Otter Lake Waste Facility
Otter Lake Waste Management Facility is a waste management facility in Otter Lake, Nova Scotia, a community of the Halifax Regional Municipality. The facility was built by the Halifax Regional Municipality in the 1990s to replace an outdated solid waste disposal site in Upper Sackville, Nova Scotia.[1][2][3][4][5]
History
Built in 1996 after years of planning, the facility was one of the first large projects to be completed in the newly-formed Halifax Regional Municipality. The site was designed to last about 66 years and turned in part of the Western Commons Wilderness park area.[6]
Facility
The site is on 190-acres of land that is a major role in HRM's integrated waste/recourse management strategy which requires several important conditions about materials that can be placed in the site: hazardous waste, recyclable material and unstabilized organic material. The site features a front end processor (FEP) which will sort out unwanted materials.[1] It is located off exit 3 of Nova Scotia Highway 103.
References
- 1 2 "Otter Lake Waste Facility". Municipal Group of Companies. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "Otter Lake Waste Processing & Disposal Facility". Halifax Regional Municipality. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1326578-otter-lake-landfill-operator-gets-new-contract
- ↑ http://www.stantec.com/our-work/projects/canada-projects/o/otter-lake-landfill.html
- ↑ Littlefair-Wallace, Sam (28 November 2013). "Halifax's garbage wars". The Coast. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ↑ "Western Common Wilderness Common Master Plan". Halifax Regional Municipality. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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Coordinates: 44°37′04″N 63°44′15″W / 44.617910°N 63.737525°W