Department of Community Services

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Solid Waste Management Update

Solid waste managment update - Winter 2012

Within the Yukon government budget for 2012-13, there will be increased dollars for both operation and maintenance and capital expenditures relating to solid waste management.

Capital expenditures draw heavily from the Building Canada Fund (BCF) and the Gas Tax Fund (GTF). BCF contributes at the rate of 75/25 and GTF pays 100% of a cost which falls within its allowable categories.

New projects of note include the installation of compaction systems and a territory-wide education campaign.

Greenhouse gas reduction will be achieved by installing compaction systems in four locations, thus reducing road transport. The amount hauled at one time will increase from two tonnes to nine tonnes.

With growing infrastructure to modernize Yukon’s waste management systems, the final partnership is with Yukon citizens. An upcoming territory-wide education campaign will seek to shift practices towards sorting, recycling and composting.

The past and future success of solid waste management is due in part to excellent collaboration between a number of partners:

City of Whitehorse and other municipalities
Government of Canada funding
Community members
Solid Waste Advisory Committee

See the March 2012 news release.

Facility	Projects achieved	Upcoming projects
Old Crow		Gasification system, spill pallet, groundwater monitoring system
Dawson	Secure hazardous waste storage building and metal recycling provided through partnership with the municipality. Already in place via municipality: groundwater monitoring system, recycling, composting, regular staffing
Beaver Creek	Waster transfer bins, free store	spill pallet, groundwater monitoring system, recycling
Burwash Landing & Destruction Bay	Waster transfer bins *Note: Horse Camp Hill and Burwash dump sites have been closed; all waste now goes to Destruction bay	spill pallet, groundwater monitoring system, recycling
Silver City	Waster transfer bins	spill pallet, groundwater monitoring system, recycling
Canyon Creek	Waster transfer bins	spill pallet, groundwater monitoring system, recycling
Haines Junction	Operating as a regional facility to collect waste from area transfer stations	Working on an RFP to determine solutions to solid waste
Deep Creek	Waster transfer bins, household hazardous waste secure storage, Groundwater monitoring system, recycling, attendant on site	Spill pallets, composting
Marsh Lake	Waster transfer bins, household hazardous waste secure storage, Groundwater monitoring system, recycling, attendant on site, chipping brush and wood	Spill pallets, composting, compaction system, composting
Johnson’s Crossing	Waster transfer bins, recycling	Spill pallet, groundwater monitoring system
Mount Lorne	Waster transfer bins, household hazardous waste secure storage, Groundwater monitoring system, recycling, attendant on site	Spill pallets, composting, compaction system
Carcross	Waster transfer bins, household hazardous waste secure storage, Groundwater monitoring system, recycling, attendant on site, chipping brush and wood	Spill pallets, composting, compaction system
Tagish	Waster transfer bins, household hazardous waste secure storage, Groundwater monitoring system, recycling, attendant on site, chipping brush and wood	Spill pallets, composting, compaction system
Upper Liard	Groundwater monitoring, transfer bins	Recycling, spill pallets
Ross River		Engineered cells*, spill pallets, secure waste storage, groundwater monitoring
Keno	Transfer bins	Spill pallets, recycling, groundwater monitoring
Stewart Crossing	Transfer bins	Spill pallets, recycling, groundwater monitoring
Pelly Crossing	Transfer bins, secure hazardous waste storage	Spill pallets, recycling, groundwater monitoring
Braeburn	Waster transfer bins, recycling	Spill pallet, groundwater monitoring system
Champagne	Waster transfer bins, groundwater monitoring system	Spill pallet, recycling, secure hazardous waste storage

*Engineered cells are a system for landfilling designed to reduce leaching