Getting to 70% Diversion:

• Staff Report to May 28, 2007 Executive Committee meeting: Proposed Initiatives and Financing Model to get to 70% Solid Waste Diversion by 2010
• Staff Presentation to City Council, June 20, 2007 (PDF)
• Toronto City Council Decision Document (PFD) - see pages 2-9 (Meeting Date: June 19, 20, 22, 2007)
• Staff Report to November 28, 2007 Public Works and Infrastructure Committee meeting: Response to Council Motions - Getting to 70% Diversion by 2010 (PDF)
• Toronto City Council Decision Document (PDF) - see pages 111-112 (Meeting Date: December 11, 12 and 13, 2007)

3Rs Working Group (includes Working Group Terms of Reference):

• Staff Report to to October 31, 2007 Public Works and Infrastructure Committee: Transition from CEAT to the 3Rs Working Group and the Residual Waste Working Group (PDF)
• Terms of Reference

How did we come about?

• New and Emerging Technologies Policies & Practices envisioned further source reduction was needed to maximize 3Rs City programs and add another group to look at an Environmental Assessment (EA) process for future Toronto waste facilities. Their final report and recommendations are archived here.
• CEAT (Community Environmental Assessment Team) then took on the task of a full EA and the Ministry of Environment changed the requirements so a full EA was no longer required. CEAT’s task was completed in 2006 and made further recommendations to form two citizen-led groups: one that concentrated on residuals – now the Residual Waste Working Group (RWWG), and another that concentrated on source reduction and ways to reduce residuals from landfill. This is now the 3Rs Working Group (3RWG)
• View 3RWG’s integrated Solid Waste Management network to engage the public and stakeholders to support/encourage waste reduction and develop 3Rs programs.
  

Additional information:

• City's existing waste diversion programs :
  • Recycle
  • Reuse
• Getting to 70 initiatives
• Community Environmental Assessment Team (CEAT)
• Toronto Environmental Volunteers

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