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Edition
1: April 2006
Welcome to the first edition of Stewardship Ontario's "In-the-Loop"–
a new e-letter for municipal recycling program operators and other
interested stakeholders. In-the-Loop provides topical
information about Ontario recycling and about Effectiveness and
Efficiency (E&E) Fund projects that are underway or just finished.
Stewardship Ontario’s In-the-Loop is a quarterly publication
that will come to you free of charge, with news about your achievements
and new developments in recycling. We invite you to read it, share
it and send us your comments.
There are currently 46 E&E Fund projects approved, valued
at $6.86 million. Below is a sample of three projects supported
by the E&E Fund. To find out more about these or any other
E&E Fund project, please go to: www.stewardshipontario.ca/funding/ee/projects.htm
City of Kingston Saves $250,000
with New Model Tenders and Contracts Tool
The City of Kingston helped create a model to develop, evaluate
and monitor municipal recycling tenders and contracts. The Model
Recycling Tender Tool streamlines recycling tender writing. John
Giles, Kingston’s Manager of Solid Waste reports that using
the tools to develop the City’s recycling collection and
processing Request for Proposal contributed savings of $250,000
per year in the City’s new contract. Developed by REIC Perth
together with AMRC, the Model Tenders and Contracts Tool is available
for free at the Knowledge Network: www.vubiz.com/stewardship/Welcome.asp.
View the Project Summary: www.stewardshipontario.ca/pdf/eefund/reports/97/97_summary.pdf
The Municipal Industry Programs Committee (MIPC) of WDO has hired
Gary Everett as a Recycling Program Advisor tasked with identifying
opportunities to increase the cost-effectiveness of Ontario’s
residential Blue Box recycling programs and to help identify best
practices. Gary will contact several municipalities to discuss
some of the work MIPC is doing in relation to their recycling
programs. He will also welcome your calls or emails about any
issues that you may have identified. For instance, do you have
a collection contract or tendering issue that you can’t
solve? Or would you like a fresh look at your recycling tender?
Maybe you are searching for better ways to improve the revenues
you receive for your materials. With more than 20 years experience
in the recycling industry including a six year term as Superintendent
of Waste Reduction Operations with the Regional Municipality of
Waterloo, Gary is primed to help you answer questions about all
aspects of your municipal residential curbside or depot recycling
programs. He will work with you on the phone or at your facility,
providing information, advice and insight to get the job done.
To contact Gary, please email: geverett@wdo.ca
or phone: 519-500-5555.
User Pay Manual Now Available Online
User pay systems, in place in 123 of 195 Ontario recycling programs,
are achieving impressive results including increases in blue box
diversion that range from 9% to 50%. AMRC has just published a
new manual on the different types of user pay systems with information
about how the systems work, legislation and bylaws, financial
considerations and other topics. The project team included Oxford
County, the Region of Waterloo, Bluewater Recycling Association
and Haldimand County along with AMRC. More E&E Fund user pay
projects are in the works with a study of financial impacts starting
soon. This Manual is available online, at the Stewardship Ontario
and AMRC's websites. A précis version will be also be posted
soon at the Knowledge Network including a general information
package, FAQs and other program resources.
View the User Pay Manual: http://www.stewardshipontario.ca/pdf/eefund/reports/126/126_report.pdf
View the Project Summary: http://www.stewardshipontario.ca/pdf/eefund/reports/126/126_summary.pdf
View the Project Evaluation: http://www.stewardshipontario.ca/pdf/eefund/reports/126/126_evaluation.pdf
Stewardship Ontario reviews each E&E Fund project report,
and then posts it along with a one page project summary and evaluation
at http://www.stewardshipontario.ca/funding/ee/projects.htm.
Please look for the "Report," "Summary" and
"Evaluation" links below each project description.
The first Ontario Recycler Workshop held in the fall of 2005 was
a great success with more than 130 participants, and we’re
already planning a second one this spring. Please mark Thursday,
June 1, 2006 on your calendar for the next all day workshop/webcast.
Hosted again by WDO, Stewardship Ontario and AMO, the workshop
is being held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Ottawa. It
kicks off with an evening reception on May 31st and runs through
the entire next day, featuring in-depth E&E Fund project updates
and a full afternoon workshop dedicated to "best practices"
issues. To find out more about the June 1 workshop, please see:
http://www.stewardshipontario.ca/funding/ee/orw_main.htm.
You will be able to register online to attend in person or by
webcast at the same link soon.
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal
Fund (GMF) is opening a Municipal Solid Waste funding opportunity
with $10 million in low interest loans and $2.5 million in grants,
for municipal governments and partners with proposals to divert
more waste from landfill. Funding for the loans is to be allocated
on the basis of ambitious additional diversion targets and on
other projected social and economic benefits – with conditions
that a municipality needs to consider carefully before applying.
The Intent to Apply opened on April 5 and the RFP closes on June
7, 2006. For more information please see: http://www.sustainablecommunities.ca/Home/.
To find out more about the E&E Fund and projects:
http://www.stewardshipontario.ca/funding/ee/thefund.htm.
To develop a project application online: http://eefund.stewardshipdatasystem.ca/eefund/index.html
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For more information on any item in this publication,
please contact Geoff Love, glove@stewardshipontario.ca
or 416-594-3460.
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