Fact Sheet

WM initiated the proposed expansion of the Warwick landfill site in 1998 because of its location within southwestern Ontario and its disposal capacity for the company's municipal and private sector customers.

WM is proposing to build an environmentally safe, multi-purpose waste management facility. It will include recycling and composting operations, and a modern landfill. Plans for the landfill include capturing the landfill gas and turning it into energy.

The expansion will create additional landfill capacity of up to 750,000 tonnes per year for approximately 25 years, accepting solid, non-hazardous waste from residential, industrial, commercial and institutional customers in southwestern and central Ontario.

The expanded site would be created south and west of the existing site on lands owned by Waste Management for a total of 110 hectares. It would be similar in size and scale to many of the new landfills currently in operation or being built in Ontario, as well as across North America.

The site will employ up to 30 employees and 25 contractors during regular operation with up to an additional 25 contractors during construction as the landfill is developed in phases every two years.