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A second PMGMRfor Greater MontréalFounded on January 1, 2001, the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) is a planning, coordinating and funding body serving 82 municipalities. Home to 3.8 million residents spread over an area of over 4,360 km2, the CMM has jurisdiction in the following fields: land use planning, economic development, social housing, public transit and the environment.

As part of its environmental mandate, the CMM must adopt and maintain a waste management plan. The first Plan métropolitain de gestion des matières résiduelles (PMGMR, or Metropolitan Waste Management Plan) came into effect in 2006. Since then, the Government of Québec has reviewed its Quebec Residual Materials Management Policy (Order in Council 100-2011) and adopted an action plan for the period 2011-2015. The proposed PMGMR 2015-2020 complements the government’s goals and strategies while also addressing challenges of metropolitan importance.

Although the plan expects to optimize efforts and increase the collection of recyclable materials, the following years will focus on meeting organic waste recycling objectives. Funded by the Quebec and Canadian governments, biomethanation and composting facilities are only in the planning phase at the moment. However, the deployment of organic waste processing facilities is scheduled for completion by the year 2022, so the CMM must prepare to achieve these objectives in the years 2025-2030.

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4 Summary of Proposed PMGMR - 2015-2020

Territory covered by proposed PMGMR The proposed PMGMR covers the 82 municipalities located within the CMM as well as the municipalities of Saint-Placide and L’Épiphanie (city and parish).

KahnesatakeKahnesatakeCôte-

Saint-LucMontréal-

OuestMontréal-

Ouest

Mont-Royal

Dorval

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue

Senneville

Beauharnois

LéryChâteauguay

MercierSaint-Isidore

Saint-Constant

Sainte-Catherine

Delson

Saint-Mathieu

Candiac

Saint-Philippe

La Prairie

Vaudreuil-Dorion

Vaudreuil-Dorion

Saint-Lazare

Hudson

Les Cèdres

Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac

L'Île-Cadieux

Terrasse-Vaudreuil L'Île-

PerrotPincourt Notre-Dame-

de-l'Île-Perrot

Carignan

Chambly

CarignanRichelieu

Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu

Saint-Basile-

le-Grand Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Mont-Saint-Hilaire

Beloeil

McMastervilleOtterburn

Park

Saint-Mathieu-

de-BeloeilSainte-Julie

Varennes

Saint-Amable

VerchèresCalixa-

Lavallée

Contrecoeur

Saint-Placide

OkaPointe-

Calumet

Saint-Joseph-du-Lac

Saint-Eustache

Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac

Deux-Montagnes

Boisbriand

Blainville

Sainte-Thérèse Rosemère

LorraineBois-des-

Filion

Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines

Terrebonne

Mascouche

Charlemagne

Repentigny

L'AssomptionSaint-

Sulpice

L'Épiphanie, v.

L'Épiphanie, p.

Pointe-des-Cascades

Brossard

Saint-LambertDollard-des-

Ormeaux

Baie-D'Urfé

Beacons�eld

Pointe-Claire

Kirkland

L'Île-Dorval

Montréal-Est

Boucherville

Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

Hampstead

Montréal

Westmount

Laval

MirabelMirabel

LongueuilLongueuil

Montréal-Ouest


Saint-LucMontréal-

OuestMontréal-

Ouest

Mont-Royal

Dorval


Senneville

Beauharnois

LéryChâteauguay


Saint-Constant

Sainte-Catherine

Delson

Saint-Mathieu

Candiac

Saint-Philippe

La Prairie

Vaudreuil-Dorion

Vaudreuil-Dorion

Saint-Lazare

Hudson

Les Cèdres


L'Île-Cadieux



de-l'Île-Perrot

Carignan

Chambly

CarignanRichelieu


Saint-Basile-


Mont-Saint-Hilaire

Beloeil


Park

Saint-Mathieu-


Varennes

Saint-Amable

VerchèresCalixa-

Lavallée

Contrecoeur

Saint-Placide

OkaPointe-

Calumet

Saint-Joseph-du-Lac

Saint-Eustache


Deux-Montagnes

Boisbriand

Blainville


LorraineBois-des-

Filion


Terrebonne

Mascouche

Charlemagne

Repentigny

L'AssomptionSaint-

Sulpice

L'Épiphanie, v.

L'Épiphanie, p.

Pointe-des-Cascades

Brossard


Ormeaux

Baie-D'Urfé

Beacons�eld

Pointe-Claire

Kirkland

L'Île-Dorval

Montréal-Est

Boucherville


Hampstead

Montréal

Westmount

Laval

MirabelMirabel

LongueuilLongueuil

Municipalities within the CMM

Municipalities outside the CMM


Saint-LucMontréal-

OuestMontréal-

Ouest

Mont-Royal

Dorval


Senneville

Beauharnois

LéryChâteauguay


Saint-Constant

Sainte-Catherine

Delson

Saint-Mathieu

Candiac

Saint-Philippe

La Prairie

Vaudreuil-Dorion

Vaudreuil-Dorion

Saint-Lazare

Hudson

Les Cèdres


L'Île-Cadieux



de-l'Île-Perrot

Carignan

Chambly

CarignanRichelieu


Saint-Basile-


Mont-Saint-Hilaire

Beloeil


Park

Saint-Mathieu-


Varennes

Saint-Amable

VerchèresCalixa-

Lavallée

Contrecoeur

Saint-Placide

OkaPointe-

Calumet

Saint-Joseph-du-Lac

Saint-Eustache


Deux-Montagnes

Boisbriand

Blainville


LorraineBois-des-

Filion


Terrebonne

Mascouche

Charlemagne

Repentigny

L'AssomptionSaint-

Sulpice

L'Épiphanie, v.

L'Épiphanie, p.

Pointe-des-Cascades

Brossard


Ormeaux

Baie-D'Urfé

Beacons�eld

Pointe-Claire

Kirkland

L'Île-Dorval

Montréal-Est

Boucherville


Hampstead

Montréal

Westmount

Laval

MirabelMirabel

LongueuilLongueuil

Montréal-Ouest


Saint-LucMontréal-

OuestMontréal-

Ouest

Mont-Royal

Dorval


Senneville

Beauharnois

LéryChâteauguay


Saint-Constant

Sainte-Catherine

Delson

Saint-Mathieu

Candiac

Saint-Philippe

La Prairie

Vaudreuil-Dorion

Vaudreuil-Dorion

Saint-Lazare

Hudson

Les Cèdres


L'Île-Cadieux



de-l'Île-Perrot

Carignan

Chambly

CarignanRichelieu


Saint-Basile-


Mont-Saint-Hilaire

Beloeil


Park

Saint-Mathieu-


Varennes

Saint-Amable

VerchèresCalixa-

Lavallée

Contrecoeur

Saint-Placide

OkaPointe-

Calumet

Saint-Joseph-du-Lac

Saint-Eustache


Deux-Montagnes

Boisbriand

Blainville


LorraineBois-des-

Filion


Terrebonne

Mascouche

Charlemagne

Repentigny

L'AssomptionSaint-

Sulpice

L'Épiphanie, v.

L'Épiphanie, p.

Pointe-des-Cascades

Brossard


Ormeaux

Baie-D'Urfé

Beacons�eld

Pointe-Claire

Kirkland

L'Île-Dorval

Montréal-Est

Boucherville


Hampstead

Montréal

Westmount

Laval

MirabelMirabel

LongueuilLongueuil

Municipalities within the CMM

Municipalities outside the CMM

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GOALS OF PROPOSED PMGMRThis proposed plan supports the principles set forth in the Quebec Residual Materials Management Policy and its 2011-2015 Action Plan, which defines five major goals:

Recycle 70% of paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, and metal waste.

Recycle 60% of organic putrescible waste using biological processes such as land farming, composting and biomethanation.

Recycle or reclaim 80% of concrete, brick, and asphalt waste.

Sort at the source or send 70% of building construction, renovation, and demolition waste to a sorting centre.

Reduce the quantity of residual materials sent for disposal to 700 kg per resident per year.

CHALLENGES OF PROPOSED PMGMR Meet recycling targets and optimize the quantity and quality

of recyclable materials.

Reach organic waste recycling targets.

Find a solution to finance the additional costs involved in the collection, transport and recycling of organic waste.

Provide services to and/or implement support measures to

the industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) sector.

Continue reducing the quantity of material for disposal while planning the facilities that will eventually be required for final waste treatment.

POLICY DIRECTIONS OF PROPOSED PMGMRPolicy direction 1: Strengthen commitment to the 3R principle.

Policy direction 2 : In each region, create high-performance waste treatment infrastructure while also working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Policy direction 3 : Meet the government’s recycling goals with regard to recyclable materials (70%) and organic waste (60%) by the year 2025.

Policy direction 4 : Optimize existing recovery, recycling and reclamation initiatives to improve the quality and quantity of recycled materials.

Policy direction 5 : Identify revenue sources to finance the additional costs of setting up measures and infrastructure to meet the goals.

Policy direction 6 : Inform and make citizens aware of the importance of taking part in waste recovery initiatives.

Policy direction 7 : Promote the social acceptability of recycling and processing facilities in Greater Montréal.

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RECYCLE 70 %OF PAPIER, CARDBOARD,

PLASTIC, GLASS AND METAL WASTE


Measures Timetable

Measure 1 : Optimize the collection of recyclable materials. By December 31, 2017

Measure 2 : Provide services to the industrial, commercial and institutional sector when it produces recyclable materials similar in quantity and quality to those produced by the residential sector.

By December 31, 2017

Measure 3 : Set up clearly identified recycling bins in all municipal buildings and public areas where user numbers warrant.


Measure 4 : At least once a year, organize a recycling information and awareness campaign for all the CMM’s constituencies.

Starting January 1, 2016

Measure 5 : Make it illegal for any housing units served by curbside recycling to throw recyclables away with ordinary household trash.


Recyclable materials To increase the recycling rate from 59% to 70%, curbside recycling efforts must be optimized by determining the ideal format (small bins, rolling bins, bags, etc.) and collection frequency to adopt. Additional contributions could come from the industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) sector when it produces recyclable materials comparable in quality and quantity to what is collected from households (the types of paper, cardboard, plastic, glass and other materials already being collected).

Recyclable materials

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Measures Timetable

Measure 6 : Set up a curbside organic waste collection program for all buildings with eight housing units or less.

According to completion schedule for organic waste processing and recovery facilities

Measure 7 : Set up a curbside organic waste collection program for businesses in the industrial, commercial and institutional sector that produce waste similar in quantity and quality to household waste.


Measure 8 : Set up clearly identified organic waste recycling bins in all municipal buildings and public areas where user numbers warrant.


Measure 9 : At least once a year, organize an organic waste information and awareness campaign for all the CMM’s constituencies.


Measure 10 : Make it illegal for any housing units served by curbside composting to throw organic waste away with ordinary household trash.

According to schedule for implementing the government’s standards

Measure 11 : Implement measures to monitor the quantity, quality and purpose of outputs.


Measure 12 : Implement measures to ensure that septic tanks are emptied regularly.


Measure 13 : Send sludge to a recycling facility. By December 31, 2020

Organic waste The organic waste recovery rate grew from 8% in 2006 to 12% in 2012. The goal of Quebec’s new Policy is to recycle 60% of all organic waste (including sludge). In Greater Montréal, there are currently nine treatment facilities in the planning phase (5 in Montreal, 1 in Laval, 1 in Longueuil and 2 in the South Shore), representing a total investment of over $500 million. These facilities will be completed one by one from 2016 to 2022. The proposed organic waste measures are therefore dependent on the installation of these facilities.

Organic waste


Hazardous household waste,construction, renovation, demolition, and other types of waste With a recovery rate of 74% in 2008, the Quebec construction, renovation, and demolition (CRD) sector easily surpassed the goal it was set by the Quebec Residual Materials Management Policy, 1998-2008. However, certain types of waste are too often sent to landfill. Efforts will be needed to encourage the recycling of these materials; this would help achieve the goal of having 70% of this waste sorted at source or sent to a sorting centre. For this to happen, citizens and contractors must have access to sites devoted to salvaging CRD waste. Furthermore, within the CRD sector, municipalities must send the CRD waste generated by municipal buildings to sorting centres.

Measures Timetable

Measure 14 : Promote access to sites devoted to sorting and salvaging waste from the construction, renovation and demolition (CRD) sector.


Measure 15 : Send recyclable CRD waste from municipal buildings to be salvaged.


Measure 16 : Send recyclable bulky items to a recovery or recycling facility


Measure 17 : Provide a hazardous household waste service adapted to local needs (permanent depot or special collection).


Measure 18 : Make it illegal for all CMM constituencies to throw products covered by an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program away with ordinary trash.


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FUNDING FRAMEWORK In 2020 and 2025, the scenario without organic waste recovery would require a lower net municipal contribution than the scenario with organic waste recovery and recycling. In 2025, the difference between the two scenarios equals the projected additional cost of $55.6 million, as shown in the following table.

Projected change over time in the cost of services and activities, per household (in constant 2012 dollars)

2012 2015 2020 2025

External funding $48 $51 $50 $42

Compensation for collection services $28 $32 $35 $35

Redistribution of disposal fees $20 $19 $15 $7

Total costs $186 $192 $203 $205

Curbside collection of recyclables $39 $45 $49 $49

Collection and processing of organic waste $9 $21 $52 $74

Collection and processing of other recyclable materials $5 $12 $14 $14

Collection and disposal of household waste $108 $92 $71 $58

Collection and disposal of CRD and other types of waste $9 $8 $6 $5

Disposal fees $16 $14 $11 $5

Net municipal contributions $138 $141 $153 $163

Indexed by an annual growth rate of 3.8%, like that observed from 2006 to 2012 $265

Indexed by an annual growth rate of 1.9% (closer to the CPI rate) $208

Note: The amounts listed for waste collection and processing represent a metropolitan average. These numbers could vary significantly, both upwards and downwards, depending on the factors named in the beginning of this section.


Ways to optimize waste management services and costs

Various cost-effective options could help reduce the impact of additional costs. Given that collection, transport and processing costs vary widely throughout the CMM, each option must be analyzed at the local or regional level to assess its real impact.

Reduce the frequency of household waste collection.

Reduce the total number of pick-ups for all types of waste (recyclables, organic waste and household waste).

Reduce the volume of household waste collected by limiting the number of bags or garbage bins, using smaller garbage bins, or other restrictions.

Mechanize and automate waste collection operations by using rolling bins and garbage trucks with articulated arms.

Adopt a " co-collection " system whereby a single vehicle simultaneously collects two types of waste (organic waste and recyclables one week, then organic waste and household waste the following week). Though this is possible if garbage trucks with separate compartments are used, it also requires that processing sites (or depots) be located close together.

Award separate contracts for collection and processing activities.

Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of different management methods (force account, contract, etc.).

Charge waste collection user fees based on weight (per ton).

Set up waste processing facilities in the area.

Re-evaluate the size of the collection areas and the amount of work required. If need be, group areas together, divide them, stagger operations over several days or schedule them another way so as to optimize collection activities.

In the specifications of calls for tender, identify non-essential conditions and requirements that potential bidders could find too restrictive.

Institute pay-per-use garbage pick-ups.

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ConclusionIn accordance with the vision set forth in its brief entitled La gestion des matières résiduelles : un défi prioritaire pour la Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal [Waste management: A priority challenge for the CMM], the CMM is continuing its commitment to the principles of 3 Rand zero landfill. Thanks to the measures implemented in the PMGMR – 2006-2011, the quantity of waste generated per resident fell from 565 kg in 2006 to 524 kg in 2012, and the recycling rate rose to 59%. However, only 12% of organic waste is sent for composting

While the first PMGMR helped improve the recycling rate, the primary challenge of this proposed PMGMR will be organic waste recycling, which absolutely requires the start-up of biomethanation and composting facilities in Greater Montréal. With additional costs estimated at nearly $30 per year per household, organic waste management will require that citizens make a major effort to participate in the various collection programs made available to them.

Once the quantity of waste for disposal has been reduced to a minimum, the third PMGMR will focus on processing final waste. This next step will not only significantly reduce the environmental impact of managing waste in Greater Montréal, it will also help improve social and economic conditions in Quebec. However, it is difficult to provide a timeline for achieving the zero landfill objective set forth in Vision 2025.

As a leading stakeholder in Quebec waste management planning, the CMM, in close co-operation with its constituent municipal administrations, intends to pursue its efforts to meet the government’s goals. The goals, policy directions, measures and funding framework of its proposed PMGMR should enable the CMM to make a positive contribution to the Quebec Residual Materials Management Policy and its 2011-2015 Action Plan.

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Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal1002 Sherbrooke St. West, Suite 2400

Montréal, Québec H3A 3L6 Telephone: 514-350-2550

Fax: 514-350-2599

[email protected]

FOR MORE INFORMATION

The full version of the proposed PMGMR – 2015-2020 and information about the public consultation process

are available on the CMM Website at:

www.cmm.qc.ca

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