Toronto is facing a ‘freeze’ as it looks to increase its landfill capacity
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The City of Toronto expects to run out of landfill space by 2035, and despite approving a “long term waste plan” in 2016, city officials are still searching for solutions.
The City of Toronto expects to run out of landfill space by 2035, and despite approving a “long term waste plan” in 2016, city officials are still searching for solutions.
“Yeah, stay tuned,” said Atif Durrani, acting project director of business transformation residual waste for the City of Toronto.
Durrani and others at city hall know there is no simple fix for Toronto’s garbage problem.
“When you look at the amount of waste generated per capita for the average person, it’s increased significantly over time,” said Calvin Lakhan, director of the Circular Innovation Hub at York University.
Last year, Toronto managed more than 725,000 tonnes of residential waste, including recycling and organic waste.
Still, 351,690 tonnes of garbage was sent to the Green Lane Landfill near London, Ont. That’s enough to fill about a third of the Rogers Centre.
It’s an unsustainable rate for the landfill the city has used exclusively for residential waste since 2011.
Durrani said provincial laws and regulations make it difficult to build a new city dump.
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