{"id":1576,"date":"2023-07-07T15:55:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T19:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.otterlakecmc.ca\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2023-07-07T19:37:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T23:37:56","slug":"compliance-a-work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otterlakecmc.ca\/?p=1576","title":{"rendered":"Compliance: a Work in Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"Compliance Plan Overview, a presentation by Andrew Philopoulos, HRM\u2019s Director of Solid Waste Resources was given at the July 6, 2023 meeting of the CMC. The document reviews HRM\u2019s plan to meet the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Climate Change\u2019s performance target for the percentage of organic waste in the Otter Lake Landfill. The performance target formed part of the March 22, 2022 conditional revised approval granted to HRM, the owner of the landfill, and Mirror Nova Scotia, the operator, to deactivate the Front End Processor and the Waste Stabilization Facility at Otter Lake. Under the revised approval, \u201c Compostable waste shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of total amount of municipal solid waste landfilled, by mass.\u201d No timeline was mentioned in the department\u2019s document for achieving the goal.\u00a0\u00a0 [\u00a0download pdf<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Compliance Plan Overview, a presentation by Andrew Philopoulos, HRM\u2019s Director of Solid Waste Resources was given at the July 6, 2023 meeting of the CMC. 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