Eastern Shore and Vicinity: Engagement Session 1

The first Eastern Shore event took place on Thursday, October 3rd at the Lake & Shore community recreation centre in Porters Lake. The follow up event for this region will be held in 3 weeks time, at the same location on October 23rd.


The first Eastern Shore event took place on Thursday, October 3rd at the Lake & Shore community recreation centre in Porters Lake. The follow up event for this region will be held in 3 weeks time, at the same location on October 23rd.

Event Overview & Key Themes

The bullet points below reflect the key comments, questions and themes we heard at the engagement session. The conversation was structured around the following questions:

  1. What do you appreciate most about the way we handle our trash in HRM?
  2. What is most important to you as we evolve our waste system?
  3. What values and principles should guide our future decisions?

Conversation Summary

“What do you appreciate most about the way we handle our trash in HRM?”

? Look to other places when improving the system

? Proud of the system

? The way the system is currently working

? Exporting expertise

? Citizen design

? FEP and WSF

? Large item picked up at the curb

? No smelly landfill

? Recycle, compost and diversion

? Compost and organics dont go to the landfill

? Household hazardous waste facility

? World class leader

 

“What is most important to you as we evolve our waste system?”

? Residents are paying for green carts tax dollars

? Campus model trucks will fill too fast

? Clear bags

? Protection of the environment

? Dont save pennies by taking things away instead of growing the system

? Lack of trust - betrayal

? Only 10 years left at Otter Lake - Find new Landfill

? Stantec - whats their background?

? Limit on bags

? Cost recovery?

 

“What principles should guide our future decisions?”

*Please note that the below is transcribed directly from post-it notes collected at the engagement session.

Honor the Contract. 

? Honor the agreements

? Honor existing agreements

? Honor agreement keep public trust

 

Education, Source Separation and Diversion

? Enhance source separation

? Concentrate on more source separation

? Improve source separation

 

Environmental Protection

? Protection of environment and community

? Future decisions need to be guided by environmental security current and future

 

Community Protection

? Respect Otter Lake community

? Community must be partners. We must all work together for the success. We all live here and should do it together

 

Original Principles

? Stick to original principles non campus, non direct dump

? Keep what we have and make it better take nothing away

 

Keep the FEP and WSF

? Leave the FEP and WSF in place they perform an important process

 

Get on with site selection

? Find a new landfill site


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