The Leaky Land Blog

Concerned Citizens Oppose Leachate plan at Richmond Landfill

September 2 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog

The following article appeared in the Kingston Whig Standard on August 29, 2025 Concerned citizens oppose leachate plan at Richmond Landfill Author of the article: Meghan Balogh Published Aug 29, 2025  •  Last updated 3 days ago  •  5 minute read Article content NAPANEE — A group of concerned citizens that has been working to hold corporate giant Waste Management to account for decades is drawing attention to a new proposal for managing toxic runoff from its retired Richmond Landfill dump site in Napanee. The retired dump... Read more

Napanee Council learns that the environmental threat remains

June 22 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, Uncategorized

The Richmond Landfill site has been closed as a landfill since 2012, though WM still has office space there. Photo by Michelle Dorey... Read more

Citizens oppose WM application based on advice of expert hydrogeologist.

March 6 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog

Waste Management (WM) has applied to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) for approval of an updated Environmental... Read more

Leachate Release at WM Richmond Landfill

January 27 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, Uncategorized

On 20 January 2020, Waste Management (WM) issued a Notice to Residents describing a deliberate leachate release which occurred nearly a week... Read more

News

Garden Party, Book Launch & Fundraiser

August 29 | Posted by Jeff

There are a limited number of tickets available for the Garden Party,... Read more

Belleville Intelligencer Reports on Tribunal Decision

January 9 | Posted by Jeff

By Emily Mountney-Lessard, The Intelligencer Wednesday, January 6, 2016. An Environmental Review Tribunal has... Read more

Municipal Election: Where Do The Candidates Stand?

October 10 | Posted by Jeff

The Concerned Citizens have offered to meet and brief all local candidates... Read more

Stop Expansion Campaign in Municipal elections

October 7 | Posted by Heather

As the municipal elections approach The Concerned Citizens Committee are working to... Read more

Video

Neighbours of the Waste Management Dump in Oregon describe their experiences

January 5 | Posted by Jeff

The following videos may be of interest to anyone who is in the... Read more

Protecting Our Groundwater – Quinte Conservation

May 14 | Posted by Jeff

The video below is from Quinte Conservation and helps to explains why we... Read more

Why Leaky Land is a Really Bad Place to put a Mega-Dump

May 14 | Posted by Heather

Greater Napanee sits on fractured limestone bedrock. The rock is so full... Read more