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Strategy for Updating the Solid Waste Management Plan

Strategy for Updating the Solid Waste Management Plan. Municipal meetings. Public meetings. The 5 R Hierarchy. Approach to Updating the SWMP. Reduce Reuse Recycle Recovery of Materials and Energy Residuals Management. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Recover. Residuals.

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Strategy for Updating the Solid Waste Management Plan

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  1. Strategy for Updating the Solid Waste Management Plan

  2. Municipal meetings Public meetings

  3. The 5 R Hierarchy Approach to Updating the SWMP • Reduce • Reuse • Recycle • Recovery of Materials and Energy • Residuals Management Reduce Reuse Recycle Recover Residuals

  4. Initiated in 2006 • Goal #1:Minimize waste generation • Goal #2:Maximize reuse, recycling and material/energy recovery • Public workshops, municipal workshops • Input analyzed and considered in developing SWMP update strategy

  5. Zero Waste Challenge Other 11% Inorganic 3% Non-compostable organics 4% Plastics 4% Yard and Garden 2% Recycling 52% Food 6% Paper & Paperboard 7% Other 11% Inorganic 3% Wood 11% Non-compostable organics 4% Plastics 4% Yard and Garden 1% Food 3% Paper & Paperboard 3% Recycling and composting 70% Wood 4%

  6. The 4th R: Materials and Energy Recovery Options for Remaining Waste Further Investment in 3Rs - continue to seek opportunities - limits to diversion Materials Recovery - Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) - Material Recovery Facility (MRF) Energy Recovery

  7. 4th R Processing Drivers • Long distance transport • Managing waste within the region • Provincial GHG Targets and Provincial Energy Plan • District heating interest and opportunities • Independent evaluator and REAC recommendation to explore alternate technology • Business Case for WTE • Financial • Environmental • Social • Minimizing waste to landfills

  8. 2006 Energy Expendituresby Sector and Fuel

  9. GHG Reduction Drivers • Global Estimates and Targets • Kyoto: 6-15% below 1990 levels • IPCC: 50-85% reduction by 2050 necessary • Government of Canada • Federal “Turning the Corner Plan”: 150 MT GHG reduction (20%)

  10. GHG Reduction Drivers • Government of British Columbia • UBCM Climate Action Charter • Reduce B.C.’s greenhouse gases by 33% by 2020 and by 80% by 2050 • Legislated targets, regional growth strategies, carbon neutral government & crown corps • Cap and trade market for carbon offsets • Metro Vancouver Regional GHG reduction targets of 33% by 2020 and 80% by 2050

  11. Corporate GHG Emission Inventories

  12. District Heating • Heating systems shared by groups of: • homes • businesses • industrial plants. • Offsets use of fossil fuel • Secure source of energy • Potential heat for 40,000 homes • European Experience • Over 400 WTE plants • Sweden—up to 90% efficient Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Electricity 20 % Wastefuel 100 % District heat70 % Losses 10 %

  13. District Heating • Denmark WTE plant WTE Plant Typical district heating loop

  14. District Heating • City of North Vancouver • Lonsdale Energy Corporation to supply district heat to 3 million ft2 of commercial and residential space in Lower Lonsdale • Expanding future coverage to Central Lonsdale

  15. Energy Recovery: Already Contributing • Burnaby waste-to-energy facility currently supplies heat to industrial users • 115 GWh/yr electricity • 205 GWh/yr heat (steam) • Evaluating district heating loop for Vancouver and Burnaby • Electricity equivalent of 12,300 homes, • and heating equivalent of 6,600 homes (current use)

  16. Metro VancouverLandfills vs. WTE • Assumptions Landfill Alternative: • Cache Creek closing in 2010 • VLF 750,000 tonnes annually • Waste-to-Energy Facility 290,000 tonnes annually • 160,000 tonnes organics processed • Residual tonnage waste export

  17. Metro VancouverWaste to Energy Facility

  18. NOx Metro Vancouver Solid PM2.5 Metro Vancouver Solid Waste Operations 0.5% Regional Air Quality2020 with additional Waste to Energy facilities

  19. The 5 R Hierarchy Approach to Updating the SWMP Proposed Strategy Today Reduce Reuse 52% 70% Recycle Recover 25% 8% Residuals 40% 5%

  20. Next Steps • Develop a draft plan • Goals, Strategies, Actions, Measures • Further consultation on draft plan • public, municipal, First Nations, agency input • Finalize plan for Board approval • Submit plan to Ministry of Environment for final approval

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