NCRD Solid Waste Management Plan Consultation Update
NCRD Solid Waste Management Plan Consultation Update
The North Coast Regional District (NCRD) has prepared a second draft update to its regional Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP). This plan provides a foundation for managing garbage and recyclables in the region over the next five to ten years. The primary goal is to reduce the amount of solid waste disposed at our landfills.
Throughout September, the NCRD will host open houses in Prince Rupert, Daajing Giids, and Masset and there is a survey provided on the NCRD website to provide input. The following are opportunities to have your say on how you want to see waste managed in the region.
Review the SWMP on the NCRD Website: | |
Fill out Survey #3 on the NCRD Website: | |
Provide feedback by email, mail or phone: | 14, 342 3rd Ave West, Pince Rupert, BC, V8J 1L5 250-624-2002, extension 8 |
Attend an Open House from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm: | Prince Rupert Crest Hotel – Sept. 25th Daajing Giids Community Hall – Sept. 27th Masset Howard Philips Community Hall – Sept 28th |
Look for a Pop-Up Booth at a local store in your community | |
NCRD staff and their consultant Sperling Hansen Associates will provide information to participants on the SWMP contents and proposed strategies at the events and address any questions and comments. Snacks and beverages will be provided. Participants will learn more about plans to improve communication with residents and businesses by hiring a waste reduction coordinator, compost organic waste, improve collection of recyclables in the region, change the operation of transfer stations, increase tipping fees to cover environmental upgrades at the landfills, focus on cost recovery for programs that do not cover operating costs, ensure businesses have access to services but are not subsidized, focus on moving large stockpiles of scrap metal and vehicles to processors, upgrade the septage receiving facility at the Skidegate Transfer Station, and consider changing ownership of the Prince Rupert Landfill to the NCRD.
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“We are going out one more time to communities in the region to get input on planned changes to our Solid Waste Management Plan so that residents and businesses are aware of how they will be affected by the planned strategies and their implementation over the next five to ten years. We want to hear from as many people as possible over the next few weeks so that we don’t miss something important, communities accept the changes, and we get this Plan right.” – Barry Pages, NCRD Chair
About the Solid Waste Management Plan Update
Updating the SWMP was identified as a high priority by the Board of Directors in its 2019-2022 NCRD Strategic Plan. The current SWMP was adopted for the region in 1996, and since then the region and its solid waste needs have changed.
The second Draft SWMP was developed with the assistance of a Public and Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) made up of 15 representatives plus two alternates from both the Haida Gwaii (Island Service Area) and the Mainland Service Areas and three NCRD staff members. The PTAC focused on conserving costly landfill space, making services more efficient and sustainable, keeping more things out of the landfills, complying with regulations and guidelines, and planning for future cost increases for solid waste management services.
The PTAC held seven meetings throughout 2021, 2022 and 2023 and reviewed four technical memoranda, which have been compiled into the second Draft SWMP that has been released for public consultation. Public consultation on the draft SWMP is ongoing until November, 2023.
The second Draft SWMP is available at www.ncrdbc.com/swmp
For more information on this news release contact Daniel Fish, Chief Administrative Officer for the North Coast Regional District at 250.624.2002, extension 8 or email cao@ncrdbc.com.
