Waste Management Plan Project. The goals are as follows:

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1 Waste Management Plan Project There is a lot at stake. The time has come for Gatineau to review its Waste Management Plan (RMMP) for 2016 to 2020 in order to meet the new objectives set by the Government of Quebec in its Residual Materials Management Policy. The goals are as follows: > Recycle 70% of recyclable materials; > Process 60% of organic putrescible waste (compostable materials and biosolids); > Recycle 70% of construction, renovation and demolition materials; and > Recycle or reclaim 80% of aggregates (concrete, sand, grit and gravel). As well, by 2020, the government will ban any of the following from going into landfills: > paper and cardboard; > compostable materials and biosolids; and > wood. Take a look inside to find out more about the public hearing.

2 What is a residual materials management plan? A residual materials management plan (RMMP) is a management tool that sets out the orientations, and the objectives and methods that will be used to achieve them. The RMMP concerns: > the residential sector; > the industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) sector, including the construction, renovation and demolition (CRD) industry; and > Ville de Gatineau as an organization. The last RMMP covered 2006 to 2010, and helped reduce by close to 30% the volume of residual materials sent to the landfill site. This reduction is attributed to the introduction of all-in-one recycling in 360-litre blue bins, the introduction of the collection of compostable materials, and the opening of ecocentres. Facts about residual materials in Gatineau 2013 Residential sector (Including Ville de Gatineau) 47% recovered 53,500 Residual materials generated 114,300 53% 60,800 1,800 of CRD 1 2 residues 2,600 of wood 5,000 of paper and cardboard 6,200 of recyclable materials 3 17,000 of compostable materials 28,200 of final waste Industrial, commercial and institutional sector 35% recovered 36,200 65% 67,700 4,700 of CRD 1 2 residues 11,900 of wood Residual materials generated 103,900 4,200 of paper and cardboard 7,700 of recyclable materials 3 22,500 of compostable materials 16,700 of final waste Construction, renovation and demolition industry 78% recovered 113,000 22% 32,400 4,700 of other CRD 1 2 residues CRD 1 residues 145,400 4,600 of asphalt shingles 5,500 of gypsum 12,000 of wood 5,600 of aggregates 1 Construction, renovation and demolition 2 Excluding wood 3 Excluding paper and cardboard

3 Proposed waste reduction measures In its RMMP project, Gatineau proposes a series of waste-reduction measures, some of which are listed below: Every Gatineau resident will help put an end to resource waste by: 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ Information, awareness and education > Provide personalized consulting services for responsible waste management. > Inform citizens about ways to reduce the amount of residual materials produced. Reduce and reuse > Implement a special curbside collection of used and bulk items for residents four times a year. > Provide financial, logistical and advertising support for initiatives promoting reuse, sharing and trading. Recyclables and compostables > Make regulatory amendments to encourage participation by residents in recyclable and compostable materials collection programs. > Require that residential unit occupants (including multiple unit dwellings) recycle and compost. > Establish a municipal pilot project in the industrial, commercial and institutional sector to collect recyclables and compostables. > Develop a policy on the management of residual materials and review municipal support for event organizers. Construction, renovation and demolition industry residues > Introduce regulatory amendments to require the sorting and recycling of construction, renovation and demolition residues, particularly wood residues, achieve the government s landfill ban objectives as of > Facilitate access to recovery services for these residues: - Accept them free of charge in ecocentres. - Introduce a special residential curbside collection to recover them four times a year. Final waste > Limit the maximum permitted volume of household waste to 120 litres per collection per residential unit. > Introduce tariff incentives to reduce the amount of household waste generated. > Conduct a comparative study of the treatment of final waste in the Outaouais and in the national capital region. Reducing at the source the amount of residual materials generated Maximizing the reuse, recycling and recovery of residual materials Avoiding reliance on landfill sites Aiming for a zero waste city

4 Attend one of the two information sessions Learn more about the proposed measures and the impact of the project on the residential collections service, the municipal tax for residual materials management and municipal by-laws. SEPTEMBER 28 SEPTEMBER 30 Monday, September 28, 2015 From 7 to 9 p.m. Maison du citoyen 25 rue Laurier, salle des Fêtes Wednesday, September 30, 2015 From 7 to 9 p.m. Centre sportif de Gatineau 850 boulevard de la Gappe, room 254 Share your thoughts: public hearing Anyone interested in presenting a brief at the public hearing must submit it by October 19, OCTOBER 28 Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 3 p.m. Maison du citoyen 25 rue Laurier, salle Jean-Despréz

5 Changes to residential collection The changes proposed to the municipal residual materials management service are indicated by the symbol ( ) in the following table. These changes would be phased in between 2017 and % Our waste reduction target in the residential sector for Type of collection Curbside Accepted Refused Household waste Maximum of one 120 litre load per collection Every two weeks > Provided by owner or by Gatineau (black bin) > Every two weeks > Provided by owner or by Gatineau (black bin) N/A > Recyclables > Household hazardous waste, tires, electronic products > Compostables > Bulk items CRD 1 residues Recyclables Mandatory No change > s, printed material and packaging > Paper, cardboard, plastic, glass and metal > Code 3 and 6 plastics > Compostables > Textiles > Flat glass, etc. Compostables > Mandatory (Biodegrable plastic bags are permitted) Weekly 80 to 120 litre brown bin provided by Gatineau > Food residues > Green residues > Other compostable materials > Diapers, sanitary pads > Textiles, etc. > Non compostable plastic bags Ecocentres Voluntary drop-off > 2 ecocentres (including a permanent one in the east end) > Reuse depots > Give residents access to a sorting centre or an ecocentre in the west end Free for residents CRD 1 residues (other than trash) > Sorted and unsorted CRD 1 residues > Household hazardous waste, electronic products > Reuse > Household waste (fee schedule) New collection Bulk items (Going for reuse or to the landfill) Special collection > Four times a year > In bulk (maximum volume to be determined) > Call for home collection (by OBNL under a reuse agreement with Gatineau) > Furniture > CRD 1 residues > Household appliances > Toys, tools > Household garbage bags New collection CRD 1 residues wood (Going to a CRD 1 residue sorting centre or for reuse) Special collection > Four times a year > In bulk (maximum volume to be determined) > Call for home collection (by OBNL under a reuse agreement with Gatineau) > CRD 1 residues: dry materials, wood, etc. > Metal > Gypsum > Household garbage bags 1 Construction, renovation and demolition Information For information about all of the proposed measures, consult the full document on the RMMP project (in French only) at gatineau.ca (keywords: consultation PGMR). Copies of the document are available for consultation at the library points of services and at the municipal service centres. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to call us at 311 or write us at pgmr@gatineau.ca. Prepared by the Service de communications de la Ville de Gatineau, September 2015.