Regular Board Meeting Minutes

September 11, 2019

B. Report from Provincial Blue Box Recycling Advisor

The General Manager referred to page 20 of the agenda package. On August 15, 2019, the report by Special Advisor, David Lindsay, was released to the public regarding Recycling and Plastic Waste.

The main highlights of Mr. Lindsay's report which will impact municipalities are as follows:

The General Manager also noted a chronological order of some other important dates:

2019 & 2020

Government consults and finalizes regulations that specify how the blue box will move to producer responsibility.

2020

Contract termination date of November 30, 2020 between the EWSWA and Windsor Disposal Services Ltd. (WDS) pertaining to the collection of blue boxes in the 7 County municipalities and the processing of all recyclables delivered from the City of Windsor and the County municipalities. Therefore, another contract will need to be executed with WDS or another service provider to cover the period December 1, 2020 until a producer transition date is determined.

Contract termination date of November 30, 2020 between the EWSWA and Windsor Disposal Services Ltd. (WDS) pertaining to the repairs and maintenance of equipment in the two EWSWA