Dufferin Organics Processing Facility Update and Contingency Processing Capacity

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2025-04-23 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on April 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services or designate to negotiate, enter into, and execute any new or amending agreements, or acknowledgements - including on the basis of a non-competitive procurement under Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Purchasing - for contingency external organics processing and external waste

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haulage up to $2,500,000 per vendor and not to exceed $12,500,000 in total expenditures, on terms acceptable to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and on terms satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

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The City's Green Bin program helps to divert waste from landfill by collecting and processing organics from approximately 460,000 single-family homes, and approximately half of apartment and condominium units, as well as small businesses, schools and City Divisions, Agencies and Corporations. The City of Toronto owns and operates two organic processing facilities: the Disco Road Organics Processing Facility and the Dufferin Organics Processing Facility.

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The Disco Road Organics Processing Facility is designed to process 75,000 tonnes of organics per year and the Dufferin Organics Processing Facility is designed to process 55,000 tonnes of organics per year, for a combined City-owned processing capacity of 130,000 tonnes per year. Solid Waste Management Services is currently collecting approximately 168,500 tonnes of organics annually and utilizing third-party processors to supplement the City's processing capacity. Late last year, the Dufferin Organics Processing Facility experienced various challenges which made it unable to process material. To assist with meeting processing capacity shortfalls, Solid Waste Management Services utilized existing third-party processors and non-competitive procurements. The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the Dufferin Organics Processing Facility and seek authority to secure additional external organics processing capacity and external haulage, on an as needed or contingency basis to ensure continuity of processing of Green Bin organics in the event of unexpected facility issues and throughout the Council-approved expansion of the Disco Road Organics Processing Facility and improvements to the Dufferin Organics Processing Facility.

Staff recommended

The General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services or designate to negotiate, enter into, and execute any new or amending agreements, or acknowledgements - including on the basis of a non-competitive procurement under Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Purchasing - for contingency external organics processing and external

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waste haulage up to $2,500,000 per vendor and not to exceed $12,500,000 in total expenditures, on terms acceptable to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and on terms satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

Considered

2025-04-09 · Infrastructure and Environment Committee · adopted
Decision as filed
The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services or designate to negotiate, enter into, and execute any new or amending agreements, or acknowledgements - including on the basis of a non-competitive procurement under Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Purchasing - for contingency external organics processing and external waste
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haulage up to $2,500,000 per vendor and not to exceed $12,500,000 in total expenditures, on terms acceptable to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and on terms satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
2025-04-23 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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