The Municipality of Wawa's considering reduced hours at the local landfill.
Infrastructure Services Assistant Director Rebecca Weatherall explains she presented Wawa Municipal Council with a report looking at landfill service at about twenty other communities.
While Weatherall outlined a few options - such as reducing hours and potentially closing on more days, as Wawa's landfill is open more hours and days than most of the others - she says that's just up for consideration.
The report coincided with a presentation on a possible option to help cut down on waste going to the landfill: a delegation from Food Cycle Science discussed the possibility of a pilot project wherein at least 50 households would purchase their "FoodCycler" at a discounted rate - partly subsidized by the Municipality - then track their use of the machine, which Council was told reduces food waste by about 90%, converting it to nutrient-rich soil that could be used in gardens in just a few hours, potentially reducing food waste going to the landfill, which can create harmful methane gas, attract nuisance animals, and simply take up needed space for other household waste - Council was told to take the presentation as information, and reach out through staff in the future, if interested, with Mayor Melanie Pilon expressing some interest, noting Dubreuilville as another community that has tried it out, though Council did not vote or give staff any direction in the meeting.