ERST 3080Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Compost, Environment And Climate Change Canada, Municipal Solid Waste

• School: Trent University
• Department: Environmental & Resource Studies
• Course: ERST 3080Y
• Professor: N/ A

Document Summary

Out of 17 (european) countries, canada produces the most waste (kg/capita) in 2009. We produced 777 kg/capita of musicipal waste in 2008 which is twice as much as japan. Environment canada is responsible for implementing national agreements aimed at the monitoring and control of trans-boundary movements & hazardous & non-hazardous wastes and recyclable material. Participate in ccme (canadian council of ministers of the environment) Main role in dealing with wastes in canada. Moecc (ministry of the environment and climate change) Oversee/regulates almost everything to do with municipal ic&i non-hazrdous and hazardous wastes. Prosecutions when environmental laws are being broken, take a long time and costly for the government. Ensure residential waste is collected & properly taken care of. Recycling and municipal waste deposits (may be required of the law) Changes in municipal role as government changes: funding and what is acceptable for municipalities to do (burning, banning), requirements for recycling, composting, etc.