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SOL OLID W WASTE M MANAG AGEMENT AD ADVISOR ORY C COM OMMITTEE FEBR BRUARY RY 20 20, 20 , 2020 20 MEET ETING NG MINU NUTES

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• Review of phases: 3 phases
• Review of the planning phases
• 1rst phase completed – committee established, and existing system accessed
• Currently in Phase 2
• Review of Waste Management Hierarchy as prescribed by the Ministry of Environment

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• Review of Recovery and Residual Management, including:
• Landfill Gas Capture – this is not recommended for the Regional District
• All landfill sites must be monitored for landfill gas for safety reasons
• RDMW generates under 1000 tonnes per annum, due in part to the

leachate pond located at 7 Mile Landfill.

• Review of landfill capture methods used at other landfills in the province

including extraction wells, manifold stations, control plants and gas utilization facility which allows for expansion.

• Thermal Technologies – not recommended for RDMW
• Using energy captured from waste through heat-based technologies
• Includes other outputs such as ash and air emissions that must be

managed.

• Refuse Derived Fuel is not viable (lack of markets for the fuel)
• Gasification-Not recommended for RDMW
• High temperature oxidation process to break down organic components
• f waste, turning it into a syngas
• Heat energy captured and used to heat boilers for steam
• Feasibility Considerations: economy of scale, unproven commercially
• Pyrolysis – Not recommended for RDMW
• Waste to Energy (Incineration) – Not recommended for RDMW
• Combustion process that generates high heat to create temperature

steam for energy generation

• Produces heat, ash and gas
• RDMW does not have enough waste to make this an option
• Not able to use when determining waste diversification numbers for the

provincial mandate 4.

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• Transfer Stations:
• RDMW has 7 transfer stations currently
• Landfill Oversight
• Regulator is the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
• Regulations include Municipal Solid Waste Management
• Review of how a landfill works, including the monitoring systems, leachate

collection, leachate treatment, liner, and closure plans

• Landfill lifespan – more cost effective to extend the life of the landfill as opposed

to waste export. Ensuring capacity is imperative

• The current 7 Mile landfill property is not owned but provided to the RDMW with

a license of occupation and operates in accordance with an operational certificate as well as a design, operations and closure plan that was finalized in

• 2008. Currently the 7 Mile Landfill has 52 years of capacity based on 2008 fill

Plan.

• In summary, there are four main points to work towards:
• Continue to participate on the AVICC Special Committee on Solid Waste

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• Obtain permission from the Province for renewal and expansion of current

tenure of the 7 Mile Landfill and Recycling

• Undertake a Landfill Criteria Conformance Review
• Update the Design, Operations and Closure Plan, based on the Conformance

Review and the landfill boundary expansion

• Will review the closed municipal landfills with Patrick and ministry to see where they are

at and what needs to be done 5.

• 5. Ten

enure R e Ren enew ewal al – 2020 (in in c conjunctio ion w wit ith K Kwakiu iutl B l Band C Council) il)

• Tenure was first applied for in 1991
• Solid waste management plan was adopted in 1995
• All partners were using the 7 Mile landfill by 1999.
• 2009-2010 expansion done, including discussion with Kwakiutl Band Council that allowed for

current tenure

• Working with Ministry of Transportation, Indigenous Services Canada, Recycle BC and RDMW

Planning manager to complete the tenure renewal.

• Assisting diversion programs with job shadowing at 7 Mile, communication and resource

information

• Looking at MOTI aggregate map reserve that is adjacent to 7 Mile landfill for expansion to

minimize disruption to current operations at 7 Mile. This is work in progress and will be updated as information becomes available. 6.

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Mile ile L Landfill L ill Leachate S Syst stem

• Review of equipment and systems at 7 Mile landfill currently, how the system works and

monitoring that occurs currently.

• Monitoring program is key to the leachate system. There are wells above stream as well as

downstream and these are part of the monitoring system using ground water and surface water as a base for the results to ensure that environmental standards are being met.

• Review of 2018 Water Monitoring Results show that all monitoring results were within

applicable standards. 7.

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Climate te Action

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• RDMW & Municipalities are signatories to Climate Action Charter (CAC), committing to and

reaching carbon neutrality in 2012. Surplus carbon credits are distributed to CAC signatories and reserved for FN service partners.

• RDMW developed a bio-cover system using composted biosolids and wood waste to reduce

methane emissions from 7 Mile, which are recognized by the Province of BC for carbon credits

• Bio cover reduced emissions by 504 tonnes with a reduction of an additional 983 tonnes from

composting

• Eco-depot and Recycling Preprocessing Services for all transfer stations are done at 7 Mile.
• Disposal of residual waste, including aggressive diversion at the tipping face with metal and

wood diverted from the waste stream, which is done with a penalty/incentive to the contractor to closely manage us of covering soil and air space utilization. This strategy has been noted as unique and the best in the Province by professional landfill consultants.

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Mile ile L Landfill L ill Long T Term Ca Capacity ty

• The current landfill cell (phase 3) projected to be filled in the next 7 years.
• Capacity of the current tenure will be reached by 2071
• Without expansion of land area, the recycling area will be completely buried within 15 years,

as well as the work area for storing and grinding waste wood 9.

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Ille legal D l Dumpin ing

• Review of what is “illegal dumping” and some probable reasons as to why it occurs (lack of

ability/transportation, lack of funds)

• Illegal Dumping Initiatives in the RD – steps in place by the RD to minimize illegal dumping
• Illegal dumping is serious, but volume is not significant
• Recommended for RD – establish and enforce a bylaw that puts onus on proper disposal, develop

and “observe, record and report” program, education. 10. 10. Pl Plan Mo Moni nitoring ng an and M Meas asurem emen ent:

• Establish a Plan Monitory Advisory committee
• Continue to participate in the BC Disposal calculator (annual reporting)
• Conduct an interim assessment (every 5 years as per government regulations)
• Conduct a waste composition study (provide information of current programs and policies). Ideally

this would be done before the interim assessment. 11. 11. Disp ispute R Reso solu lutio ion

• Required by MOE
• Suggested Dispute Resolution procedures are available from Ministry of Environment

12. 12. SWMP Quest stio ionnair ire R Resu sult lts

• This was intended to receive input from the community on existing programs and to inform the

community about solid waste management planning process

• Total of 385 responses and was promoted through the local newspaper, websites and email

distribution

• Majority of responses where from Port Hardy & Port McNeill with single family home or duplex
• Identified areas that are working and areas that need additional work, including education and

food waste.

• Business plastics are not currently covered and not a system that would be available at 7 Mile in

the context of this plan implementation. 13. 13. Box

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• There is a currently a group request into the Ministry of Environment to include ICI recycling

with Recycle BC and/or product stewardship.

• At this time, 60% of RDMW waste is ICI.
• Needs to be better education for both businesses and general public regarding both the short-

and long-term issues with single use products like plastics, Styrofoam etc.

• Multi-family recycling is done at a community level and not an issue that RDMW is able to

include in the current working plan.

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• Box board currently has to be separated from regular cardboard as box board is not accepted

in regular carboard by the stewardship programs. Box board is currently being diverted to composting at 7 Mile. 14. 14. Nex ext S Step eps/W /Wrap ap U Up Ap Apri ril 2, 2, 202 2020 0 – Proposed System components, draft plan budget & implementation schedule complete with system financing. Proposed community and stakeholder consultation program 15. 15. Adjo djourn Mot

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7 7 Mile le L Lan andfill ill an and R Rec ecycli ling Cen enter Tenu nure R e Renewal/Expansi sion 2 202 020

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7 Mile Landfill and Recycling Center Tenure Renewal 2020 Summary

• Summary of 7 Mile land tenures since 1990
• Long range (100+ year) plans and requirements
• Tenure renewal requirements
• Renew existing tenures (main tenure expired in Dec. 1, 2019;

Supplementary tenure expires in April, 2020)

• Consider expanding tenure to include adjacent old Highways gravel pit
• Continued Waste reduction partnership initiatives
• Regional Waste Management Plan renewal initiative
• Recycling & composting opportunities for Fort Rupert
• Carbon Credit sharing opportunity

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• Notation of interest resulting from

MOU to share utilization of highway’s gravel pit

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• Serving Port Hardy, Fort Rupert, Tsulquate,

Quatsino & Coal Harbour by 1994-95

• Regional Solid Waste Management Plan

Adopted in 1995

• Landfill to meet standards, dumps closed
• Included limited recycling pickup & processing
• Communities responsible for garbage pick-up
• Port McNeill added in 1997
• Alert Bay, Namgis & Whe-la-la-U in 1998-99

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• Boundaries expanded to include

drop-off area

• Recycling drop-off & processing only
• Operations contract revised to

include compaction bonuses in 2006

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• Boundaries proposed to expand to

include portion of shared Highways gravel pit

• Fish waste composting ended in 2003,

biosolids expanded in 2006

• Fee exemptions for large commercial

enterprises eliminated by 2008

• Stewardship programs expanded
• Surcharges added for recyclables in

garbage waste stream

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• A portion of the shared Highways

gravel pit was included

• Filling Plan revised for 7 Mile

expansion

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• Additional License of Occupation

provided adjacent to existing tenure to accommodate landfill planned infrastructure upgrades.

• RDMW carried out over $4 million of

infrastructure improvements implemented in 2009-10 including lined landfill cell and leachate treatment ponds

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2019: RDMW initiates updating process for the SWMP by establishing an Advisory Committee. 2019: RDMW’s License of Occupation for 7 Mile Landfill comes up for renewal. RDMW gains support by Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) for expanding tenure to include adjacent parcel of land west of 7 Mile tenure subject to undergoing Provincial approval process. 2019: Renewed efforts made by RDMW, Indigenous Services Canada and Recycle BC to bring recycling services to First Nation communities

Current RDMW Solid Waste Initiatives

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Leachate Treatment at 7 Mile Landfill

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Leachate Monitoring at 7 Mile Landfill

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2018 Water Monitoring Results

The following points summarize the results of the 2018 water monitoring program:

• Leachate and Surface Water Quality:
• The landfill improvements have resulted in limited overall improvements to

leachate quality as determined by the monitoring results, with the exception that pH is lower.

• Impacts to the unnamed creek remain very minor to negligible.
• Marginal exceedances were identified for total Copper and Zinc in surface water

at the downstream sampling locations. However, these exceedances were also

• bserved the background Marsh locations and are therefore likely due to natural

causes rather than a result of the discharge of effluent. This is particularly true for Dissolved Oxygen which is relatively high in the effluent discharge, but quite low in the marsh and resulting in decreased levels in the downstream locations of the unnamed creek.

• Groundwater Levels:
• Groundwater levels are consistent with previous years’ and do not show

significant seasonal fluctuation. The groundwater levels are only slightly below ground surface in the down-gradient wells indicating a groundwater discharge area.

• Groundwater Quality:
• All 2018 groundwater monitoring results were within the applicable standards.

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• RDMW & Municipalities are signatories to Climate Action Charter (CAC)

committing to carbon neutrality by 2012

• RDMW developed a bio-cover system using composted biosolids &

wood waste (7 Mile ceases burning waste wood) to reduce methane emissions from 7 Mile Landfill…eligible for BC recognized (but untradeable) carbon credits

• In 2018 the 7 Mile wood waste-biosolids composting operation resulted in

CO2e reduction of 983 tonnes

• The resulting bio-cover reduced emissions by a further 504 tonnes
• RDMW achieved carbon neutrality in 2012; as a result, surplus Carbon

Credits are distributed to service CAC signatories & reserved for First Nation service partners

• If interested, the RDMW will assist with developing an equivalent protocol

to the BC climate action charter to enable measurement and application of carbon credits

Climate Action: 7 Mile Carbon Reduction Initiatives

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Climate Action: 7 Mile Carbon Reduction Initiatives Continued

Waste Diversion Results Processing

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• 7 Mile Landfill is the most comprehensive eco-depot within the

RDMW collecting packaging, electronics, household hazardous waste, paint, metal, oil, textiles, etc.

• Recycling drop off area receives the greatest tonnage of recycling

material of all depots and curbside collection programs within the RDMW

• All recycled packaging collected in RDMW is consolidated at 7 Mile

prior to being shipped down island

7 Mile Landfill Eco-Depot and Recycling Preprocessing Services

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7 Mile Landfill Eco-Depot and Recycling Preprocessing Services Continued

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RDMW Management of 7 Mile Landfill Disposal of Residual Waste

• In 2019, 7,773 Tonnes of residual waste landfilled
• 7 Mile Landfill unique in having aggressive diversion at the tipping

face with metal and wood diverted from waste stream

• Contractor has penalty/incentives to closely manage use of covering

soil and air space utilization. This management strategy has been noted as unique and the best in the Province by professional landfill consultants.

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7 Mile Landfill Long Term Capacity

• Current landfill cell (Phase 3) projected to be filled in 7 years
• Capacity of current tenure will be exhausted in 2071
• When next expansion occurs, 7 Mile diversion operations will be

severely curtailed due to lack of space and loss of some critical infrastructure.

• Within 15 years, recycling area will be completely buried requiring

significant capital replacement

• Work area for storing and grinding waste wood will also be buried.

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7 Mile Landfill Tenure Expansion Need

• Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) aggregate map

reserve adjacent to 7 Mile Landfill.

• MOTI no longer needs this reserve and willing to release it to RDMW

subject to proper process being completed.

• Expanded tenure would ensure solid waste service into 22nd century

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Questions?