Agenda Item No.: G.1.b.
Waste Management Plan Update
Recommendation:
That the August 4, 2005, Asset Management
and Public Works Department report
2005PWW087 be received for information.
Report Summary
This information report provides an update
on the provision of landfill capacity for
future years. Landfills in Edmonton are
projected to be full by 2009 to 2010.
Report
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Study and evaluation are underway to
provide current information to update
the 30-year Waste Management
Strategic Plan, in particular, the general
data to identify new landfill options and
required system changes such as an
expanded transfer operation.
This work will be complete to allow a
request for proposals for new landfill
capacity to be issued by May 2006. The
elements of the workplan for the request
for proposals follow:
 Develop a request for proposals
reflecting the City’s needs and any
relevant timely outcomes of the
Alberta Capital Region Alliance
(ACRA) Regional Waste
Management Study. Administration
is working with ACRA to explore
regional waste management
opportunities.
 Issue a request for proposals to
regional waste management
authorities or commissions,
municipalities and private
companies. If existing landfill
capacity is available, Administration
will require the terms under which it
Routing:
Delegation:
Written By:
August 4, 2005
File: 2005PWW087
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would be available to the City.
Alternatively, if a respondent is
willing to host a landfill for the
City’s use, the terms for hosting and
responsibilities of both parties would
be determined.
 Analyze valid proposals to determine
which offer the best combination of
overall system cost, environmental
suitability and security of service.
 Recommend the preferred
proposal(s) to City Council through
the Transportation and Public Works
Committee by September 2006. The
recommendation may include
entering into more than one disposal
option and contract. Administration
will provide a comparative financial
analysis of the proposals with its
recommendation report.
While the timeline appears short
(approximately three years to implement
the new solution(s) before Clover Bar
Landfill closes), Administration is
confident that a solution(s) for landfill
disposal capacity will present itself.
However, this timeline does not provide
for, nor is Administration planning to be
involved in, protracted landfill siting
studies with unwilling host communities.
Notwithstanding the need for new
landfill capacity, the sustainability and
long-term control of our waste
management needs depend on our ability
to provide as much ‘disposal’ capacity as
we can within our jurisdiction. To this
end, the business plan for the Waste
Management Branch includes a thermal
waste processing project (Gasification
Project) with the potential to further
Transportation and Public Works Committee
W. D. Burn
R. G. Neehall
Asset Management and Public Works Department
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Waste Management Plan Update
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reduce the amount of residential waste
requiring landfilling and produce energy
to offset the consumption of nonrenewable energy sources.
The Gasification Project is in the study
phase and should the business case be
positive, it would become a major
component of the City’s integrated waste
management system. The opportunity is
being studied with EPCOR and others
with grant funding from the Province
and the FCM Green Funds. There is
private sector investment interest in the
project should EPCOR decide not to be
involved in its development.
Provision of new landfill capacity,
transfer station (required for processing
and transporting waste to landfill) and
Gasification Project are contained in the
current business plan and associated
financing plan for the Waste
Management Branch.
Administration will provide update
reports to the Transportation and Public
Works Committee as relevant progress is
made or at significant milestones such as
the issuance of the request for proposals
for new landfill capacity.
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