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Greater Sudbury City of - (Municipality)

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The Household Hazardous Waste Program within Environmental Services has been in place for many years. The program includes a Depot that is open approximately 26 Saturdays per year (more frequently in the Spring and Fall) and a Toxic Taxi collection service that operates, as required, Monday to Friday, between 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Regular waste audits are also conducted to determine whether households are disposing household hazardous waste properly. If a problem or issue is identified, then additional education materials are provided. If education is not successful, then staff would bring forward options for Council’s consideration. Waste diversion tracking summaries for 2023 have been provided (Appendix C). For more information on the current and comprehensive Household Hazardous Waste Program, visit: https://www.greatersudbury.ca/live/garbage-and-recycling/household-hazardous-waste/

Policy Text:

The City of Greater Sudbury shall evaluate its household hazardous waste disposal program and improve it as necessary to ensure that threats to municipal drinking water cease to be or do not become significant. This policy applies to the vulnerable areas where the handling and storage of DNAPLs and organic solvents could be a significant threat.

The evaluation of the program and any resulting necessary improvements shall be completed within three years of the date the Source Protection Plan takes effect.

Monitoring policy M10 applies.

Monitoring Text:

M10: The City of Greater Sudbury shall report to the Source Protection Authority detailing the results of the review of the hazardous waste disposal operations and any actions undertaken to implement the policy within three years of the source protection plan taking effect.