This consultation was open from:
October 18, 2023
to December 2, 2023
Decision summary
We have approved a new Environmental Compliance Approval No. 2936-DHGLJZ for York1 Tiffin Recycling Ltd. for the construction and operation of a waste disposal site (processing) located within a 1.639 hectares total site area located at 529 Tiffin Street in the City of Barrie.
Location details
Site address
529 Tiffin Street
Barrie,
ON
Canada
Site location details
York1 Tiffin Recycling Facility
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The Recycling Depot GP Inc. as general partner for and on behalf of The Recycling Depot LP
5090 Commerce Boulevard, Suite 200
Mississauga,
ON
L4W 0B7
Canada
Decision details
A 1.639-hectares Waste Disposal Site (transfer/processing) to receive, temporarily store and process solid non-hazardous waste up-to a maximum of 3,000 tonnes per day and a maximum of 1,095,000 tonnes per year from the province of Ontario.
The waste disposal site comprises the following receipt, storage and processing areas:
Transfer/Processing Facility Building comprising the following:
- solid non-hazardous waste, destined for final disposal, receipt, temporary storage and loading areas
- single stream (mixed) recyclable waste receipt, temporary storage, processing and loading areas, with processing limited to sorting and baling or compaction
- single category (clean load) recyclable waste receipt, temporary storage and baling or compaction areas
- woodwaste receipt, temporary storage, processing and loading areas, with processing limited to chipping
- temporary storage area for baled waste
- residual waste storage area
- rejected waste storage area
- loading dock area
Excess Soil Processing Facility Building (britespan building) comprising the following:
- excess soil receipt and temporary storage area
- excess soil processing area, with processing limited to screening and bioremediation treatment of biodegradable contaminants, and blending, bulking and mixing of similar soils
- excess soil, destined for transfer off-site, area
The outdoor processes, working and storage areas and equipment, comprising the following:
- one weigh scale
- public drop off area for solid non-hazardous waste and mixed recyclable waste with roll-off bins for temporary storage
- outdoor tarping/untarping Area C for outdoor storage of solid non-hazardous waste destined for beneficial re-use off-site
- outdoor tarping/untarping Area D for outdoor storage of solid non-hazardous waste destined for beneficial re-use off-site
- waste loading areas
- future tarping/untarping outdoor 390-square metres storage area for outdoor storage of solid non-hazardous waste destined for beneficial re-use off-site; and
- future tarping/untarping outdoor 392-square metres storage area for outdoor storage of solid non-hazardous waste destined for beneficial re-use off-site
The owner is approved to undertake waste receipt and processing/management activities at the 24 hours per day, seven days per week, except on statutory holidays.
Effects of consultation
The comments received on the ERO are from the City of Barrie. The company has changed the design to address these comments.
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54 Cedar Pointe Dr
Unit 1201
Barrie,
ON
L4N 5R7
Canada
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from July 4, 2025 to begin the appeal process.
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Start the process to appeal
If you’re an Ontario resident, you can start the process to appeal this instrument decision.
First, you’ll need to seek leave (i.e. get permission) from the relevant appellate body to appeal the decision.
If the appellate body grants leave, the appeal itself will follow.
Seek leave to appeal
To seek leave to appeal, you need to do these three things:
- prepare your application
- provide notice to the minister
- mail your application to three parties
1. Prepare your application
You’ll need to prepare an application. You may wish to include the following things in your application:
- A document that includes:
- your name, phone number, fax number (if any), and/or email address
- the ERO number and ministry reference number (located on this page)
- a statement about whether you are a resident in Ontario
- your interest in the decision, and any facts you want taken into account in deciding whether you have an interest in the decision
- the parts of the instrument that you’re challenging
- whether the decision could result in significant harm to the environment
- the reason(s) why you believe that no reasonable person – having regard to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind – could have made the decision
- the grounds (facts) you’ll be using to appeal
- the outcome you’d like to see
- A copy of the instrument (approval, permit, order) that you you are seeking leave to appeal. You’ll find this in the decision notice on the Environmental Registry
- Copies of all supporting documents, facts and evidence that you’ll be using to appeal
What is considered
The appeal body will consider the following two questions in deciding whether to grant you leave to appeal:
- is there is good reason to believe that no reasonable person, with respect to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind, could have made the decision?
- could the decision you wish to appeal result in significant harm to the environment?
2. Provide your notice
You’ll need to provide notice to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks that you’re seeking leave to appeal.
In your notice, please include a brief description of the:
- decision that you wish to appeal
- grounds for granting leave to appeal
You can provide notice by email at minister.mecp@ontario.ca or by mail at:
College Park 5th Floor, 777 Bay St.
Toronto, ON
M7A 2J3
3. Mail your application
You’ll need to mail your application that you prepared in step #1 to each of these three parties:
- appellate body
- issuing authority (the ministry official who issued the instrument)
- proponent (the company or individual to whom the instrument was issued)
The Recycling Depot GP Inc. as general partner for and on behalf of The Recycling Depot LP
5090 Commerce Boulevard, Suite 200
Mississauga,
ON
L4W 0B7
Canada
Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
Include the following:
This is not legal advice. Please refer to the Environmental Bill of Rights for exact legal requirements. Consult a lawyer if you need help with the appeal process.
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Client Services and Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Original proposal
Proposal details
This application is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) for The Recycling Depot GP Inc. as general partner for, and on behalf of, The Recycling Depot LP, for the use and operation of a waste processing site to be used for the recycling, processing and transfer of solid non-hazardous waste generated from residential, industrial, institutional, and commercial sectors, including construction and demolition waste and excess soil for beneficial reuse.
The waste processing is limited to:
- stockpiling
- sorting
- segregation
- compaction
The soil processing is limited to:
- segregation
- blending
- treatment with additives
The site location is 529 Tiffin Street, Barrie, ON.
The proposed waste and soil recycling, processing and transfer facility has a maximum daily receiving rate of 3,000 tonnes of solid non-hazardous waste and excess soil for beneficial reuse per day and maximum storage limits of 930 tonnes of non-hazardous waste and 3,000 tonnes of excess soil indoors 1,170 tonnes of inert materials and wood waste storage outdoors.
The waste and soil recycling, processing and transfer site is to serve the Province of Ontario. The planned hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The proposal also includes the following:
- construction of a new processing/transfer building capable of indoor storage of all incoming mixed solid non-hazardous waste including putrescible waste/separated sorted organics and blue box recyclable materials and an office
- construction of a soil processing building/structure
- installation of a truck scale with a scale house
- addition of a public drop-off area
- construction of a swale and an engineered wetland for stormwater management
This proposal is for an ECA with Operational Flexibility with the following modifications allowed in the operational envelope:
- changes to the site configuration, including addition or relocation of scales, driveway, office building, gates, fencing or outdoor or indoor storage areas, modification of lighting or signage, altering stormwater drainage patterns, rearranging parking areas, addition, or relocation of fuel storage facilities, etc.
- modifications to the site’s operations and equipment, including but not limited to:
- installation of extra equipment such as balers, conveyors, separation equipment, grinders, etc. to mechanize the waste processing activities
- addition of storage bins to a public drop-off area
- repurposing or expansion of the waste tipping floor if it complies with municipal zoning by-laws and site plan agreement requirements
- addition and/or expansion of a new processing/transfer building
- addition of a mechanical shop building
The Environmental Compliance Approval with Operational Flexibility (waste), when issued, permits pre-determined modifications to the site’s operations without a requirement to make an application for amendment to the Environmental Compliance Approval (waste).
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Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from October 18, 2023
to December 2, 2023
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Client Services and Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Comments received
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