DUMP IT: Ottawa Council set to scrap garbage bag tag proposal
He said other details in the motion would be discussed at council Wednesday.
Waste and recycling containers were in the centre of city council chambers for a meeting of the Environment and Climate Change committee on June 5.Public Works General Manager Alain Gonthier said in a memo that extending the life of the dump would be crucial as developing a new dump or implementing other waste management technology could cost taxpayers between $300 million and $450 million and could take 15 years to be fully operational.
“This has been a challenging process with a lot of strong feelings expressed, but that’s the nature of municipal government and I’m hopeful that this proposal strikes the right balance,” Sutcliffe said on Twitter Monday. Somerset ward Coun. Ariel Troster says she is “sufficiently terrified about the waning number of years that we have left” for the Trail Road landfille.Troster said she thought allowing people to put more garbage on the curb was “the wrong environmental choice,” adding that many other municipalities had already adapted tag systems.
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