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At Thursday’s District Council meeting, a debate ensued about whether to proceed with the requirement that all Muskoka residents use clear bags to dispose of solid waste. The implementation of the use is not expected to occur until the green bin program has been expanded to all of Muskoka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillor Heidi Lorenz, who chairs the District Engineering and Public Works Committee, told her fellow councillors that Muskoka is at a dismal 37 per cent diversion rate. “So it’s interesting to note that curbside garbage contains at least 40 per cent of food and organic waste, and that winds up at the landfill and creates methane, which is 28 times more potent [than] greenhouse gas and carbon dioxide. So that is the direct result of people not using their green bin,” she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lorenz said clear garbage bags “is an important next step to get to where we want to be.” She noted that an expansion of the Rosewarne Landfill is already having to happen. “We got there pretty quick; I mean, I think that we’re all surprised that we’re talking about the Rosewarne cell four.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillors Don Smith and Mike Peppard asked for the motion to proceed in principle with the use of clear garbage bags to be pulled from the minutes of the Engineering and Public Works Committee and voted on separately. Smith said Muskoka needs a higher diversion rate but believes there are better options, such as addressing construction and commercial organic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I think, at this point, it’s a bit of an intrusion. We have not finished the education process. We need to follow up on that education process, and we need to look at the other options first that I think are more viable and will present better results for us,” he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peppard said he agreed. “There are some larger perpetrators of our landfill filling up, and I wouldn’t mind looking more carefully at those first.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillor Scott Morrison said he appreciated Councillor Lorenz’s comments about methane gas. “While I do think that it might be a bit of an intrusion, my family members in Cape Breton have been doing this for about 15 years, and they’ve adapted, and I don’t even think it’s an issue for them anymore,” Morrison also noted that that there are provisions for things like feminine hygiene products and incontinence issues. He suggested that for those with limited resources, an exchange program could be established to exchange black garbage bags for clear ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

District Commissioner of Engineering and Public Works James Steele said there will be communication about switching to clear bags to get people ready and a transition period. He also said that once the waste gets to the recycling facility, the contractor uses AI and optical sensors, and they’re able to pull out almost every item that has recyclable value, as opposed to in the past, when it was a manual process with “folks on a line that were pulling it off and putting it in the right spot.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steele said under the Municipal Act, the District is only responsible for managing residential waste, but the solid waste master plan, expected to be presented by the end of 2026, will examine whether the District should manage industrial and commercial waste. “I’m not suggesting that we stop doing it, but it is something that we’re not obligated to do; it’s something that we’re choosing to do. And so the master plan will give us that long vision and give us a sustainable future with respect to managing waste.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lorenz said education is not working and so the next step is clear garbage bags. “We’re at 37 [per cent]. For Muskoka, where we pride ourselves on being the crisp, clean place, we should be embarrassed by the number…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillor Brenda Rhodes said switching to clear garbage bags is a must. She said everything that leads to more diversion should be looked at as space is running out. “If we want to talk about cost, what is the cost of us having to truck out our garbage once our landfill is full and we cannot build any more cells or new landfill? That would be tremendous, and on the tax base, it will be almost unbearable,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have not addressed some of the big specifics that we have some power over\u2014the compostables that are commercial and the construction and contractor waste,” insisted Smith. “Those are the issues that we need to address, not some plastic bags. It’s public relations. It’s not going to do us a good job.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillor Bob Lacroix said the District had embarked on numerous campaigns to educate residents about the importance of recycling, including the creation of a guide, but it has not been effective. He said using clear garbage bags in other areas has proven to increase diversion by about 10 per cent. “So if you can increase it by 10 per cent, at least on the household side, that’s a start,” said Lacroix. “I agree; I’ve been fighting this with Councillor Smith forever\u2014construction waste is our number 1 problem, and we do have to look at it. As Commissioner Steele said, we will be when we’re looking at the master plan. So we have one step now and hopefully a bigger step later.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steele said collectors will inspect the clear bags briefly. “If it looks like it’s no more than a certain percentage of non-waste materials, so recyclables, organics, etc., then it would get rejected and stickered… the idea there is to provide residents feedback that, you know, ‘we’re asking you to do something a little bit different.'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillor Brian Bochek also spoke to picking up organic waste and driving it to Bracebridge as “a little ridiculous.” He said composting should be done locally. Others, like Councillor Sandy Cairns, said they don’t use the green bin program but compost the material themselves for their garden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steel also noted that much of the commercial waste does not end up in Muskoka’s landfill. “Somebody who has a restaurant, who has a dumpster out back… that material is unlikely to arrive at our landfill.” He said Muskoka’s mixed waste price is more than three times the industry average. “So if I’m a commercial, private organization, that I’m running a waste collection business, it would be unreasonable for me to pay that fee to the District when I can take it somewhere else for one-third of the price,” said Steele, adding that smaller contractors using tip trailers are using the site but they are limited to 10 cubic metres per week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, Steele said those discussions will be covered during the creation of an overall waste master plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, the majority of councillors voted in favour of proceeding with requiring that garbage disposal at the curbside be done in clear plastic bags. <\/p>\n\n\n

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