Valley Solid Waste Commission

WASTE DISPOSAL

*Recycling 'Recycling for the Valley'* Program** Recycling Time is Year Round! Your participation does make a difference.

Composting Composting can reduce the amount of waste sent to the landfill by one third.

Household Hazardous Waste Round-up Events Many products in the home and yard can damage our environment. Dispose of them safely in the Valley’s annual Household Hazardous Waste Round-Up days.

Transfer Station Solid waste from Carleton County is received at the Southern Valley Transfer Station where it is re-loaded into larger trailers for shipment to landfills.

Waste Disposal There are no landfills in the Valley Region. Solid waste is transported from a transfer station or transported directly to the landfills.

"Your Environmental Trust Fund at Work"

The Valley Solid Waste Commission has contractual arrangements for waste disposal with two New Brunswick landfill operators:

COGERNO www.cogerno.com at the Montagne de la Croix Sanitary Landfill

South West Solid Waste Commission www.swswc.com

The Valley Solid Waste Commission is responsible for shipping equal amounts of waste to each landfill (+/-5%). In 2008, the Valley Region generated 28,092.17 and shipped 27,340.75 metric tonnes for final disposal to the landfill facilities. The Southern Valley Transfer Station removed 751.42 metric tonnes from the municipal solid waste stream. The transfer station diverts construction and demolition waste, metal, corrugated cardboard and other items that can be diverted for recycling.

Solid waste collected from residents and the Institutional / Commercial / Industrial sectors in Victoria County is transported directly to the landfill at COGERNO. In Carleton County, waste is first received at the Southern Valley Transfer Station for reloading into larger vehicles for transportation to the landfills operated by COGERNO and the South West Solid Waste Commission. In 2008 the equivalent of 976 tractor trailer loads were shipped to the landfills.

Breakdown of Valley Region’s solid waste shipped to landfills - 2008
	Metric Tonnes		Percentage
COGERNO Landfill	Victoria County:	5,645.78	-
COGERNO Landfill	Carleton County:	8,488.29	-
	Sub-Total	14,134.07	52%
South West Solid Waste Regional Landfill from Carleton County:		13,206.68	48%
Total to landfills		27,340.75	-