If the province had guts...

Posted by Magda
Here's an interesting tidbit from a meeting of the organics selection committee this week.

Janet Laird said: "If the province had guts, they would select the best technology and tell us all to do it."

She added that the risk there is the possibility that the selected technology won't work properly.

But it's an interesting thought -- a provincial body could oversee composting around Ontario, commission building a plant for every 500,000 or so people, and pass laws that force municipalities to compost.

What do readers think? Is this too draconian? Do municipalities need the chance to figure things out for themselves? Or is it silly that each neighbouring city is figuring things out on its own, when we could all be working together?

Comments

[dsills]

Waste is a much more than just a local, municipal problem. If it wasn't, Toronto would not own a landfill in the London area.

The province must step up on this issue and coordinate, but they know that what they will need to do will likely not be popular with the majority of voters.

Janet Laird is bang on.