Draft Solid Waste

Master Plan
October 30, 2023

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Opening Remarks
Alain Gonthier
• General Manager,
Public Works Department

Shelley McDonald
• Director,
Solid Waste Services

Nichole Hoover-Bienasz
• Program Manager,
Long-Term Planning for Solid Waste Services
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Agenda
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1​​ Scope and Framework for Solid Waste Master Plan
2​ Key Considerations
3​ Path to Zero Waste
4 Objectives and Action Suites
5​ Key Outcomes and Financial Overview
6 Next Steps
7 Engagement Series 3
8 Summary & Questions 3
Scope of the City’s Waste Services

City Regulated • Curbside Residential Waste Collection

Mandate • Curbside Residential Organic Collection

•Industrial Facilities
•Commercial Properties
Provincial/Federal •Institutional Facilities – including City Facilities
Mandate •Construction and Demolition Waste
•Provincial and Federal Buildings

• Multi-Residential Collection
• Yellow Bag Program for Small Businesses
Council-Approved • On-Street Waste Collection
Mandate • Green Bin Program in Schools
• Waste Collection in Parks
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Solid Waste Master Plan – Framework

“A Zero Waste Ottawa achieved through

progressive, collective and innovative action” 5
Key Considerations
Decisions must be made within this term of Council

Landfill could reach capacity between 2034 – 2035 if no changes are made to disposal habits

Actions are required to provide runway to implement longer term solutions

Existing diversion programs are not being fully utilized

Opportunities to implement new diversion programs to reduce waste going to landfill

Opportunity to change how waste are managed and processed

Opportunity to explore new markets for energy generation and revenue recovery with expiring contracts
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Uncertainties associated with Provincial transition to IPR

The Path to Zero Waste

Understanding Options Action Suites Objectives and Targets and

future needs identification for impacts Performance
implementation • Understanding • Reference
• Projections, • Understanding
needs what possible • Vetting and how actions points to track
assessment actions could grouping will address progress
and address future probable needs towards vision
identification needs actions to plan
and implement

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Objectives
1. Maximize the Reduction and Reuse of Waste

2. Maximize the Recycling of Waste

3. Maximize the Recovery of Waste and Energy and the

Optimal Management of Remaining Residuals

4. Maximize Operational Advancements

5. Develop a Zero Waste Culture Across the City

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1. Maximize the Reduction and Reuse of
Waste
Action Suite 1 – Waste Avoidance,
Increasing waste avoidance, reduction, and reuse across the City
Reduction, and Reuse

Action Suite 2 – Food Waste Reduction

Strategy and Reduction Education Reduce the amount of food waste generated within the City
Initiatives

Action Suite 3 – Waste Minimization Phase in additional reduction, reuse and recycling waste management
and Diversion at Special Events requirements at small and large special events in the City
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2. Maximize the Recycling of Waste
Action Suite 4 - Enhanced Source
Implementing actions to maximize diversion of waste from the landfill
Separation of Waste

Action Suite 5 - Supporting Additional Implementing strategies for multi-residential proprieties to decrease
Diversion in Multi-Residential Properties waste generation and maximize diversion

Action Suite 6 - Waste Diversion Implementing strategies to decrease waste generation, maximize
Initiatives and Strategies at City Facilities diversion and implement circular solutions in City-owned facilities

Implementing a broad-scale, comprehensive waste diversion program,

Action Suite 7 - Waste Diversion in
with recycling and organics bins in parks and public spaces across the10
Parks and Public Spaces
City
2. Maximize the Recycling of Waste
Action Suite 8 – Residential
Developing a strategy to review residential C&D waste that focuses on
Construction and Demolition (C&D)
decreasing waste generation and maximizing diversion from landfill
Waste Diversion Strategy

Action Suite 9 - Bulky Waste Diversion Developing a strategy to increase the diversion of bulky waste from
Strategy landfill

Action Suite 10 – Municipal Hazardous Developing a strategy to decrease hazardous and special product
Solid Waste Strategy Development generation and maximize diversion from landfill

Action Suite 11 - Sustainable Implementing financial mechanisms for new developments and
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Development Initiatives redevelopments to encourage waste reduction and diversion
3. Maximize the Recovery of Waste and
Energy and the Optimal Management of
Remaining Residual
Action Suite 12 - Anaerobic Digestion Using anaerobic digestion to process household organics and generate renewable
(AD) and/or Co-digestion natural gas (RNG)

Action Suite 13 - Separate Collection of Increasing the amount of LYW separately collected and composted by the City
Leaf and Yard Waste (LYW)

Action Suite 14 - Waste Recovery and/or Advancing the feasibility study and business case development to implement either
Treatment Facility Feasibility Study Mixed Waste Processing or Waste to Energy (Incineration)

Action Suite 15 - Landfill Gas Developing a Landfill Gas Management Strategy

Management Strategy

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Action Suite 16 - Residual Waste Advances diverting 30% of waste to private landfills, expanding Trail within current
Management Strategy footprint, and banning certain waste from Trail
4. Maximize Operational Advancements
Action Suite 17 – Pilot Alternative
Collection Containers
Action Suite 18 – Radio-Frequency
Identification (RFID) Technology on
Waste Containers
Action Suite 19 - Identifying Curbside
Collection Efficiencies
Action Suite 20 - Yellow Bag Program for
Small Businesses Review
Action Suite 21 - Automated Cart
Collection for Curbside Garbage
Action Suite 22 - Innovation and
Technology
Action Suite 23 - Working Toward a Zero
Emissions Solid Waste Fleet
Piloting alternative collection containers in parks and public spaces, and
multi-residential properties to improve collections efficiency, enhance
accessibility and/or aesthetics
Equipping containers with RFID capabilities to gain real-time information
about collection services and performance
Undertaking studies to review efficiencies (costs, services, GHG
reductions, etc.) in curbside collection
Undertaking a review of the Yellow Bag Program, including eligibility
requirements and impacts of Individual Producer Responsibility for the
recycling portion of the program
Switching from bags to automated cart-based curbside collection of
garbage
Developing a strategy to integrate innovation into solid waste
technologies and approaches, and includes reviewing of potential uses
for the bufferland properties adjacent to the Trail Waste Facility Landfill
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Considering opportunities such as different fuel types (ie Renewable
Natural Gas) and hybrid or electric vehicles for the solid waste fleet
5. Develop a Zero Waste Culture Across the
City

Action Suite 24 - Promotion & Education Developing a behaviour change management strategy, various
to Support Plan Implementation educational initiatives, and marketing and communications tools

Exploring the integration of circular economy principles, investigating

Action Suite 25 - Circular Economy policy levers, initiatives and actions to support the community transition
Strategy to a circular economy, and exploring opportunities to become an
innovation hub for circular economy innovations

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Key Outcomes – Objectives 1, 2 and 3
• Proposed actions create an opportunity to:
• Reduce the amount of waste going to landfill
• Divert valuable resources to be recycled and repurposed
• Further preserve airspace at the Trail Waste Facility Landfill

• Within the Waste Plan’s first 5 years, actions could:

• Reduce waste to landfill by ~2,750 tonnes
• Divert ~85,780 tonnes of divertible materials from landfill
• Reduce GHG emissions from landfill by ~138,620 tonnes of CO2e
• Equivalent to removing ~1,415 passenger vehicles off the road

• Over the 30-year term of the Waste Plan, actions could:

• Reduce waste to landfill by ~31,050 tonnes and divert ~970,520 tonnes of waste from landfill
• Extend the life of the landfill by 14 years to 2049*
*based on most recent landfill capacity projections

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Outcomes of Alternative Technologies
Proposed actions under Objective 3 look at exploring three alternative technologies for waste management:

1. Waste to Energy (WTE) Incineration

• Could reduce the volume of the waste requiring landfilling by ~73%
• Estimated to extend the life of Trail beyond the end of the 30-year planning period
• Could result in less emissions compared to status quo landfilling with distinct energy heating system
(~32,936 tonnes of avoided CO2e per year)

2. Mixed Waste Processing (MWP)

• Has the potential to divert an additional 30,000 tonnes of organic waste from landfill every year
• Estimated to extend the life of landfill to by 4 years to 2053*
• Could result in less emissions compared to status quo landfilling with electricity generation
(~5,934 tonnes of avoided CO2e per year)

3. Anaerobic Digestion
• Potential to reduce community emissions by ~4,390 tonnes of CO2e emissions per year by 2053
• Equivalent to the emissions from ~1,344 passenger vehicles
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*based on most recent landfill capacity projections, when combined with Draft SWMP actions
Anticipated Cost Increases
$600.00
New Landfill

$500.00 MWP
Estimated Cost / Household

$400.00 WTE
New
AD Landfill
$300.00
New Landfill

$200.00

$100.00

$-

Baseline cost + landfill Draft SWMP Actions + AD Draft SWMP Actions + AD + WTE Draft SWMP Actions + AD + MWP

Note: Points indicate year facilities identified will be operational

Solid Waste Costs in Comparative Cities
2023 Canadian Solid Waste Charges (Garbage, Recycling & Organics)
$700

$600
$585

$500

$473
$265
$400
$398

$300
$301 $300

$200 $219 $219 $212

$55
$170
$130 $137
$100

$0
Edmonton Toronto Saskatoon Vancouver Peel Region Calgary Durham Hamilton Kingston Ottawa Niagara 18
($436) Region* ($185) Region
Rate Tax *possible additional costs for municipalities within region
Next Steps for Waste Plan
Action Item Target Timeline

Draft Waste Plan Technical Briefing and report release October 30

Independent 3rd Party Review of Data Results November 9

Draft Waste Plan report to Committee for receipt November 21

Draft Waste Plan report to Council for receipt December 6

Stakeholder Sounding Board meeting December 2023

Engagement Series 3 Q1 2024

Final Waste Plan and LRFP for Council approval Q2 2024

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Engagement Series 3
Inform residents and stakeholders of what the Draft Waste Plan entails

Illustrating how feedback from Engagement Series 1 and 2 was integrated into Waste
Plan’s development

Provide an opportunity for comments and In-person open houses across City and virtual sessions
questions on the Draft Waste Plan to be Online forum to provide feedback
asked and answered 1/1 sessions with members of Council to seek feedback

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 Summary and Questions
• The management of solid waste is complex and there
is no one 'silver bullet' solution.
• The Waste Plan aims to tackle challenges across
the waste system through 50 distinct actions

• Decisions need to be made within this Term of Council

• Increased funding is needed regardless of SWMP

action approval
• Even status quo service is unsustainably funded

• Preserving landfill airspace is priority

• A new landfill and/or alt technology will be required
to manage Ottawa’s future waste needs
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