Edition 7: October 2007 Manager’s Notes
With 38 projects complete and more than 25 underway, E&E project work is making inroads in driving up the efficiency and effectiveness of Ontario recycling programs. However, there is more work to be done and $3 million funding for this year still available to support your efforts. If you have a good project idea but need help to develop an E&E Fund project application, our municipal advisors (Gary Everett and Clayton Sampson) are also standing by to work with you.
A key component of the program is its focus on sharing project information widely among Ontario recyclers to enable project elements to be replicated, where appropriate. New project reports, interim documents and other data are continually being posted to the Recyclers’ Knowledge Network (RKN) and the E&E Fund corner of Stewardship Ontario’s website. To make it easier for you to find and use the project information that you need, both sites are currently being updated – with a new structure in development of RKN and a streamlined search feature coming soon for E&E Fund reports. Do you have any comments or questions about these sites or any other E&E Fund matter? If so, please just drop us a line or give us a call.
Geoff Love: glove@stewardshipontario.ca; 416-594-3460 and Phil Jensen, 647-777-3367
To contact Gary Everett (A-Team Advisor): 519 462-2500 or geverett@wdo.ca To contact Clayton Sampson (Northern Technical Advisor): (519) 539-0869 or csampson@wdo.ca
E&E Fund Project Updates
Mandatory clear bags for garbage to increase recycling, Town of Markham and Quinte Waste Solutions (PN 285 and PN 312) Will residents recycle more if they are no longer able to hide recyclables in opaque garbage bags? This is the question that both the Town of Markham and Quinte Waste Solutions are trying to answer with two new pilot programs in which residents are being required to place their garbage in clear plastic bags. The Town of Markham is targeting 50% of the recyclables that residents currently put out with their garbage (collected bi-weekly), hoping to further increase diversion by about 3,000 tonnes per year. This pilot will operate over a three month period this fall. Quinte Waste Solutions is completing a similar two phase study, first conducting a literature review (with close attention to the clear bag programs in Nova Scotia and other regions). It will use this information to design a one year, 2000 household pilot project in Centre Hastings, and estimates that it could achieve a potential waste diversion increase of 50kg per household per year. The two programs will work together in the development and implementation of these projects. View the project description: PN 285 and PN 312
Clean up mixed broken glass to secure markets and increase diversion, York Region (PN 280) High contamination levels in the mixed broken glass from York Region’s single stream MRF had rendered its glass unacceptable to markets. Rather than seeking out alternative end markets, the Region has decided to install a mixed broken glass cleaning system to clean up the glass, secure better markets and reduce overall system costs. With a capital grant from the E&E Fund, the Region plans to install a mixed broken glass clean up system, conducting composition and contamination audits on the glass before and after installation. The project began in May 2007 and installation is expected in the late fall. View the project description: PN 280
Results of two Promotion and Education (P&E) projects are now available at the Recyclers’ Knowledge Network (RKN), offering ideas and tools to help municipalities develop, fine-tune and take a fresh look at their P&E activities. The new P&E Workbook lays out a process for strategically developing and implementing P&E to increase the effectiveness of recycling programs. Based on the research and analysis in the workbook, RKN now also includes an interactive P&E tool developed by AMRC that recyclers can work through to address specific issues or develop complete P&E plans for their programs. Along with this, you will find a selection of four “Grab and Go” tools, one of which is the report of the Blue Box Recycling P&E Review that was completed by Praxis PR, a leading communications consultancy. This report analyses a sample of recycling P&E and offers tips for maximizing P&E value. More information is continually being added to the site and we encourage you to check back frequently. View the Recyclers’ Knowledge Network: www.recyclersknowledgenetwork.ca
“Recycling Works” Update
The Recycling Works television ads will air across the province through November and into the early part of December. The four complementary print ads will continue to be available in 2008 for municipalities to use in their "in-kind" CNA/OCNA ad space allocation or other advertising programs. Municipalities are also asked to review and to provide program updates for www.blueboxmore.ca as needed. If you have any comments or questions, please contact Barbara McConnell, 647-777-3362.
Event Update
Fall Ontario Recycler Workshop coming to Toronto on Friday, November 23 The fall Ontario Recycler Workshop (ORW) will be held at the Novotel Toronto Centre on Friday, November 23, from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM (lunch included). In addition to the E&E Fund update, the agenda includes reports on multi-family recycling and optical sort projects as well as proposed changes to the E&E Fund.
In conjunction with ORW, the E&E Fund will introduce the first two in a new series of seminars by and for municipal recyclers. These sessions include:
1. Promotion and Education Seminar, Barbara McConnell, Stewardship Ontario - moderator, Thursday, November 22 – 1:00 to 4:00 PM at Novotel
2. Sustainable Finance Seminar, Maria Kelleher, Kelleher Environmental - Moderator, Friday November 23, 8:30 – 10:00 AM at Novotel
Please register! These three events are offered free of charge and available to in person and webcast participants. Please take time to register for any or each event, then stay tuned for details that will emailed to you during the third week of November.
Registration for the three events is open now - please click here to: Register
Accommodations
One last thing… Applicants to the E&E Fund may have noticed a slightly different project approval process. Where applications use to proceed from Peer Review to MIPC, they are now reviewed by an E&E Fund Projects Subcommittee of MIPC instead. This subcommittee consists of three AMO/municipal representatives and three Stewardship Ontario representatives – each appointed by their respective Boards of Directors. The intent is to facilitate project approval and speed up the process for applicants. For more information on any item in this publication, please contact Geoff Love, 416-594-3460 or Phil Jensen, 647-777-3367. In-the-Loop: Would you like to be added
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