Rankin InletSA国际影视传媒檚 landfill site, like so many others in Nunavut, is long past its best-before date and there is still no relief in sight.
And, for all the talk of the benefits of recycling programs these days, there doesnSA国际影视传媒檛 seem to be anything in the communitySA国际影视传媒檚 pipeline on that front either.
The Government of Nunavut (GN) ended two three-year pilot recycling programs in Rankin Inlet and Iqaluit in December of 2010, citing costs associated with the program being entirely too high.
At the time, the GN determined it would cost $18 million to continue and expand the program in Nunavut, as well as an additional $750,000 per year in costs associated with operations and maintenance.
Hamlet Coun. Mike Shouldice has been keeping the faith on that front, however. He still sees recycling as more than worthwhile and hopes to one day see programs return to Rankin.
SA国际影视传媒淲hile there are no hot topics of discussion currently taking place over recycling programs, nobody at the hamlet would disagree that the topic is important,SA国际影视传媒� said Shouldice.
SA国际影视传媒淲eSA国际影视传媒檝e done can crushing and 45-gallon-barrel crushing in the past.
SA国际影视传媒淔or us, during the past two or three years, maybe more, Agnico Eagle has brought its expertise up to our dump to help us with things like organizing, getting rid of and shipping stuff out.
SA国际影视传媒淚 would imagine weSA国际影视传媒檒l see some some sort of rebirth of some of our former projects somewhere in the future. At least I hope we will.SA国际影视传媒�
Senior administrative officer Darren Flynn said he canSA国际影视传媒檛 speculate on anything in particular, but the hamlet is still looking at a solution to the communitySA国际影视传媒檚 ongoing landfill nightmare.
He said the hamlet is determined to look at the problem responsibly and try to be good stewards of the environment.
SA国际影视传媒淲hatever we do going forward, itSA国际影视传媒檚 going to have to have some kind of a recycling component to it,SA国际影视传媒� said Flynn.
SA国际影视传媒淲hat will that look like? ItSA国际影视传媒檚 a little too early for me to say.SA国际影视传媒�
Flynn said the hamlet is waiting on a finalized plan from its partners at the Department of Community and Government Services.
He said the hamlet is looking for a long-term solution to the problem.
SA国际影视传媒淚SA国际影视传媒檇 say the hamlet has done a pretty good job, all things considered. The replacement facility was built in 2002 and, here we are 22 years later, still making the existing facility work, while the other one was never allowed to be used. That speaks volumes as to what the council and our crews have done to stretch this thing as far as we can.
SA国际影视传媒淭he supposed new landfill was never allowed to be put into operation due to something called an AZR (airport zoning restriction) that got implemented and the new facility fell just within its 4 km restriction area.
SA国际影视传媒淚n those 22 years that have lapsed since, the municipality has still been able to, somehow, get everything into that landfill. And itSA国际影视传媒檚 done so with the added pressure of a growing community.
SA国际影视传媒淪o, the community has shown some really good practices on making this thing stretch out, but whatever gets resolved as the final solution for the next step, itSA国际影视传媒檚 going to have to have something more substantial than just compacting and crushing.SA国际影视传媒�
