Composting and recycling to be enhanced in Montreal

A new waste management plan has been unveiled in Montreal with the intention of reducing the amount of waste that ends up in landfill sites every year.

Gerald Tremblay, the mayor of Montreal disclosed at a press conference that the plan would cost two hundred million dollars and would take a decade to implement. There would be over forty measures in the plan all intended to help lower the amount of waste generated and raise the rate of recycling.

One of the measures to be taken include the building of more composting plants as well as raising the collection of organic waste. Independent reports indicate that about six million pounds will be spent on garden and lawn organic waste this year.

The city of Montreal would also introduce wheelie bins for the collection of recyclable waste. Besides increasing the number of recycling boxes there would be a trial run in small buildings of a new type of closed bin.

Alan De Sousa, an executive committee member who is responsible for economic development and the environment, disclosed that they would providing to members of the public facilities that would boost recycling by virtue of ease of use and user-friendliness.

Officials of the city of Montreal have revealed that the each member of the Montreal population generates approximately five hundred kilograms of waste annually and around seventy eight per cent of the combined waste ended up in landfill sites.

Alan De Sousa added that the Montreal administrated was dedicated to looking for solutions to deal with their waste problem.

Money for the project is expected to partly come from the provincial government.