Updated: September 13, 2006

CANADIAN STUDIES RESOURCES
Canadian Trash in Michigan:
Where

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Canadian Waste Generators (all in Ontario)

Toronto, Peel, York, Durham, Hamilton, Halton, Kitchener, Brantford, London, Barrie, Peterborough, Sudbury, Owen Sound "and many other parts of the province."
Sources:
Nigel Guilford, "Ontario Facing a Looming Crisis in Managing Waste," [Op/Ed Piece of the Ontario Waste Management Association]

Kerry Gillespie, “Trash dispute set to cause heap of trouble,” Toronto Star (Oct. 17, 2005): A01

Michigan Landfills

LANDFILL
COUNTY
SOURCE OF TRASH CUBIC YARDS FOR
2002/03
CUBIC
YARDS FOR
2003/04
CUBIC
YARDS FOR
2004/05
Arbor Hills West Sanitary Washtenaw "Canada"
York
791,054 538,619 321,030
Brent Run Genesee "Canada" 604,468 797,916 1,153,001
Carleton Farms Wayne "Canada"
Peel
Toronto
York
4,586,040 5,138,741 4,273,485
City Environmental Services of Waters Crawford Sudbury 12,270 35,614 0
Dafter Sanitary Chippewa "Canada" 0 26,997 36,849
Pine Tree Acres Macomb "Canada"
Durham
2,514,544 4,631,505 5,353,239
Richfield Genesee "Canada" 119,828 117,632 109,354
Rockwood Monroe "Canada" 227,181 174,967 270,551
Sauk Trail Hills Wayne "Canada" 14,453 29,457 149,408
Woodland Meadows RDF-Van Buren Wayne "Canada" 165,190 119,003 211,174
TOTAL --------------- -------------- 9,035,028 11,610,451 11,878,091
Sources:
Michigan. Dept. of Environmental Quality. Waste and Hazardous Material Division.Report of Solid Waste Landfilled in Michigan :

RIS International Ltd. The Private Sector IC&I Waste Management System In Ontario: Report Prepared for Ontario Waste Management Association ([Brampton, Ont.]: OWMA, 2005), 41.

 


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