The Leaky Land Blog

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 Forestell/Kingstonist. Richmond Landfill’s contamination problem resurfaced in the town of Napanee at this week’s council meeting on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Kingstonist Ian Munro, a long-time member of the Concerned Citizens Committee of Tyendinaga and Environs (CCCTE), made a deputation at the meeting to update Council on the state of the landfill site on Beechwood Road. Munro... 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

New revelations indicate greater contamination risk

January 8 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog

New revelations indicate increased contamination risks to the aquifers and headwaters of the Marysville Creek which flows through Tyendinaga Township and on... 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