Waste Management

117 Wentworth Court,

Brampton, ON, L6T 5L4

Attn: Don Wright

Don,

The Concerned Citizens are calling for Waste Management (WM) to immediately and permanently withdraw its Beechwood Road landfill application (BREC).

With respect to the Richmond Landfill, all parties including WM and the MOE agree:

            – the dump is leaking off-site

            – the groundwater is affected

            – neighbouring wells are impacted

            – no-one knows how far the leak is going and where it will stop

            – it is very difficult to monitor this site and contain the leaks

- we are now in a contingency situation and WM has presented no solutions to stop this contamination beyond buying land and water rights.

We note that the MOE rejected the last EA with far less being known about this site.  There is no way that the MOE could approve the BREC landfill given the known problems from the Richmond site.   If WM were to withdraw and discontinue its BREC proposal, this would allow WM, the MOE, and all of us to focus on cleaning up the Richmond Landfill.  We would save all parties countless dollars that would be wasted in continuing the EA process for an un-approvable landfill.  Most importantly, this is the right thing to do.

In walking away from the BREC, WM would go a long way in illustrating that it is the good responsible green corporate citizen that it claims to be.

We look forward to your reply to this request.

Regards,

Mike

Mike Bossio,

Chair, CCCTE

Tags: BREC Waste Management Corp