Update Announcement
This proposal notice has been updated on August 8, 2025, to advise the public that this file/application is still under active review. The original proposal date and comment period have not been altered.
This consultation was open from:
November 23, 2023
to January 7, 2024
Decision summary
We have approved an amended Environmental Compliance Approval No. A210328 for Waste Management of Canada Corporation for the construction and operation of a Waste Disposal Site (processing) located within a 2 hectares total site area located at 260 New Toronto Street in the City Toronto, Ontario.
Location details
Site address
260 New Toronto Street
Toronto,
ON
Canada
Site location map
The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
Waste Management of Canada Corporation
117 Wentworth Court
Brampton,
ON
L6T 5L4
Canada
Decision details
A 2-hectare Waste Disposal Site (transfer/processing) to receive, temporarily store and process up-to a maximum of:
Transfer/Processing Facility:
- 1,000 tonnes per day of solid non-hazardous waste for final disposal
- 650 tonnes per day of leaf and yard waste and single category (clean load) recyclable waste
- 1,300 tonnes per day of single source (mixed) recyclable waste
- COReR Organics Processing Facility
- 400 tonnes per day of solid food waste (solid organic waste)
- 50,000 litres per day of liquid organic waste (complementary organic liquids waste); and
- with all organic waste derived from plants or animals, listed in condition 3.1(2) of this approval, from residential (domestic), industrial, commercial and institutional sources and all readily biodegradable
The Waste Disposal Site comprises the following:
- receipt
- storage, and
- processing areas
Transfer/Processing building comprising the following:
- existing processes, working and storage areas and equipment:
- single stream (mixed) recyclable waste receipt and temporary storage area
- leaf and yard waste receipt and temporary storage area
- single stream (mixed) recyclable waste processing area with processing limited to mechanical sorting and baling or compaction into a trailer) area
- woodwaste receipt, temporary storage and processing (chipping) area
- solid non-hazardous waste destined for final disposal receipt and temporary storage area and loading area
- single category (clean load) recyclable waste receipt, temporary storage and baling or compaction into a trailer area
- bales temporary storage area
- residual waste storage area
- loading dock area; and
- new processes, working and storage areas and equipment
COReR organics processing facility, including:
- solid organic waste tipping floor
- one waste feed hopper
- two bio-separators
- one residue press
- one complementary organic liquids tank, and
- three Engineered Bioslurry Product tanks and bin and tote washing and storage area
The following outdoor processes, working and storage areas and equipment:
- two weigh scales
- clean bins storage area
- loading area; and
- public drop bin for solid non-hazardous waste and mixed recyclable waste
The site is approved to receive, manage and ship waste from the site, 24 hours per day, seven days per week, subject to the following limitations:
- the owner shall receive the incoming waste at the site, and ship the waste, including the processed waste from the site as follows:
- 90% of the overall truck traffic between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Monday through Sunday; and
- 10% of the overall of truck traffic between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Monday through Sunday
A minimum of three months prior to the first receipt of the Organic Waste at the site, the owner shall develop and start using an electronic tracking system to confirm compliance with the truck traffic restrictions and the owner shall ensure that the operating hours of the site comply with all applicable municipal by-laws or other municipal restrictions.
Effects of consultation
The Ministry received 17 comments through neighbour notification public consultation process. The received in-scope comments included the following concerns: general impacts and pollution, odours, noise, rats and rodents, spills, litter and impacts from loose paneling in building's walls and the open doors.
The concerns were addressed as follows:
General impacts and pollution: the emissions from the facility have been considered by the air reviewer for this proposal and appropriate conditions have been included in the air/noise ECA. The organics processing area will be equipped with the ventilation system that will maintain negative pressure in the area and the emissions will be directed to the air pollution control equipment.
Odours: the design of the organics processing area includes the ventilation system and the air pollution control equipment. The system design and its operational requirements have been considered by the air reviewer for this proposal and appropriate conditions have been included in the air/noise ECA and in the Waste Disposal Site ECA.
Noise: noise emissions and any applicable mitigation measures have been considered by the noise reviewer for this proposal and applicable conditions have been included in the air/noise ECA.
Rats and rodents: the Waste Disposal Site ECA includes conditions that require daily inspections to be carried out at the site for checking for presence of rodents and and if needed, implement the necessary control measures. If that is ineffective, the owner is required to hire a qualified, licensed professional to deal with the rodents.
Spills on the site: the liquid waste received, processed and stored at the site will be located inside the building limiting the risk of spills outdoors. Furthermore, the Waste Disposal Site ECA requires spill containment around the storage tanks within the building and preparation for handling of spills at the site.
Loose paneling in building's walls: the air/noise ECA requires negative pressure in the organics processing areas, therefore to prevent odourous air leaking from the building, the owner is required to do building leak testing and fix the leak locations before the organic waste can be received at the site.
Litter: the Waste Disposal Site ECA includes condition 9.3(1) that requires the owner to pick up the litter at the site, as required, to prevent it's escape from the site.
Open doors: the air/noise ECA that focuses on odour controls includes condition 2.2.g to require all doors in the fully enclosed process building to be kept closed at all times, except during shipping and/or receiving, and for operational/maintenance purposes, and doors to be monitored with a timer that is logged.
Supporting materials
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Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.
5775 Yonge Street
Floor 9
Toronto,
ON
M2M 4J1
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 August 11, 2025 to begin the appeal process.
Carefully review the information below to learn more about 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)
Waste Management of Canada Corporation
117 Wentworth Court
Brampton,
ON
L6T 5L4
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 proposal is to amend ECA No. A210328 (waste disposal site) to include waste management core organics processing operations at the New Toronto facility (located at 260 New Toronto Street) with the addition of solid-non-hazardous waste streams for fats, oils, greases (FOG), complimentary liquids, packaged food waste and source-separated organics.
The processed core product will be received by a ministry approved facility for re-use.
The maximum amount of processed/unprocessed and residual material to be stored on-site at any one time shall not exceed:
- 5,500 tonnes (waste, recyclables, source-separated organics, soil)
- 1,570,000 litres (liquid waste, sludges and organics)
The hours of operation are 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
The facility serves the Province of Ontario.
Supporting materials
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Some supporting materials may not be available online. If this is the case, you can request to view the materials in person.
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 November 23, 2023
to January 7, 2024
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Contact
Client Services and Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Comments received
Through the registry
0By email
17By mail
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