At public consultations earlier this year, Metro Vancouver residents and businesses affirmed a Zero Waste Challenge target of 70% waste diversion by 2015 through aggressive waste reduction, recycling, composting and extended producer responsibility programs. But that still leaves the question, what should we do with the remaining 30% of the garbage we produce each year expected to be still more then one million tonnes each year.

After extensive study on waste management options and air quality impacts, Metro Vancouver has determined that improved 3Rs initiatives coupled large-scale Waste-to-Energy is the preferred scenario for reduction and beneficial reuse of the region’s solid waste.

 

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