Owen Sound Long Term Waste Management Plan

Involving You…

Vision 2030:
Designing A Sustainable Waste Management Plan for our future

The City of Owen Sound has initiated a waste management planning process to develop a long term plan that will provide for the sustainable management of its waste.

Final Draft (August 28, 2007)

• Long Term Waste Management Plan (1.14 mb)
• Appendices (1.73 mb)

The City invites comments on the draft report to ensure that any questions and comments are identified and addressed. All comments will be considered as part of the review.

The public comment period on the draft report begins on August 30, 2007 and ends on September 29, 2007.

The Waste Management Master Plan will be presented to City Council on Monday September 24th, if approved it will be officially launched during Waste Reduction Week October 15 to 21, 2007.

• Read the details here (66 kb)

Background Information

The City currently exports its waste to the United States for disposal. City Council has determined that this system is environmentally unsustainable in the longer term. In response to this challenge, they have initiated a long-term waste management planning process, and they invite you to participate in designing the solution.

Through this planning process, the City will explore:

• how to significantly improve waste reduction, recycling and composting;
  and,
• options to manage the disposal of garbage.

During the project, a number of meetings and surveys will be conducted.
For further information, to complete the survey, and to register your interest in participating in this project please use the links below.

• On-line Survey (opens a new window)
• Project Charter (263 kb)

The first community meeting to establish a vision and goals for Owen Sound’s Sustainable Waste Management Plan
was held on Monday November 6 2006.

• Meeting Notes (30kb)

Each image below is linked to a PDF file.

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