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WE DEMAND THE RIGHT TO APPROVE LANDFILLS

For new landfills, impacted municipalities have little or no approval rights.

We need legislation, ASAP.

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Jan 12

Coalition grows to over 140 municipal members

Since beginning the campaign to demand the right to approve new landfill sites just before the last provincial election, the Demand the Right Coalition of On...

Jan 12

We are not Toronto's Kitty Litter

Ingersoll residents, politicians, and environmental actions group discuss their concerns about Walker Industries plans for a new landfill site in neighbourin...

Jan 12

Push to give municipalities right to halt landfills gets boost

Ingersoll Mayor Ted Comiskey says momentum is building behind a bid to give municipalities the final word on whether to allow landfills in their respective c...

Jan 12

Too much of Ontario’s waste is going to landfill: enviro watchdog

The old adage may be “waste not, want not,” but Ontario’s environmental watchdog warns the province’s waste diversion efforts are wanting. “Ontario has a was...

Jan 12

Do you have to be a dictator to say no to Canada’s garbage?

Coalition Chair, Ted Comiskey, asks this question in the Toronto Star and newspapers across Ontario, after Philippine dictator sends Canada's garbage back to...

Jan 12

Premier Ford promised approval rights. Time to deliver.

As a the leader of Progressive Conservative Party, Doug Ford supported the right of communities to approve new landfill sites. As Premier, he has repeated h...

Jan 12

Ontario business group pushing for more landfills.

Ontario's Chamber of Commerce is helping the waste management industry in its aggressive push to create more landfills in Ontario. In an article in the Toro...

Jan 12

Landfill needs? Think 90 Rogers Centres, every year.

Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional waste (ICI) is different from household waste. At least in how its managed. While the recycling of household waste ...

Jan 12

With right to approve, many Ontario municipalities will still accept new landfill sites, survey says

If the Provincial Government’s new environment legislation provides municipalities with the right to approve new landfill sites, four out of ten municipal le...

Jan 12

CBC reports on community concerns about proposed mega-dump

June 27, 2019 - We are not Toronto's Kitty Litter - Ingersoll residents, politicians, and environmental actions group discuss their concerns about Walker Ind...

Jan 12

Coalition updates to website encourage municipal participation

The Demand the Right Coalition of Ontario Municipalities has launched its revised website. "Our coalition is pressing the Ontario Government to introduce leg...

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