Solid Waste Management Plan - Alberni - Clayoquot Regional District

Solid Waste Management Plandraft for discussiondiversion option. Other potential disposal bans include wood waste and commercially generatedfood waste.Enforcement of the bans would phased in starting with advanced notice of upcoming bans, thennotices (rather than financial penalties) for the first months of the ban’s implementation, andeventually implementing full-scale financial penalties (e.g. full scale penalties that could be doublethe tipping fees for loads containing banned materials) 13 .Implementation by:ACRDNew Diversion Potential: 15%Start Up: 2009Staffing Implications:2 months of an FTE in 2008 and 2009. One month per year insubsequent yearsCosts:Stakeholder Meetings and StaffTrainingDisposal Bans Capital Operating($100 each for refreshments) $800Promotion and Education Mailer to generators $1,500Newspaper advertising $2,000Media materials (press release, briefing kit,web notice)Flyers for retailers & ACRD solid wastefacilities$700$500On-going printing of promotional materials $500Stakeholder Support Materials (e.g., binstickers)$1,000Infraction Notices Printing $800 $200Equipment (e.g. digital cameras) $1,000Total $8,300 $7007.3.2 Tourism CampaignDue to the large volume of visitors to the region, promotion and education materials directedtowards informing and encouraging proper waste management behaviours by visitors will bedeveloped in consultation with the tourism associations. These materials would be intended for usein hotels, bed and breakfasts, campgrounds and other tourist accommodations.13 Double tipping fees are applied to loads containing banned materials at Regional District of Nanaimo andCowichan Valley Regional District disposal facilities. Following the same protocol in the ACRD would providegreater consistency in waste management policies the central island area.(60717-DRF-RPT-07 Oct 04.doc) 7-7