Sludge Watch ==> Another Ontario Township Demands Province Control Paper Sludge

[maureen.reilly at sympatico.ca]

Sludgewatch Admin...
Yes..the Ontario Minister of the Environment asked best scientists and 
physicians she could find to review the research on paper sludge...and they 
told her it needs to be both composted and managed under a waste Certificate 
of Approval (permit) if it is to be released into the environment.

Instead..the Minister is allowing it to be used for dairy bedding and soil 
ammendment....

Since she isn't listening to the best minds in Province...just what voices 
is she listening to?

"Sludge....its not just for breakfast anymore"


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Subject: Malahide Resolution May 18, 2006.



Malahide Township Council met May 18, 2006, and passed the following 
Resolution:


WHEREAS the Experts Panel on Paper Fibre Bio-Solids (Sound Sorb) recommended 
a number of initiatives to the Minister Of Environment in February 2005 and 
action on these recommendations have yet to be taken, and

WHEREAS the Township of Malahide supported the recommendations of the 
Experts Panel, and

WHEREAS municipalities and environmental groups have been pressing the MOE 
to keep waste destined for further processing or blending into products such 
as Sound-Sorb and Nitro-Sorb under the regulator umbrella of the MOE 
throughout the transportation, processing, storage/stock piling and final 
resting site under a Certificate of Approval and under the provisions of the 
Nutrient Management Act.

THEREFORE be it resolved that the Township of Malahide calls on the MOE to 
implement the recommendations of the Experts Panel that these products be 
controlled by Ministry Certificates of Approval or other legal instruments 
to ensure protection of human health and the environment

Moved by Councilor M.Phillimore.

Seconded by : Councilor G.Cleminshaw

Carried  Unanimously.