The Government of Newfoundland & Labrador outlined it’s vision of a modern solid waste disposal system in the 2002 Provincial Waste Management Strategy, and delivered on this promise in 2007 with the $200 million Implementation Fund. With fifteen regions identified across the province, each region is responsible for implementing the strategy and is eligible for100% funding from the Government of Newfoundland & Labrador and MMSB, or MultiMaterial Stewardship Board.
The MMSB is a crown corporation reporting to the Minister of Environment & Conservation. Established in 1996 to develop, implement and manage waste diversion and recycling programs on a province wide basis for specific waste streams as determined by the government. It’s mandate has grown to include supporting the implementation of the Provincial Waste Management Strategy through the administration of the Waste Management Trust Fund, and development and delivery of waste diversion techniquess...
In 2009 the Bonavista Peninsula Regional Waste Management Committee, with funding from the MMSB commissioned a study that would evaluate current practises of waste disposal on the Bonavista Peninsula and to make recommendations as to measures needed to meet the provincial goal of full implementation by 2020.
The reports recommendation was the consolidation of ten sites currently in operation on the peninsula into three sub-regional sites and the decommissioning of three incinerators. Sites determined to have capacity for increased volumes of waste resulting due to consolidation were Bonavista, Lethbridge & Port Blandford. Costs of infrastructure required to accommodate increased volumes of waste will be 100% funded by the Government of Newfoundland & Labrador’s Implementation Fund, thus ensuring municipalities are not burdened with excessive debt. Consolidation will result in closures of sites in King’s Cove, Newmans Cove, Trinity Bay North, Port Rexton, Charleston, Jamestown & Musgravetown.
It is expected that full consolidation of Subregion 1 (Bonavista) will be completed by the Fall of 2011, and will service the communities currently serviced by King's Cove, Five Coves and Trinity Bay North Sites. Sites that become non-operational as a result of consolidation will have access restricted and signage posted declaring site closed and location of new waste disposal site. Sites will be subject to environmental review, and then remediated back to a natural state.
