R
T Li
ving
in Y
ork
Reg
ion.
A
visi
on s
tate
men
t w
as d
evel
oped
bas
ed
on in
put
from
a d
iver
se c
ross
-sec
tion
of Y
ork
Reg
ion
resi
den
ts, s
take
hold
ers,
b
usin
ess
rep
rese
ntat
ives
and
ind
ustr
y.
To h
elp
real
ize
the
visi
on, n
ine
gui
din
g
prin
cip
les
wer
e d
evel
oped
out
of t
his
inp
ut. T
hese
gui
din
g p
rinci
ple
s ar
e th
e fo
und
atio
n of
the
SM
4RT
Livi
ng P
lan
and
pro
vid
e th
e fr
amew
ork
for
dec
isio
n-
mak
ing
and
imp
lem
enta
tion
of t
he
visi
on fo
r th
e fu
ture
.
Vis
ion
“ A w
ast
e re
sou
rce
man
agem
ent
syst
em
that
re
co
gn
ize
s an
d
co
nse
rve
s th
e re
sou
rce
val
ue
of
wa
ste
th
rou
gh
le
ader
ship
, in
no
vat
ion
an
d c
olla
bo
rati
on
in
iden
tify
ing
an
d
pro
mo
tin
g t
he
ne
ce
ssar
y
cu
ltu
ral,
soc
ieta
l an
d
ind
ust
ry c
han
ge
req
uir
ed
. L
ead
ing
by
exa
mp
le, w
e
are
tran
sfo
rmin
g o
ur
co
mm
un
itie
s th
rou
gh
ad
apti
ve
, in
no
vat
ive
an
d in
teg
rate
d w
ast
e
man
agem
ent.”
Was
te o
f a
reso
urc
e th
at
mu
st b
e co
nse
rved
Lea
der
ship
, In
no
vat
ion
+
Co
llab
ora
tio
n
Co
nsc
iou
s co
nsu
mer
ch
oic
es +
ad
vo
cati
ng
fo
r ch
ang
e
En
han
ced
co
mm
un
ity
co
nn
ecti
on
s,
eng
agem
ents
+ s
har
ing
Lo
cal
eco
no
mic
g
row
th +
en
trep
ren
euri
sm
Fig
ure
6 -
Vis
ion
+ G
uid
ing
Pri
nci
ple
s
Fig
ure
12
- P
roje
cte
d T
on
ne
s D
ive
rte
d f
rom
Lan
dfi
ll T
ho
ug
h M
aste
r P
lan
Re
use
/Re
pai
r S
trat
eg
y
“A v
arie
ty o
f o
pp
ort
un
itie
s ex
ist
to in
cre
ase
reu
se a
nd
rep
air
in a
ll se
cto
rs in
th
e co
mm
un
ity
th
rou
gh
p
artn
ersh
ip-
bas
ed in
itia
tiv
es
wit
h n
on
-pro
fi t
org
aniz
atio
ns
inte
rest
ed in
p
rom
oti
ng
reu
se
acti
vit
ies.
”
Sinc
e 20
07, Y
ork
Reg
ion
has
par
tner
ed
with
Goo
dw
ill a
nd H
abita
t fo
r H
uman
ity t
o op
erat
e re
use
tran
sfer
fa
cilit
ies
at it
s M
cCle
ary
Cou
rt a
nd
Elg
in M
ills
Com
mun
ity E
nviro
nmen
tal
Cen
tres
. The
se o
rgan
izat
ions
acc
ept
a w
ide
rang
e of
new
and
gen
tly
used
don
atio
ns, i
nclu
din
g c
loth
ing
, ho
usew
ares
, boo
ks, t
extil
es, e
lect
roni
cs
and
sm
all a
pp
lianc
es, a
s w
ell a
s re
nova
tion
and
hou
seho
ld m
ater
ials
su
ch a
s lu
mb
er, c
abin
etry
, win
dow
s,
doo
rs, h
ard
war
e an
d p
lum
bin
g
and
lig
htin
g fi
xtur
es. R
eusa
ble
ite
ms
colle
cted
at
the
Com
mun
ity
Envi
ronm
enta
l Cen
tres
are
dis
trib
uted
fo
r re
-sal
e at
Goo
dw
ill a
nd H
abita
t fo
r H
uman
ity re
tail
loca
tions
with
in
York
Reg
ion.
Goo
dwill
est
imat
es th
at
betw
een
2011
and
201
2, it
col
lect
ed
appr
oxim
atel
y 26
1 to
nnes
of g
oods
fro
m th
e M
cCle
ary
Cou
rt a
nd E
lgin
Mill
s C
omm
unity
Env
ironm
enta
l Cen
tres
. H
abita
t for
Hum
anity
est
imat
es th
at it
co
llect
ed 5
0 to
nnes
from
bot
h fa
cilit
ies
durin
g th
at s
ame
perio
d.
The
City
of M
arkh
am o
per
ates
four
p
ublic
recy
clin
g d
epot
s, o
fferin
g
colle
ctio
n of
a v
arie
ty o
f mat
eria
ls
incl
udin
g b
lue
box
recy
clab
les,
ce
ll p
hone
s, p
olys
tyre
ne, c
omp
act
flore
scen
t b
ulb
s, re
char
gea
ble
b
atte
ries,
item
s fo
r G
ood
will
and
b
ooks
.
Lend
ing
too
ls a
nd g
ood
s ha
s b
ecom
e an
othe
r in
nova
tive
app
roac
h to
reus
e an
d s
harin
g in
com
mun
ities
. The
To
ront
o To
ol L
ibra
ry la
unch
ed in
Mar
ch
2013
in t
he P
arkd
ale
area
of t
he c
ity.
The
Toro
nto
Tool
Lib
rary
is a
pro
ject
ru
n b
y th
e In
stitu
te fo
r a
Reso
urce
-B
ased
Eco
nom
y (IR
BE)
, a re
gis
tere
d
non-
pro
fit o
rgan
izat
ion
in T
oron
to.
Thei
r fo
cus
and
mis
sion
are
to
bec
ome
the
lead
ing
ed
ucat
iona
l ins
titut
ion
pro
mot
ing
a n
ew e
cono
mic
sys
tem
co
nnec
ting
the
env
ironm
ent
and
our
ec
onom
y to
ach
ieve
a s
usta
inab
le
soci
ety.
A v
arie
ty o
f op
por
tuni
ties
exis
ts
to in
crea
se re
use
and
rep
air
in a
ll se
ctor
s in
the
com
mun
ity t
hrou
gh
par
tner
ship
-bas
ed in
itiat
ives
with
no
n-p
rofit
org
aniz
atio
ns in
tere
sted
in
pro
mot
ing
reus
e ac
tiviti
es. C
olle
ctio
n an
d a
naly
sis
of d
ata
abou
t th
e im
pac
ts
of t
hese
initi
ativ
es o
n w
aste
gen
erat
ion
is a
n im
por
tant
del
iver
able
to
bui
ld
unde
rsta
ndin
g of
this
sec
tor a
nd re
late
d
perc
eptio
ns a
nd b
arrie
rs to
reus
e.
20
185
21
ton
ne
s
20
31
8,7
35
to
nn
es
RE
USE
:m
axim
izin
g th
e u
se o
f p
rod
uct
s an
d g
oo
ds
“In
th
e S
M4
RT
L
ivin
g P
lan
, th
e te
rm “
reu
se”
is
app
lied
as
an
um
bre
lla t
erm
en
co
mp
assi
ng
re
use
, rep
air
and
re
-pu
rpo
se.”
Incr
easi
ng
ly, m
un
icip
alit
ies
hav
e re
cog
niz
ed t
he
nu
mer
ou
s b
enefi
ts
of
sup
po
rtin
g r
euse
act
ivit
ies,
in
clu
din
g:
• M
ore
effe
ctiv
e us
e of
reso
urce
s (re
duc
es t
he n
eed
for
extr
actio
nof
mat
eria
ls)
• Em
plo
ymen
t op
por
tuni
ties
in t
he
serv
ice
and
rep
air
ind
ustr
ies
• Su
pp
ort
for
char
ity-b
ased
or
gan
izat
ions
• C
hang
ing
att
itud
es t
owar
ds
dis
pos
able
pro
duc
ts
In t
he S
M4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n, t
he t
erm
“r
euse
” is
ap
plie
d a
s an
um
bre
lla
term
enc
omp
assi
ng re
use,
rep
air
and
re
-pur
pos
e. E
ach
of t
hese
ter
ms
imp
ly
the
use
of a
pro
duc
t m
ore
than
onc
e,
the
diff
eren
ce is
in t
he le
vel o
f effo
rt
req
uire
d t
o ac
com
plis
h th
is o
bje
ctiv
e.
Reus
e su
pp
orts
the
idea
of c
omm
unity
co
llab
orat
ion
and
sha
ring
as
exp
ress
ed
by
the
new
con
cep
t of
“C
olla
bor
ativ
e C
onsu
mp
tion.
” Th
is c
once
pt
is
rein
vent
ing
how
goo
ds
and
ser
vice
s ar
e ex
chan
ged
by
leve
rag
ing
tec
hnol
ogy
to t
ake
rent
ing
, sw
app
ing
and
sha
ring
of
goo
ds
and
ser
vice
s to
a n
ew le
vel.
Car
and
bik
e sh
arin
g b
usin
esse
s su
ch a
s Zi
pca
r an
d B
ixi b
ikes
are
p
opul
ar e
xam
ple
s of
thi
s ne
w s
harin
g
econ
omy.
Non
-pro
fit o
rgan
izat
ions
and
en
trep
rene
urs
wor
ldw
ide
are
usin
g
this
idea
to
crea
te c
omm
uniti
es t
hat
shar
e to
ols,
gar
den
sp
ace,
vac
atio
n ac
com
mod
atio
ns a
nd m
ore.
Reus
e ha
s b
ecom
e a
wel
l-est
ablis
hed
b
usin
ess
for
non-
pro
fit/c
harit
able
or
gan
izat
ions
, rep
air
and
refu
rbis
h b
usin
esse
s an
d m
unic
ipal
exc
hang
e p
rog
ram
s. M
unic
ipal
invo
lvem
ent
in re
use
activ
ities
hav
e te
nded
to
focu
s on
larg
e, d
urab
le it
ems
such
as
ap
plia
nces
, fur
nitu
re, c
loth
ing
and
ot
her
hous
ehol
d g
ood
s.
One
of t
he m
ost
com
mon
reus
e ac
tiviti
es in
mun
icip
aliti
es is
resi
den
ts
pla
cing
an
item
at
the
curb
with
a
sig
n st
atin
g “
free
” so
the
item
can
b
e p
icke
d u
p b
y so
meo
ne e
lse
and
g
iven
a n
ew h
ome.
In s
ome
area
s th
is p
ract
ice
is fo
rmal
ized
by
the
loca
l mun
icip
ality
on
a d
esig
nate
d
“com
mun
ity e
xcha
nge
day
” w
here
re
sid
ents
are
enc
oura
ged
to
put
re
usab
le it
ems
out
at t
he c
urb
for
this
p
urp
ose.
In o
ther
are
as t
his
pra
ctic
e is
ban
ned
by
was
te b
ylaw
s. F
ree
pic
k up
of r
eusa
ble
goo
ds
may
be
offe
red
by
char
ities
suc
h as
the
Kid
ney
Foun
dat
ion
and
the
Can
adia
n D
iab
etes
A
ssoc
iatio
n on
pre
arra
nged
dat
es.
17
Nin
e G
uid
ing
Pri
nci
ple
s
1W
e m
ust
re
-fra
me
was
te a
s b
ein
g c
om
pri
sed
of
reso
urc
es
that
are
fi
nit
e a
nd
mu
st b
e c
on
serv
ed
.
2W
e w
ill le
ad t
hro
ug
h a
ctio
n, d
em
on
stra
tio
ns,
pilo
ts, i
nn
ov
ativ
e
ed
uca
tio
n, a
dvo
cacy
, an
d, p
roac
tive
po
licy
de
velo
pm
en
t.
3W
e w
ill m
ake
de
cisi
on
s u
sin
g “
inte
gra
ted
sy
ste
ms”
th
inki
ng
-
bal
anci
ng
en
vir
on
me
nta
l, so
cial
an
d fi
sca
l re
spo
nsi
bili
ty.
4W
e w
ill d
em
on
stra
te in
no
vat
ion
an
d le
ade
rsh
ip t
hro
ug
h t
he
in
teg
rate
d p
artn
ers
hip
mo
de
l, w
ith
sh
are
d d
eci
sio
n m
akin
g a
nd
ac
cou
nta
bili
ty.
5W
e w
ill h
on
ou
r th
e w
aste
man
age
me
nt
hie
rarc
hy
an
d t
he
4R
s (R
ed
uce
, Re
use
, Re
cycl
e a
nd
Re
cove
ry),
bal
anci
ng
th
e w
ants
an
d
ne
ed
s o
f o
ur
com
mu
nit
ies.
6W
e w
ill n
urt
ure
an
d c
ult
ivat
e lo
cal e
con
om
ic g
row
th, i
nn
ov
atio
n
and
en
tre
pre
ne
uri
sm.
7W
e w
ill f
ocu
s o
n c
reat
ing
vib
ran
t co
mm
un
itie
s th
rou
gh
th
e
pro
mo
tio
n o
f e
nh
ance
d c
om
mu
nit
y c
on
ne
ctio
ns
and
info
rme
d,
insp
ire
d a
nd
en
gag
ed
cit
ize
ns.
8W
e w
ill s
triv
e t
o c
han
ge
th
e c
on
sum
er
cult
ure
th
rou
gh
in
spir
ing
co
nsc
iou
s d
eci
sio
n m
akin
g a
nd
ad
voca
tin
g c
han
ge
in
com
mu
nit
ies,
go
vern
me
nts
an
d in
du
stry
.
9W
e a
re fl
exi
ble
an
d r
esi
lie
nt,
en
abli
ng
us
to a
nti
cip
ate
an
d a
dap
t to
lo
cal a
nd
glo
bal
infl
ue
nce
an
d c
han
ge
fo
r th
e f
utu
re.
18
Wh
ere
Are
We
To
day
eng
agem
ent +
co
nsu
ltat
ion
A w
ide
ran
ge
of
stak
eho
lder
s in
clu
din
g m
emb
ers
of
the
pu
bli
c,
agen
cies
, bu
sin
esse
s, a
sso
ciat
ion
s an
d Y
ork
Reg
ion
an
d lo
cal
mu
nic
ipal
par
tner
sta
ff e
xp
lore
d t
he
con
cep
t o
f S
M4
RT
Liv
ing
an
d i
den
tifi
ed i
dea
s an
d o
pp
ort
un
itie
s fo
r th
e fu
ture
.
Succ
essf
ul im
ple
men
tatio
n of
the
SM
4RT
Livi
ng P
lan
and
the
futu
re
dire
ctio
n of
our
com
mun
ities
req
uire
not
ju
st in
put
, but
ong
oing
invo
lvem
ent
of a
cr
oss-
sect
ion
of c
omm
unity
mem
ber
s.
Pub
lic e
ngag
emen
t th
roug
hout
p
lann
ing
incl
uded
mor
e th
an 6
,000
p
oint
s of
inte
ract
ion
with
resi
den
ts a
nd
stak
ehol
der
s th
roug
h ev
ents
like
‘Pla
ces
and
Sp
aces
’ eve
nts,
onl
ine
open
hou
se
and
web
site
, pro
ject
tea
m m
eetin
gs
and
th
e St
akeh
old
er A
dvi
sory
Com
mitt
ee
(SA
C).
Fig
ure
7 sh
ows
the
vario
us
asp
ects
of p
ublic
eng
agem
ent
that
co
ntrib
uted
to
the
dev
elop
men
t of
the
p
lan
in a
ll th
ree
pha
ses.
The
over
ridin
g o
utco
me
from
pub
lic
eng
agem
ent
is c
onfir
min
g s
upp
ort
for
the
SM4R
T Li
ving
ap
pro
ach
with
its
focu
s on
was
te re
duc
tion.
SM
4RT
Livi
ng
put
s w
aste
man
agem
ent
into
a c
onte
xt
that
peo
ple
can
con
nect
to
and
bec
ome
activ
ely
invo
lved
in. W
aste
red
uctio
n re
qui
res
a ch
ang
e in
bel
iefs
, val
ues,
p
ract
ices
and
att
itud
es t
o ul
timat
ely
resu
lt in
beh
avio
ur c
hang
e. E
ngag
emen
t se
ssio
ns w
ith h
igh
scho
ol s
tud
ents
, th
e St
akeh
old
er A
dvi
sory
Com
mitt
ee
and
the
Yor
k Re
gio
n Fo
od N
etw
ork
mem
ber
s g
ener
ated
a lo
t of
inte
rest
in
the
SM4R
T Li
ving
idea
s an
d p
rod
uced
d
emon
stra
tion
pro
ject
and
par
tner
ship
id
eas
to s
upp
ort
imp
lem
enta
tion
of t
he
pla
n w
ith t
he c
omm
unity
.
Pub
lic in
put
ind
icat
es t
hat
ther
e is
co
ncer
n ab
out
the
amou
nt o
f was
te
curr
ently
gen
erat
ed in
our
com
mun
ities
an
d a
n in
tere
st in
cha
nge.
Lac
k of
kn
owle
dg
e an
d c
onfid
ence
ab
out
mak
ing
mor
e su
stai
nab
le w
aste
cho
ices
w
as id
entif
ied
in t
he c
onsu
ltatio
ns
as b
arrie
rs t
o ac
tion.
Ed
ucat
ion
and
un
der
stan
din
g a
re k
ey fa
ctor
s to
su
cces
sful
ly im
ple
men
t th
e st
rate
gie
s an
d in
itiat
ives
reco
mm
end
ed in
the
p
lan.
Thi
s es
pec
ially
hol
ds
true
whe
n d
ealin
g w
ith w
aste
red
uctio
n. A
n ed
ucat
ed c
onsu
mer
has
the
ab
ility
to:
• A
ctiv
ely
par
ticip
ate
in e
xist
ing
and
ne
w w
aste
red
uctio
n, w
aste
reus
e an
d w
aste
div
ersi
on p
rog
ram
s,
imp
rovi
ng t
he o
vera
ll ef
fect
iven
ess
of t
hese
pro
gra
ms
• C
ontr
ibut
e to
incr
ease
d d
iver
sion
of
mat
eria
ls fr
om la
ndfil
l dis
pos
al
• U
nder
stan
d t
he im
por
tanc
e of
th
eir
role
in b
ette
r m
anag
ing
the
ir w
aste
and
the
ir re
sour
ces
to m
ake
a p
ositi
ve e
nviro
nmen
tal i
mp
act
Ap
pen
dix
2 p
rovi
des
ad
diti
onal
in
form
atio
n on
the
con
sulta
tion
pro
cess
.
“Pu
bli
c
En
gag
em
en
t th
rou
gh
ou
t p
lan
nin
g in
clu
ded
m
ore
th
an
6,0
00
po
ints
of
inte
rac
tio
n w
ith
re
sid
ents
an
d
stak
eho
lder
s....
”
Acc
ord
ing
to
Sta
tist
ics
Can
ada,
ho
use
ho
lds
thro
w
away
up
to
$1,
50
0 i
n f
oo
d
each
yea
r
Th
rou
gh
th
e S
tak
eho
lder
Ad
vis
ory
Co
mm
itte
e, b
oth
sch
oo
l b
oar
ds
in Y
ork
Reg
ion
hav
e ex
pre
ssed
in
tere
st i
n p
arti
cip
atin
g
in c
om
po
stin
g p
ilo
t p
rog
ram
s to
su
pp
ort
th
eir
was
te
man
agem
ent
edu
cati
on
fo
r st
ud
ents
.
One
of t
he k
eys
to s
ucce
ss
will
be
to u
se c
omm
unity
or
gan
izat
ions
and
bus
ines
ses
(i.e.
, foo
d c
o-op
erat
ives
, co
mm
unity
gar
den
s, fo
od
reta
ilers
and
nei
ghb
orho
od
asso
ciat
ions
) to
help
del
iver
the
m
essa
ge
abou
t th
e b
enef
its o
f on
-site
org
anic
s m
anag
emen
t op
por
tuni
ties.
Col
lab
orat
ion
and
p
artn
ersh
ips
with
org
aniz
atio
ns
like
the
York
Reg
ion
Food
N
etw
ork
and
oth
ers
leve
rag
e re
sour
ces
to p
rom
ote
and
im
ple
men
t p
rog
ram
s on
a
Reg
ion-
wid
e sc
ale.
Som
e of
the
ke
y b
enef
its t
hat
will
be
furt
her
qua
ntifi
ed in
the
se p
ilot
stud
ies
incl
ude:
• Re
duc
tion
in o
vera
ll w
aste
m
anag
emen
t sy
stem
cos
ts
• Re
duc
ed s
tres
s on
th
e ex
istin
g o
rgan
ics
man
agem
ent
infr
astr
uctu
re
• O
pp
ortu
nity
to
par
ticip
ate
in a
n in
teg
rate
d w
aste
m
anag
emen
t sy
stem
tha
t se
rves
as
a m
odel
for
othe
r co
mm
uniti
es
Lea
din
g b
y e
xam
ple
th
rou
gh
gre
en
pro
cure
men
tG
reen
pro
cure
men
t ha
s p
rove
n to
b
e on
e of
the
mos
t p
ower
ful t
ools
to
enco
urag
e w
aste
div
ersi
on b
ehav
ior.
This
pra
ctic
e re
qui
res
sup
plie
rs o
f goo
ds
and
ser
vice
s to
mee
t sp
ecifi
c w
aste
m
anag
emen
t cr
iteria
to
win
bus
ines
s an
d
cont
ract
s. T
he m
unic
ipal
par
tner
s ha
ve
sig
nific
ant
pur
chas
ing
pow
er, w
hich
can
b
e us
ed t
o en
cour
age
red
uctio
n an
d
reus
e at
all
mun
icip
al fa
cilit
ies
thro
ugh
vend
or p
erfo
rman
ce re
qui
rem
ents
(e.g
. re
usab
le p
acka
gin
g; r
ecyc
led
con
tent
p
aper
, ene
rgy
effic
ient
and
recy
clab
le
com
put
ers,
etc
.). In
201
3, t
he R
egio
n ad
opte
d a
Sus
tain
able
Pur
chas
ing
Po
licy
to fo
rmal
ize
its c
omm
itmen
t to
g
reen
pro
cure
men
t. B
y co
ntin
uing
to
asse
ss a
dd
ition
al g
reen
pro
cure
men
t p
olic
ies,
Yor
k Re
gio
n an
d t
he m
unic
ipal
p
artn
ers
will
influ
ence
the
ind
ustr
y of
th
e im
por
tanc
e of
“g
reen
” ch
oice
s an
d
pro
vid
e le
ader
ship
and
gui
dan
ce fo
r ot
hers
to
imp
lem
ent
sim
ilar
pol
icie
s.
26R
ED
UC
E:
iden
tify
ing
key
init
iati
ves
To
red
uce
th
e am
ou
nt
of
was
te r
equ
irin
g m
anag
emen
t,a
nu
mb
er o
f k
ey i
nit
iati
ves
hav
e b
een
id
enti
fi ed
:
Fo
od
was
te r
edu
ctio
nIt
is e
stim
ated
tha
t ap
pro
xim
atel
y40
per
cen
t of
all
the
food
pro
duc
ed
and
sol
d in
Can
ada
is w
aste
d b
etw
een
the
time
of p
rod
uctio
n an
d d
isp
osal
by
the
cons
umer
.
Of t
his,
slig
htly
mor
e th
an 5
0 pe
r cen
t of
food
was
tag
e oc
curs
in t
he h
ome.
Th
ere
is s
igni
fican
t op
por
tuni
ty t
o re
duc
e th
e am
ount
of f
ood
was
te
bei
ng g
ener
ated
whi
ch w
ill:
• Re
duc
e w
aste
man
agem
ent
cost
s p
artic
ular
ly fo
r th
e G
reen
Bin
Pr
ogra
m
• Re
duc
e co
nsum
er c
ost
ofb
uyin
g fo
od
• Re
duc
e en
viro
nmen
tal f
ootp
rint
asso
ciat
ed w
ith fo
od p
rod
uctio
n,
pro
cess
ing
and
dis
trib
utio
n
The
gre
ates
t op
por
tuni
ty t
o re
duc
e fo
od w
aste
is in
fluen
cing
con
sum
er
beh
avio
ur t
hrou
gh
educ
atio
n an
d
pro
vid
ing
resi
den
ts w
ith in
form
atio
n to
mak
e g
ood
dec
isio
ns a
t ho
me
and
w
hile
sho
pp
ing
. Thi
s st
rate
gy
also
in
clud
es p
ilots
and
initi
ativ
es li
nkin
g
the
ben
efits
of l
ocal
food
and
food
d
istr
ibut
ion
to w
aste
red
uctio
n.
A n
umb
er o
f com
mun
ity p
artn
ers
and
no
t-fo
r-p
rofit
ag
enci
es, s
uch
as Y
ork
Reg
ion
Food
Net
wor
k, h
ave
alre
ady
exp
ress
ed in
tere
st in
sup
por
ting
thi
s in
itiat
ive.
The
food
was
te s
trat
egy
is p
roje
cted
to
offe
r th
e fo
llow
ing
key
ben
efits
by
2031
:
• Re
duc
tion
of m
ore
than
13,
845
tonn
es o
f mat
eria
l eac
h ye
ar,
whe
n co
mp
ared
to
the
bas
elin
e p
roje
ctio
n
• Re
duc
tion
in c
osts
to
man
age
was
te b
y ap
pro
xim
atel
y $5
.7
mill
ion
each
yea
r ($
4.2
mill
ion
in R
egio
nal s
avin
gs;
$1.
5 m
illio
n in
loca
l sav
ing
s), a
ssum
ing
a
pro
ject
ed d
ecre
ase
of 1
5 p
er c
ent
by
2031
• Re
duc
tion
in g
reen
bin
mat
eria
ls
gen
erat
ed t
o a
poi
nt w
here
no
add
ition
al p
roce
ssin
g c
apac
ity
may
be
need
ed
On
-sit
e c
om
po
stin
gTh
e av
aila
bili
ty o
f con
trac
ted
cap
acity
to
pro
cess
mun
icip
al g
reen
bin
and
ya
rd w
aste
is re
achi
ng it
s lim
its w
ithin
O
ntar
io. M
anag
ing
org
anic
mat
eria
ls
with
alte
rnat
ives
to
curb
sid
e co
llect
ion
pro
gra
ms
is a
n ef
fect
ive
way
to
red
uce
the
envi
ronm
enta
l im
pac
t of
gre
en
bin
col
lect
ion
and
tra
nsp
ort,
eas
e th
e st
ress
on
Reg
iona
l org
anic
s p
roce
ssin
g
cap
acity
and
pro
vid
e a
cost
-effe
ctiv
e or
gan
ics
man
agem
ent
optio
n.
Two
initi
ativ
es h
ave
bee
n re
com
men
ded
for
early
im
ple
men
tatio
n in
the
str
ateg
y an
d in
clud
e:
• A
pilo
t st
udy
rene
win
g e
mp
hasi
s on
bac
kyar
d c
omp
ostin
g a
nd
asse
ssin
g t
he fe
asib
ility
of n
ew
tech
nolo
gie
s su
ch a
s co
unte
r-to
p
com
pos
ters
for
thos
e w
ithou
t ac
cess
to
outd
oor
spac
e.
• A
pilo
t st
udy
wor
king
with
mul
ti-re
sid
entia
l bui
ldin
gs,
ind
ustr
ial
or c
omm
erci
al e
stab
lishm
ents
or
scho
ols
to a
sses
s m
ediu
m s
cale
co
mp
ostin
g t
echn
olog
ies
19
Mas
ter
Pla
n C
on
sult
atio
nT
hro
ug
ho
ut
the
con
stru
ctio
n s
tag
es o
f th
e M
aste
r P
lan
, pu
bli
c an
d s
tak
eho
lder
fee
db
ack
w
as r
ecei
ved
th
rou
gh
man
y d
iff e
ren
t av
enu
es:
Sm
4rt
Liv
ing
Fam
ily
C
hal
len
ge
Ste
eri
ng
Co
mm
itte
e
Me
eti
ng
s
Sm
4rt
Liv
ing
.ca
Pla
ce
s +
Sp
ace
s E
ve
nts
Re
gio
nal
+ L
oc
alM
un
icip
al S
taff
Cit
ize
n P
ane
ls
On
lin
e O
pe
n H
ou
seId
ea
Ge
ne
rati
ng
W
ork
sho
ps
Fo
od
Se
ssio
nV
isio
nin
g +
Str
ate
gy
S
ess
ion
s
Yo
uth
Fo
rum
Sta
keh
old
er
Ad
vis
ory
Co
mm
itte
e
Pro
jec
t T
eam
Me
eti
ng
sT
ec
hn
ical
Wo
rkin
gG
rou
p M
ee
tin
gs
A
Fig
ure
7 -
Mas
ter
Pla
n C
on
sult
atio
n
20
Res
po
nd
ing
to
Ch
ang
eT
he
SM
4R
T L
ivin
g P
lan
is
inte
nd
ed t
o b
e d
yn
amic
an
d fl
ex
ible
in
its
im
ple
men
tati
on
to
all
ow
th
e 10
mu
nic
ipal
par
tner
s to
re
spo
nd
to
th
e d
yn
amic
en
vir
on
men
t o
f w
aste
man
agem
ent
in O
nta
rio
, Can
ada
and
th
e w
orl
d.
The
SM4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n ha
s b
een
pre
par
ed re
cog
nizi
ng it
is a
“liv
ing
d
ocum
ent,
” m
eani
ng w
hen
chan
ges
are
re
qui
red
, pro
cess
es a
nd m
echa
nism
s ar
e in
pla
ce t
o su
pp
ort
co-o
rdin
ated
d
ecis
ion-
mak
ing
in a
lignm
ent
with
the
ov
eral
l vis
ion
of t
he p
lan.
Con
sist
ent
with
oth
er in
fras
truc
ture
m
aste
r p
lans
tha
t ha
ve b
een
dev
elop
ed
in Y
ork
Reg
ion,
the
SM
4RT
Livi
ng P
lan
will
hav
e re
gul
ar a
nd c
omp
rehe
nsiv
e up
dat
es. T
he S
M4R
T Li
ving
Pla
n ha
s a
four
yea
r re
view
cyc
le t
o co
inci
de
with
te
rms
of R
egio
nal C
ounc
il. A
t ea
ch
revi
ew p
oint
, an
opp
ortu
nity
exi
sts
to
revi
ew t
he s
ucce
sses
and
cha
lleng
es
of t
he p
revi
ous
term
and
the
ab
ility
to
reca
libra
te t
he d
irect
ion
bas
ed o
n an
y ne
w in
form
atio
n or
ind
ustr
y tr
end
san
d c
hang
es.
Con
sid
erab
le w
ork
has
bee
n d
one
to
iden
tify
opp
ortu
nitie
s fo
r m
ore
co-o
rdin
ated
and
col
lab
orat
ive
dec
isio
n-m
akin
g b
etw
een
the
mun
icip
al p
artn
ers
arou
nd w
aste
man
agem
ent
syst
em
chan
ges
. The
resu
lt of
thi
s w
ork
is t
he
conc
ept
of t
he In
teg
rate
d P
artn
ersh
ip
Mod
el, w
hich
aim
s to
pro
vid
e m
ore
co-o
rdin
ated
dec
isio
ns a
nd p
lann
ing
p
roce
sses
, gre
ater
con
sist
ency
in
pro
gra
ms
whe
re a
pp
rop
riate
and
sh
arin
g o
f inf
orm
atio
n an
d le
sson
s le
arne
d t
o he
lp c
ontin
uous
ly im
pro
ve
over
all w
aste
man
agem
ent
syst
em in
Yo
rk R
egio
n. A
s p
art
of t
he In
teg
rate
d
Part
ners
hip
Mod
el, e
ach
par
tner
st
ill re
tain
s au
tono
my
of t
heir
area
s of
resp
onsi
bili
ty t
o re
flect
the
ir ow
n co
mm
unity
’s sp
ecifi
c ne
eds,
whi
le a
ll th
e p
artn
ers
wor
k to
get
her
to a
chie
vea
com
mon
vis
ion.
“At
eac
h r
evie
w
po
int,
an
o
pp
ort
un
ity
exi
sts
to r
evie
w t
he
suc
ce
sse
s an
d
ch
alle
ng
es o
f th
e p
rev
iou
s te
rm...
.”
Fin
d n
ew u
ses
for
old
‘stu
ff ’.
Man
y w
ebsi
tes
pro
vid
e fu
n, f
amil
y-f
rien
dly
cra
ft
and
reu
se i
dea
s fo
r v
ario
us
ho
use
ho
ld i
tem
s
“En
co
ura
ge
and
ed
uc
ate
co
nsu
mer
s to
c
on
sid
er w
aste
re
du
ctio
n...
.”
Was
te r
edu
ctio
n o
ff er
s su
bst
anti
al e
nv
iro
nm
enta
l ben
efi t
s an
d f
utu
re i
ncr
ease
d c
ost
av
oid
ance
fo
r b
oth
th
e co
nsu
mer
an
d t
he
mu
nic
ipal
was
te m
anag
emen
t sy
stem
.
Succ
essf
ul im
ple
men
tatio
n of
initi
ativ
es
and
pro
ject
s w
ill re
qui
re in
nova
tive
par
tner
ship
s an
d e
ngag
emen
t w
ith
resi
den
ts a
nd b
usin
esse
s in
the
Reg
ion.
Th
ere
is o
pp
ortu
nity
to
wor
k w
ith
com
mun
ity p
artn
ers
to e
ncou
rag
e an
d
educ
ate
cons
umer
s to
con
sid
er w
aste
re
duc
tion
whe
n p
urch
asin
g g
ood
s.
This
cou
ld in
clud
e co
nsid
erat
ion
of
pac
kag
ing
mat
eria
ls, p
rod
uct
dur
abili
ty
or a
ltern
ativ
es t
o p
urch
asin
g.
Dec
isio
ns m
ade
by
ind
ustr
y, p
rod
ucer
s an
d im
por
ters
of p
rod
ucts
and
/or
com
mer
cial
ser
vice
pro
vid
ers
pro
foun
dly
affe
ct t
he r
ang
e of
m
ater
ials
ent
erin
g t
he R
egio
n’s
was
te
man
agem
ent
syst
em. A
dvo
cacy
with
in
dus
try
gro
ups,
par
tner
ship
s w
ith
bus
ines
s an
d le
vera
gin
g t
he b
uyin
g
pow
er o
f the
par
tner
s th
roug
h g
reen
p
rocu
rem
ent
stan
dar
ds
can
sup
por
t lo
cal m
arke
t sh
ifts.
RE
DU
CE
:re
du
cin
g w
aste
gen
erat
ion
2014
Dur
ham
Yor
kEn
erg
y C
entr
e
20
12
36
2,0
26
to
nn
es
20
31
Bas
elin
e
Pro
ject
ion
476
,74
4 t
on
ne
s
20
31
Pro
ject
ion
wit
h M
aste
r P
lan
44
6,1
87
ton
ne
s
red
uct
ion
s b
y t
on
ne
:
Was
te R
euse
Mis
cella
neou
s
Yard
Was
te
Sour
ce S
epar
ated
Org
anic
s (S
SO)
13,8
45 t
onne
s re
duc
ed
2,74
3 to
nnes
red
uced
7,5
19 t
onne
s re
duc
ed
8,73
5 to
nnes
red
uced
2017
New
SSO
Cap
acity
Req
uire
d
2028
Don
gar
aC
ontr
act
Exp
ires
Fig
ure
11
- P
roje
cte
d T
on
ne
s o
f R
ed
uct
ion
Ach
iev
ed
Th
rou
gh
Mas
ter
Pla
n I
nit
iati
ve
s
24
Th
e P
lan
fo
r T
om
orr
ow
Ho
w W
e A
re G
oin
gT
o G
et T
her
eT
hro
ug
ho
ut
the
mas
ter
pla
n d
evel
op
men
t p
roce
ss, a
div
erse
ran
ge
of
idea
s, o
pp
ort
un
itie
s,
pro
gra
m s
ug
ges
tio
ns
and
ch
ang
es f
or
the
futu
re w
ere
iden
tifi
ed.
Pha
se 3
to
ok
the
pro
ject
tea
m in
to t
he e
valu
atio
np
hase
of
the
iden
tifi
ed o
pp
ort
unit
ies.
Op
por
tuni
ties
from
all
17 s
trat
egie
s w
ere
stre
amlin
ed in
to 6
9 in
itiat
ives
tha
t w
ere
eval
uate
d a
nd u
sed
to
dev
elop
the
five
-yea
r im
ple
men
tatio
n p
lan.
An
exte
nsiv
e ra
nkin
g e
xerc
ise
was
und
erta
ken
to e
valu
ate
the
pot
entia
l im
pac
t of
eac
h in
itiat
ive.
Life
cyc
le b
enef
its w
ere
rank
ed h
igh,
med
ium
or
low
bas
ed o
n:
• En
viro
nmen
tal I
mp
acts
- E
nerg
y re
qui
rem
ents
, non
-ren
ewab
le re
sour
ce
cons
ump
tion,
life
-cyc
le e
nviro
nmen
tal b
enef
its (a
ir, la
nd, w
ater
)
• So
cial
Imp
acts
- C
omm
unity
phy
sica
l ben
efits
, com
ple
xity
and
pot
entia
l fo
r co
nfus
ion
by
resi
den
ts, l
evel
of e
ffort
pla
ced
on
was
te g
ener
ator
, co
mm
unity
invo
lvem
ent
• Ec
onom
ic Im
pac
ts -
Cap
ital c
osts
req
uire
d, o
per
atin
g c
osts
req
uire
d,
bud
get
imp
licat
ions
, loc
al e
cono
mic
gro
wth
and
inno
vatio
n op
por
tuni
ty
Bro
ader
sys
tem
imp
acts
wer
e al
so a
sses
sed
alo
ng w
ith
life-
cycl
e b
enef
its
incl
udin
g:
• C
onsi
sten
cy w
ith o
vera
ll p
lan
Vis
ion
and
Gui
din
g P
rinci
ple
s
• Em
pha
sis
pla
ced
on
was
te re
duc
tion
and
reus
e
• Fl
exib
ility
to
acco
mm
odat
e ch
ang
e
• Po
tent
ial s
ervi
ce d
isru
ptio
n an
d c
ontin
gen
cy c
onsi
der
atio
ns
For
each
str
ateg
y, a
sep
arat
e o
verv
iew
and
imp
lem
enta
tio
n d
ocu
men
t ha
s b
een
pre
par
ed
that
pro
vid
es a
dd
itio
nal d
etai
l in
clud
ing
:
• B
ackg
roun
d a
naly
sis
and
tr
end
info
rmat
ion
• C
ase
stud
ies
from
oth
er
juris
dic
tions
whe
re
app
licab
le
• En
viro
nmen
tal,
soci
al a
nd
finan
cial
imp
licat
ions
• Pa
rtne
rshi
p o
pp
ortu
nitie
s
• Re
sour
ces
req
uire
d t
o im
ple
men
t
• Ta
rget
s an
d p
erfo
rman
ce
met
rics
The
follo
win
g s
ub-s
ectio
ns
pro
vid
e an
ove
rvie
w o
f how
the
m
aste
r p
lan
and
its
sup
por
ting
st
rate
gie
s ad
dre
ss e
ach
of t
he
4Rs
and
pla
n fo
r th
e fu
ture
of
was
te m
anag
emen
t in
York
Reg
ion.
Det
ails
are
p
rovi
ded
for
the
first
five
yea
rsof
imp
lem
enta
tion.
Det
aile
d s
trat
egie
s ar
e in
A
pp
end
ix 1
.
21
Co
llab
ora
tiv
e b
usi
nes
s p
lan
nin
g
Inte
gra
ted
Par
tner
ship
Mo
del
Co
-ord
inat
ed
dec
isio
n-
mak
ing
An
nu
al
syst
ems
req
uir
emen
ts
fore
cast
ing
Ser
vic
e le
vel
ag
reem
ents
Par
tner
ship
m
eeti
ng
s
Inte
gra
ted
Par
tner
ship
Mo
del
In s
up
po
rt o
f th
is p
artn
ersh
ip a
pp
roac
h, t
he
par
tner
s h
ave
dev
elo
ped
a D
ecis
ion
-Mak
ing
Fra
mew
ork
to
hel
p s
tru
ctu
re:
• W
hen
dec
isio
ns a
re n
eed
ed
• H
ow d
ecis
ions
are
mad
e
• W
ho s
houl
d b
e in
volv
ed in
d
ecis
ion-
mak
ing
• W
hat
crite
ria s
houl
d b
e co
nsid
ered
in
mak
ing
the
dec
isio
n
Ulti
mat
ely,
dec
isio
ns w
ill b
e m
ade
that
re
flect
a “
one-
taxp
ayer
” ap
pro
ach
whe
re a
ll p
artn
ers
wor
k co
llab
orat
ivel
y on
pro
visi
on o
f sea
mle
ss a
ndco
st-e
ffect
ive
inte
gra
ted
was
te
man
agem
ent
serv
ices
. The
Inte
gra
ted
Part
ners
hip
mod
el a
llow
s m
unic
ipal
ities
th
e fle
xib
ility
to
cust
omiz
e in
itiat
ives
b
ased
on
com
mun
ity n
eed
s an
d
econ
omic
con
sid
erat
ions
whi
le
faci
litat
ing
kno
wle
dg
e-sh
arin
g a
mon
gst
th
e p
artn
ers.
Ap
pen
dix
3 p
rovi
des
ad
diti
onal
in
form
atio
n on
the
inte
gra
ted
p
artn
ersh
ip a
nd d
ecis
ion
mak
ing
fr
amew
ork.
“All
par
tner
s w
ork
c
olla
bo
rati
ve
ly
on
pro
vis
ion
of
seam
less
an
dc
ost
-eff
ec
tiv
e
inte
gra
ted
was
te
man
agem
ent
serv
ice
s.”
Red
uce
was
te b
y r
epai
rin
go
r fi
xin
g i
tem
s y
ou
rsel
f.T
her
e ar
e m
any
web
site
s av
aila
ble
to
hel
p y
ou
wit
h
yo
ur
nex
t d
o-i
t-y
ou
rsel
f p
roje
ct
Fig
ure
8 -
In
teg
rate
d P
artn
ers
hip
Mo
de
l
22
Was
te s
trea
ms
in t
he
Reg
ion
hav
e ch
ang
ed d
ram
atic
ally
ov
er
the
pas
t 2
5 y
ears
du
rin
g t
he
evo
luti
on
of
resi
den
tial
rec
ycl
ing
an
d o
rgan
ic d
iver
sio
n p
rog
ram
s. T
hey
wil
l co
nti
nu
e to
ev
olv
e.
Cha
ngin
g d
emog
rap
hics
in t
he R
egio
n w
ill h
ave
an im
pac
t on
the
was
te s
trea
m.
The
mos
t an
ticip
ated
cha
nges
incl
ude:
• A
gin
g C
anad
ians
- w
e ar
e liv
ing
lo
nger
• A
gin
g B
aby
Boo
mer
gen
erat
ion
(thos
e w
ho w
ere
bor
n b
etw
een
1948
and
196
3) is
sha
pin
g
cons
umer
tre
nds
• Fa
mili
es a
re c
hang
ing
– s
mal
ler
hous
ehol
ds
with
few
er c
hild
ren
and
m
ulti-
gen
erat
iona
l hou
seho
lds
are
bec
omin
g in
crea
sing
ly c
omm
on
• M
ore
urb
an d
wel
lers
and
one
p
erso
n ho
useh
old
s
• M
ore
mul
ti-re
sid
entia
l hou
seho
lds
• Et
hnic
ally
div
erse
hou
seho
lds
with
d
iffer
ent
pat
tern
s of
con
sum
ptio
n
The
Reg
ion
will
con
tinue
to
exp
erie
nce
rap
id p
opul
atio
n g
row
th re
achi
ng c
lose
to
1.5
mill
ion
by
2031
. At
the
sam
e tim
e, t
he R
egio
n w
ill a
lso
exp
erie
nce
an
incr
ease
in d
ensi
ty a
nd a
n ov
eral
l urb
an
inte
nsifi
catio
n. W
ith t
his
pro
ject
ed
pop
ulat
ion
gro
wth
com
es a
pro
ject
ed
incr
ease
in w
aste
. Fig
ure
9 sh
ows
a p
roje
ctio
n of
pot
entia
l qua
ntiti
es o
f w
aste
to
be
man
aged
bet
wee
n no
wan
d 2
031.
The
hous
ing
mix
in Y
ork
Reg
ion
is c
hang
ing
dra
stic
ally
and
a n
ew
focu
s m
ust
be
pla
ced
on
pro
vid
ing
w
aste
man
agem
ent
serv
ices
to
mul
ti-re
sid
entia
l and
mix
ed-u
se (c
omm
erci
al
and
resi
dent
ial)
build
ings
. 180
per
cen
t g
row
th is
pro
ject
ed in
mul
ti-re
sid
entia
l d
evel
opm
ent
in Y
ork
Reg
ion
over
the
ne
xt 4
0 ye
ars
(Fig
ure
10).
This
offe
rs a
un
ique
op
por
tuni
ty t
o b
uild
asu
cces
sful
was
te m
anag
emen
t p
rog
ram
with
sta
keho
lder
s b
efor
e th
is
dev
elop
men
t oc
curs
.
Fig
ure
10
- P
roje
cte
d
Ho
usi
ng
Gro
wth
inY
ork
Re
gio
n f
rom
20
11 t
o 2
03
1
“18
0 p
er
ce
nt
gro
wth
is
pro
ject
ed in
m
ult
i-re
sid
enti
al
dev
elo
pm
ent
in
Yo
rk R
eg
ion
ov
er
the
ne
xt 4
0 y
ear
s.”
Do
nat
ing
yo
ur
fash
ion
te
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