Quebec To Spend $650M Cutting Household Waste

Provincial Environment Minister Line Beauchamp wants to cut the amount of garbage produced per Quebecer to 700 kilograms per year from the current 810 kilograms. Photograph by: Allen McInnis, The Gazette

From The CBC:

Quebec is introducing ambitious measures to cut household trash and divert organic waste currently dumped in the province's landfills.

The province's Liberal government said it wants to ban "green" and recyclable waste from landfills within a decade, starting with paper and cardboard by 2013.

The measure will help Quebecers achieve the government's other green goal: to cut average household waste from 810 to 700 kilograms per year.

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Update: Quebec moves to rid dumps of food, glass, leaves -- Montreal Gazette

My Comment: I do not want anyone to go through my trash .... but according to these new rules inspectors will have every right to rifle through what we are putting out. In addition .... spending $650 million that we do not have is irresponsible .... but no one is listening.

Montreal Has Big Plans For Your Garbage

Green recycling bins line Jeanne Mance St. in Montreal's Plateau Mont Royal borough. The city-wide recycling rate last year was 53 per cent. Photograph by: Dave Sidaway, The Gazette

From The Montreal Gazette:

MONTREAL – Montreal has a garbage problem. Each of us living on the island of Montreal produces at least 541 kilograms of waste a year, the majority of which is loaded onto trucks and driven north of the island to landfills near Lachenaie and Ste. Sophie. This summer, despite the objections of people living near the landfill sites, the provincial government okayed the expansion of both dumps so they can continue to receive our garbage.

The city’s solution: A new, $240-million waste management plan that, if adopted this month, would radically alter the way we think about garbage in a bid to dramatically reduce the amount of junk we ship to landfills.

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My Comment: Spending more money that will probably come nowhere near the goals and objectives of the proponents for this project.