Essex-Windsor Public Drop Off Depot MHSW Depot Yard Waste Drop Off Depot Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority 360 Fairview Ave. West, Suite 211 ESSEX, Ontario N8M 3G4 Internet: www.ewswa.org
ESSEX- WINDSOR SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY 2011 ANNUAL REPORT ESSEX-WINDSOR PUBLIC DROP OFF DEPOT MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS OR SPECIAL WASTE (MHSW) DEPOT YARD WASTE DROP OFF DEPOT
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL 1 1.2 PURPOSE 1 1.3 COMPLIANCE 1 2. WASTE QUANTITIES AND TYPES 1 TABLE 1: PUBLIC DROP OFF DEPOT MATERIAL TYPES 2 3. MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS OR SPECIAL WASTE DEPOT 2 4. PUBLIC DROP OFF DEPOT 3 YARD WASTE 3 RESIDENTIAL YARD WASTE 3 TIRES 3 SCRAP METAL 3 ELECTRONICS 4 5. INCIDENTS/ACCIDENTS 4
201 1 ANNUAL REPORT ESSEX-WINDSOR PUBLIC DROP OFF DEPOT, MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS OR SPECIAL WASTE (MHSW) DEPOT & YARD WASTE DROP OFF SITE 1. INTRODUCTION The Essex-Windsor Public Drop Off Facility, Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste Depot and Yard Waste Drop Off area are located at 3560 North Service Road East in the City of Windsor. The Site is operated by the Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority under an agreement between the County of Essex and the City of Windsor. Staff of the Authority and the City of Windsor administer the operations of the Site. 1.1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL The site is operated under Provisional Certificate of Approval No. A/010137, October 23 rd, 1990. The Provisional Certificate of Approval No. A/010137 has been amended January 29 th, 1991, January 24 th, 1992, February 13 th, 1995, May 4 th, 1998 and January 29 th, 2004. 1.2 PURPOSE The purpose of this report is to fulfill Condition 29 on the Certificate of Approval for the Site. Condition 29 requires the preparation and submission of an annual report within 3 months of the end of the calendar year. This report contains comprehensive information on the operations of the Site during 2011. 1.3 COMPLIANCE The facilities remained in compliance with the Certificate of Approval during 2011. 2. WASTE QUANTITIES AND TYPES A total of 15,921.97 tonnes of waste and other materials were brought into the different areas of the facility in 2011. The waste quantities and types are shown in Table 1. PUBLIC DROP OFF DEPOT/MHSW DEPOT/YARD WASTE DEPOT 2011 1
TABLE 1: PUBLIC DROP OFF DEPOT MATERIAL TYPES Material Type 2011 Tonnes % of Total Res. Del'd Refuse 4,150.18 26.1% Res. Del'd Construction/Demo 1,511.10 9.5% Res. Del'd Shingles 5.68 0.0% ICI Del'd Refuse to PDD 3,912.15 24.6% ICI Del'd Construction/Demo 50.04 0.3% ICI Del'd Shingles 64.74 0.4% Res. Del'd Recyclables 735.09 4.6% White Goods & Refrigerants 38.08 0.2% Metal 73.59 0.5% MHSW 490.11 3.1% Electronics Recycling 476.81 3.0% Res. Del'd Yard Waste 3,932.92 24.7% ICI Del'd Yard Waste 434.86 2.7% Tires 46.62 0.3% 15,921.97 100.0% The daily average tonnage over the 304 days the site was operational during the year was about 52 tonnes. This is below the Ministry of the Environment limit of 100 tonnes per day as contained in the Site s Certificate of Approval. 3. MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS OR SPECIAL WASTE DEPOT The Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste Depot, located adjacent to the Public Drop Off Depot, was open to residential users year round. The MHSW facility is designed to accommodate the on-site bulking of certain chemical materials. The supply of labour and disposal services for the facility was contracted out to Drain-All Ltd. During 2011, the Centre received approximately 421,934 litres and 68,174 kilograms of MHSW. Over the year, this averaged approximately 1,388 litres and 224 kilograms per operating day which is below the Ministry s amended daily limit of 3,000 litres per day. The site was open to the receipt of MHSW material for 304 days in 2011. All Municipal and hazardous special waste is sent to licensed hazardous waste facilities. Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority 2
4. PUBLIC DROP OFF DEPOT Waste Management of Canada serviced the bins at the Public Drop Off Depot during 2011. The Contractor was required to pick up and empty the 40 cubic yard containers as they became full or within 10 minutes of being given instruction to do so. YARD WASTE In 2011 yard waste represented approximately 27% of total tonnes delivered. Yard waste consists of tree trimmings, grass clippings, brush, vegetables and flowers. The material is shredded on site and then hauled to the Composting Site located at the Essex-Windsor Regional Landfill. RESIDENTIAL YARD WASTE A per bag fee was maintained in 2011 for grass loads brought to the yard waste pad, in an effort to discourage local residents from bagging grass. All other residential yard waste is accepted free of charge at the yard waste pad. TIRES C.D.L. Recyclers were contracted by the Authority to pick up tires at the Public Drop Off Depot. In 2011 a total of 47 tonnes of tires were received. This is a decrease of 40% when compared to the 78 tonnes received in 2010. The decline may be the result of the Ontario Tire Stewardship Program and the availability of many other locations for the recycling of tires. SCRAP METAL The Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority provides bins at the Public Drop Off Site for the collection of white goods. White Goods include appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, stoves, washers, dryers, dehumidifiers, dishwashers, trash compactors, and microwaves. Household metal items are also received and included, but are not limited to, hot water tanks, swing sets, metal sinks, barbeques, metal sheds, mowers and bicycles. During the operation of the site in 2011, there were approximately 25 tonnes of white goods & 13 tonnes of refrigerants brought to the Site. The white goods were picked up from the site by a local contractor and delivered to a scrap metal company for recycling. PUBLIC DROP OFF DEPOT/MHSW DEPOT/YARD WASTE DEPOT 2011 3
There are 40-yard roll off bins located at the depot for collection of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal material. The metals are sold through a competitive bid process to local scrap dealers. During the period of operation in 2011, a total of 74 tonnes of scrap metal was brought to the depot. ELECTRONICS The Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority provides bins at the Public Drop Off Site for the collection of electronics. The collection program is run in conjunction with Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES) program and Waste Management. In 2011, residents dropped off approximately 477 tonnes of electronics for recycling. 5. INCIDENTS/ACCIDENTS April 5 th, 2011 a customer slipped and fell into a 40-yard roll off bin at the Public Drop Off Depot. No hospitalization was required. September 20 th, 2011 at the yard waste pad location, a customer fell backward while trying to climb into a 40-yard roll off bin and bumped his head. The customer had previously been warned to stay out of the bin. An ambulance was dispatched and the customer was taken to the hospital for precautionary measures. ELI MAODUS GENERAL MANAGER CAMERON WRIGHT WASTE DIVERSION MANAGER REPORT PREPARED BY: MARGARET SHIRES, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority 4