Blog: The Long and Winding Road to Zero Waste

Blog posted by Richard D. Lindgren, Counsel on September 6, 2013 When I first joined CELA in the mid-1980s, an intense public policy debate was well underway in Ontario on what to do with the ever-increasing amount of municipal solid waste (MSW)…

Media Release: No Means No! Residents, Mohawks and Environmentalists Apply for Changes in Ontario’s Landfill Law

Media Release Toronto - Three participants in the long-standing fight against the Richmond Landfill near Napanee have formally applied to the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario to request key changes to provincial legislation governing the siting of waste disposal sites. The…

Media Release: Residents, Mohawks and Municipality Demand Withdrawal of Landfill Proposal near Napanee

Media Release Napanee - The Concerned Citizens, Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, and a local municipality are calling upon Waste Management of Canada Corporation to withdraw its controversial proposal to construct a mega-landfill beside the closed Richmond Landfill near…

Media Release: Residents File Legal Appeal Against Richmond Landfill Licence

Media Release Toronto - A group of local residents has filed its Notice of Appeal against seven conditions contained in the site licence for the massive Richmond Landfill located near Napanee, Ontario. In a strongly worded decision, Ontario’s Environmental Review…

Notice of Appeal – ERT CCCTE v. Director, Ministry of the Environment (Case no. 12-003)

Title: Notice of Appeal - ERT CCCTE v. Director, Ministry of the Environment (Case no. 12-003) Resource Type: Legal Submissions Content: Notice of Appeal - CCCTE v. MOE # of Pages: 8 Date authored: April 13, 2012 Publication number: 944…

Media Release: Environmental Review Tribunal Gives Green Light to Residents’ Appeal Against Amended Approval for Richmond Landfill Site

Media Release Toronto - Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal has granted the Concerned Citizens Committee of Tyendinaga and Environs (CCCTE) the right to appeal various conditions contained in the current site licence for the Richmond Landfill located near Napanee, Ontario. In…