Authority to Negotiate and Enter into Regional Waste Management Co-operation and Contingency Agreements

Considered

• 2021-04-28 · Infrastructure and Environment Committee · amended

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  The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, or their designate to negotiate and enter into agreements with Ontario municipalities (including their agencies, local boards and corporations), for the City's use of their waste services and their use of the City's waste services where feasible, excluding the use of Green Lane Landfill, at rates that, at a minimum, ensure full cost recovery for the City, and / or a reciprocal tonnage agreement, on other terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

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  2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, or their designate, to negotiate and enter into new residual disposal agreements and / or amending agreements with Ontario landfills to provide for contingency and operational re-direction capacity for terms not to exceed five (5) years, and on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, or their designate, to negotiate residual disposal agreements with Ontario energy from waste facilities to provide for contingency and operational re-direction capacity for terms not to exceed five (5) years and City Council direct the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services to report back to City Council prior to entering into any agreements with energy from waste facilities with the following information: a. the facility's location, age, technology used and environmental compliance approval reporting requirements; b. a comparison of the facilities performance and permitted emissions against the highest international standards (European Union emission standards or World Health Organization recommended standards); c. any information on how the facility has been meeting or exceeding their environmental compliance approval requirements; d. reported emission data for the last five years from all monitors (required and voluntary); e. ash analysis and reporting; and f. any considerations as it relates to meeting the City's TransformTO climate actions and greenhouse gas targets, including a detailed greenhouse gas analysis of the impact of the different facilities, using scope 3 emission analysis and including all additional processing (e.g. trucking ash to landfill).

• 2021-05-05 · Toronto City Council · adopted