Waste Management Industry Survey: Business Sector, 2014

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General information

Purpose

This survey collects information that will help Canadians understand the contributions made by waste management industry to Canada's economy and environment.

Additional information

The results will assist businesses in the industry as well as public policy makers to make sound decisions based on data that apply specifically to the waste management industry. Statistics Canada is also conducting a survey of government sector waste management for 2012. Together these surveys will provide a comprehensive picture of waste management in Canada. Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes, in conformity with its mandate.

Authority

This information is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19. COMPLETION OF THIS QUESTIONNAIRE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT UNDER THE STATISTICS ACT.

Confidentiality

The Statistics Act protects the confidentiality of information collected by Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use this information from this survey for statistical purposes.

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial and territorial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon.

The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician and returning it with the completed questionnaire. Please specify the organizations with which you do not want to share your data.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agencies of Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Record linkage

To enhance the data from this survey, Statistics Canada may combine it with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Security of emails and faxes

Statistics Canada advises you that there could be a risk of disclosure during the transmission of information by facsimile or e-mail. However, upon receipt, Statistics Canada will provide the guaranteed level of protection afforded all information collected under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Return procedures

Please return this questionnaire within 30 days of receipt.
If you are unable to do so, kindly inform our office of the expected completion date.

Assistance

If you require assistance in completing this questionnaire or if you have any questions or comments regarding this survey, please contact:
Statistics Canada
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6
Telephone (toll-free): 1-866-445-4323
E-mail: enviro-waste-bus@statcan.gc.ca
In all correspondence concerning this questionnaire, please quote the identification number that appears on the address label.

Reporting instructions

IMPORTANT:
Please refer to the definitions in this questionnaire before answering. If your response for an item is zero, please write "0" in the corresponding box rather than leaving the cell blank. Where a response in dollars is requested, please answer in Canadian dollars.

Introduction

Waste statistics are important sets of information used to determine public policy and environmental practices. The Environment Accounts and Statistics Division of Statistics Canada plays a significant role in developing environmental statistics for Canada. One of the Division's objectives is to develop a complete set of statistics on the physical and financial dimensions of the management of waste.

What is waste?

There have been several definitions of waste proposed in recent years. One common thread among these definitions is the concept that waste is a material that is unwanted by its producer. The unwanted materials may be by-products of a production process - fly ash from a furnace, for example. Alternatively they might be products, the inherent value of which has been consumed from the perspective of the current holder - for example, a newspaper that has been read, a package that has been opened and emptied of its contents or an apple eaten to the core are all similar insofar as they have lost their original inherent value from the consumers perspective.

If these materials lose this inherent value to such a degree that permanent disposal is the most viable option or perhaps the only available option, then a waste services provider acts as an agent that relieves the generator of the waste of the burden of disposal.

However, the material may have value from the perspective of someone else - the newspaper can be used as an input at a pulp and paper plant or the apple can be used by a composting facility - thus a waste services provider may divert such a material from the waste stream. Value is reintroduced to the material through a process that treats the material in such a way as to enable it to be reintroduced back into the market place as a valuable good. For example, the newspaper may be collected and taken to a Material Recycling Facility (MRF) where it is sorted from other items, bundled and compacted - thus preparing it in such a fashion that it is marketable (valuable) to a buyer such as a pulp and paper mill.

Estimating sources of waste (garbage), recyclables and organic materials

It is acknowledged that it is often very difficult to track the quantities of waste and recyclable materials by source unless the business or local government collects or prepares materials from only one source (e.g., a firm that collects waste only from IC&I sources).

In this survey, you are being asked to estimate the proportion of materials by source of material at three points (if applicable and known): at the facility where organic material is processed, at the facility where recyclables are prepared and at disposal. If you engage in one or more of these activities, you will be asked to estimate the proportion of waste, recyclable or organic materials from residential, non-residential and construction and demolition sources. While it is recognized that such estimates may be difficult to make, you are asked to be as accurate as possible.

What is the waste management industry?

The Canadian waste management industry embodies two inter-related elements - governments and other public organisations that provide or make provision for waste management services and private firms that supply these services. To supply the information needed to depict these two elements, two survey vehicles are utilised. One is the Waste Management Industry: Business Sector Survey and the other is the Waste Management Industry: Government Sector Survey. Both of these surveys gather financial and human resource (e.g., revenues, expenditures, employment) and physical information (e.g., quantities of different types of waste disposed of or recycled) about the waste management industry.

For the purposes of these surveys, the waste management industry broadly includes all firms and public bodies operating in Canada that provide the services of collection, transportation, diversion, treatment or disposal of waste or recyclable materials. The majority of the establishment's revenue will come from provision of these services. To further define these broad activities:

» Waste, recyclable and organic materials collection methods are curbside collection, back door pick-ups, and automated collection. The waste, recyclable or organic materials may be taken to an intermediate site or to a final disposal site.

» Waste diversion includes any physical transformation of materials in preparation for recycling or reuse. Such activities include sorting, cleaning, and volume reduction as well as composting and anaerobic digestion.

» Waste disposal facilities include landfills and incinerators/energy from waste facilities

Please exclude:

» Wastes that are associated with primary resource extraction or harvesting (e.g. farm manure, fish waste from fish processing, market garden waste, orchard and urban forest tree prunings, mine or mill tailings)

» Conventional air pollutants

» Liquid effluents from processing or manufacturing sites

» Any materials used as landfill cover

» Clean or contaminated soil including soil used as landfill cover

» Industrial sludge

» Gravel and rocks

» By-products generically referred to as nuclear wastes

» Oil field waste

» Waste from portable toilets

This is consistent with the definition of waste used by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment.

Definitions

Agricultural waste
All waste materials produced as a result of agricultural activities, including, for example, residues from the application of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and other chemicals, wastewater, bedding material, etc.

Anaerobic digestion
A series of processes in which microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen.

Bioreactor landfill
A landfill where water and air are circulated into a specifically designed landfill in order to cause accelerated biological decomposition of waste material.

Biosolids
Includes solid or semisolid material obtained from treated wastewater.

Bottom ash
The residue ash that remains after the incineration of a waste material.

Clean fill
Uncontaminated inert solid material including soil, rock, stone, dredged material, used asphalt, and brick, block or concrete. The soil is considered 'clean' because it has not been contaminated or affected, for example by a spill or release of toxic materials.

Composting
Composting is an aerobic biological treatment process used most frequently in Canada at this time for management of biodegradable waste such as leaf and yard waste or food wastes. See also anaerobic digestion.

Contaminated soil
Soils containing materials that, by their nature, require controlled disposal.

Electronics
Electronics are items that function through the use of electricity and/or batteries. Also included are items that have a circuit board but do not necessarily require electricity from an outlet (such as telecommunication equipment). Examples are personal computers, laptops, monitors, peripheral devices (printers, scanners, etc.), telephones, cell phones, facsimile machines, stereos, portable music players and children's toys containing electronic components.

Energy from waste (EFW)
EFW refers to any waste treatment that creates energy in the form of electricity or heat from a waste source. Most EFW processes produce electricity directly through combustion, or produce a combustible fuel commodity, such as methane, methanol, ethanol or synthetic fuels.

Ferrous metals
These are metals which contain iron. They may have small amounts of other metals or other elements added, to yield specific properties. All ferrous metals are magnetic and give little resistance to corrosion. Steel is an example of a ferrous metal. The recycling of ferrous metals include but is not limited to the processing of tin/steel cans, strapping, as well as the extraction of metals from appliances.

Food waste
Includes food wastes and food scraps from households and non-residential sources such as grocery stores, restaurants, etc., destined for composting or anaerobic digestion.

Forestry waste
The debris or leftover waste from the management of forests. This would include trees, stumps, branches, etc., that were discarded.

Gasification
A process, in the context of waste, that uses heat, pressure and steam to convert materials directly into a combustible gas.

Hazardous waste
Includes materials or substances that given their corrosive, inflammable, infectious, reactive and toxic characteristics, may present a real or potential harm to human health or the environment. Due to their hazardous nature they require special handling, storing, transportation, treatment and disposal as specified by the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (1985), The Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1988), The Basel Convention (1989), or the Export and Import of Hazardous Waste Regulations (1992).

Household hazardous/special waste (HHW)
Materials generated by residential households that cannot be collected in standard residential recycling programs and present a risk to municipal waste management systems because of their hazardous and/or toxic nature. This includes solid or liquid materials, or containers holding gases which have outlived their usefulness. This waste may be flammable, corrosive, explosive or toxic and therefore should not be disposed in landfills or sewage systems.

Incineration/thermal treatment
Incineration, in the context of waste, refers to the burning of waste. Incineration of waste materials converts the waste into incinerator bottom ash, flue gases, particulates, and heat, which can in turn be used to generate electric power. Most jurisdictions in Canada consider incineration to be disposal.

Industrial, commercial and institutional IC&I waste, non-residential IC&I Waste (Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional) is the waste generated by all non-residential sources in a municipality, and is excluded from the residential waste stream. This includes:

» Industrial waste, which is generated by manufacturing, and primary and secondary industries, and is managed off-site from the manufacturing operation. It is generally picked up under contract by the private sector;

» Commercial waste is generated by commercial operations such as shopping centres, offices, etc. Some commercial waste (from small street-front stores, etc.) may be picked up by the municipal collection system along with the residential waste;

» Institutional waste is generated by institutional facilities such as schools, hospitals, government facilities, senior homes, universities, etc. This waste is generally picked up under contract with the private sector.

Landfill
A site, on land, that is used primarily for the disposal of waste materials. The contents of landfills can include garbage which is not processed, and also residual material from processing operations (e.g., MRF residues, incinerator ash, organic processing residues).

Leaf and yard waste
Includes any waste collected from a yard or garden such as leaves, grass clippings, plants, tree trimmings and branches.

Material Recycling Facility (MRF)
A facility where materials that are collected for recycling are prepared or processed. The preparation or processing can include sorting, baling, cleaning, crushing, volume reduction and storing until shipment.

Metric tonne
A measure of weight equal to 1,000 kilograms or 2,204 pounds.

Non-hazardous waste (garbage)
Included in this category are materials, products or byproducts for which the waste generator has no further use and which are received for disposal at waste disposal facilities or for processing at a waste processing facility.

Organic materials
Materials that are or were once living, such as leaves, grass, yard trimmings, agricultural crop residues, wood waste, and paper and paperboard products or food scraps.

Organic processing services
The breakdown of organic materials through either composting or anaerobic digestion processes.

Organic material collection, non-residential
Collection of organic material, (e.g., food scraps, leaves, grass, wood waste and paper products), from sources such as heavy and light industry, manufacturing, agriculture, warehousing, transportation, retail and wholesale commercial activities, restaurants, offices, educational or recreational facilities, health and other service facilities.

Organic material collection, residential
Collection of organic material, (e.g., food scraps, leaves, grass, yard trimmings) from dwellings, including apartment buildings and condominiums. Examples of collection methods are curbside collection, back door pick-up, and automated collection.

Plastic - PET (1)
Polyethylene Terephthalate, commonly abbreviated as PET or PETE, is a polymer resin of the polyester family. PET is identified by the number 1 recycling symbol. Commonly recyclable PET materials include 2 litre soda bottles, water bottles, cooking oil bottles, peanut butter jars.

Plastic - HDPE (2)
High Density Polyethylene is a polyethylene thermoplastic made from petroleum. HDPE is identified by the number 2 recycling symbol. Some commonly recycled HDPE materials include detergent bottles, milk jugs, and grocery bags.

Plastic - All others (3-7)
Polyvinyl Chloride - PVC (3), Low Density Polyethylene - LDPE (4), Polypropylene - PP (5), Polystyrene - PS (6), Other (7). Common uses: (3) plastic pipes, outdoor furniture, shrink wrap, water bottles, (4) dry cleaning bags, produce bags, trash can liners, (5) aerosol caps, drinking straws, (6) packaging pellets, Styrofoam cups (7) food containers.

Post closure and maintenance fund (landfills)
This includes money set aside for the eventual costs associated with the maintenance and rehabilitation of a landfill after it closes. Such a fund is often called a landfill reserve fund.

Processing residue
Material that was originally diverted from disposal either to be recycled or composted, but was disposed due to the unsuitability of the material for recycling/composting (i.e. the type of material could not be processed or it was contaminated).

Quantity of materials entering the facility
The quantity, by weight, of unprocessed materials (e.g., organics) entering a processing facility (e.g., a central composting facility).

Recyclable material
Any material that has reached the end of its useful life in the form or purpose for which it was initially made and that can be reprocessed into a material that has value as a feedstock in another production process.

Recyclable material collection services, non-residential (non-hazardous)
Collection of non-hazardous recyclable material, (e.g., cardboard, paper, plastics, metals, glass), from sources such as heavy and light industry, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, retail and wholesale commercial activities, restaurants, offices, educational or recreational facilities, health and other service facilities. Recyclable material may be taken to an intermediate site such as a material recycling facility or transfer facility.

Recyclable material collection, residential (non-hazardous)
Collection of non-hazardous recyclable material (e.g., cardboard, paper, plastics, metals, glass), from dwellings, including apartment buildings and condominiums. Examples of collection methods are curbside collection, back door pick-up, and automated collection. Recyclable material may be taken to an intermediate site such as a material recovery facility or transfer facility. Recyclable material may be collected on a regular or flexible schedule.

Recycling
Recycling is defined as the process whereby a recyclable material (e.g., glass, metal, plastic, paper) is diverted from the waste stream in order to be remanufactured into a new product, or is used as a raw material substitute.

Recycling centre/drop off depot
A facility or site where the public can bring materials for recycling or re-use. In some cases, household hazardous waste or special waste is accepted at these sites.

Recycling services (non-hazardous waste)
Recovery and processing of recyclable material (e.g., cardboard, paper, plastics, metals, glass), from the non-hazardous waste stream by baling, cleaning, sorting, reducing volume and preparing for shipment. Generally these activities take place in a material recycling facility (MRF).

Residential waste
Residential waste refers to waste from primary and seasonal dwellings, which includes all single family, multi-family, high rise and low rise residences.
It includes:

» The waste picked up by the municipality, (either using its own staff, or through contracted companies), and

» The waste from residential sources which is self-hauled to depots, transfer stations and landfills.

Residual waste processing
An operation in which the physical or chemical properties of non-recyclable or compostable wastes are changed to reduce size and/or volume. Examples of waste processing are shredding, compaction & transformation.

Scrap metal
Any metal cutting or reject of a manufacturing operation, which may be suitable for recycling.

Sources of materials
Refers to the sources of generation of the waste or recyclable material. These sources are classified as residential, industrial, commercial and institutional (IC&I) and construction, renovation and demolition (CR&D). It is sometimes difficult to ascertain the source of a given material because of lack of tracking or complex collection arrangements (e.g., when collection is contracted out or when collection vehicles pick up materials from a mix of sources on their routes).

Source separated organic materials (SSO)
Source separation of organics is the setting aside of organic waste materials at their point of generation (the home, office, or other place of business) by the generator. Examples of SSO materials are food scraps, soiled paper packaging such as ice cream boxes, muffin paper, flour and sugar bags, paper coffee cups and paper plates.

Stabilized landfill
A stabilized landfill is similar to a conventional landfill except waste is screened and then mechanically and biologically treated prior to being landfilled. Screening of waste (usually from source separated collection programs) removes recyclable materials as well as other materials that should not be landfilled. The remainder is composted and then landfilled. This kind of waste treatment prior to landfilling reduces the production of landfill gas and leachate.

Tipping fees (disposal fees)
Also known as disposal fees, these are fees that are paid to the owner, lessor or operator of a landfill for the right to dispose of waste within that landfill. These fees can be assessed on a weight-based (e.g., per tonne), volume-based (per cubic metre) or per item basis (fees that differ according to the type of material being disposed, such as white goods or tires). Tipping fees may also be paid to the owner or operator of recycling facilities, organic material processing facilities, or waste processing facilities.

Transfer station (non-hazardous)
A facility at which wastes transported by vehicles involved in collection are transferred to other vehicles that will transport the wastes to a disposal (landfill or incinerator) or recycling facility.

Waste collection services, non-residential (non-hazardous)
Collection of non-hazardous waste, garbage, rubbish, refuse, trash and commingled material from sources such as heavy and light industry, manufacturing, agriculture, warehousing, transportation, retail and wholesale commercial activities, restaurants, offices, educational or recreational facilities, health and other service facilities. Waste may be taken to an
intermediate site or to a final disposal site.

Waste collection services, residential (non-hazardous)
Collection of non-hazardous waste, garbage, rubbish, refuse, trash and commingled material from dwellings, including apartment buildings and condominiums. Examples of collection methods are curbside collection, back door pickup, and automated collection. Waste may be taken to an intermediate site or to a final disposal site.

Waste hauling or transportation
The transportation of waste from one site or geographic area to another. This excludes the collection of waste and is limited to activities such as waste exporting or the shipping of wastes from transfer station to disposal or processing facility.

White goods
Includes metal items such as: stoves, fridges, freezers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, washers, dryers, hot water tanks, metal sinks, microwaves, and various other metal items.

Wood waste
The primary constituents of wood waste are used lumber, trim, trees, branches, and other wood debris from construction and demolition clearing and grubbing activities. It includes; dimensional lumber, plywood, particle board and fibre board, crating, wood fencing, pressure treated lumber, wood shingles, wooden doors, creosoted wood products, demolition wood waste, painted wood.

Section 1 Business Information

Business type

Business type - Question identifier:1.1

Province/territory for which this report applies.

This questionnaire should be completed for this company's operation in one province/territory only. If this company provides waste management services in more than one province/territory, a separate report for the other provinces/territories in which this company operates should be filled out. You may wish to photocopy this questionnaire or you may call us toll-free at 1-866-445-4323 to request additional questionnaires.

Business type - Question identifier:1.2

Did this company provide waste management services in more than one province/territory?

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Business type - Question identifier:1.3

Please indicate the other provinces/territories in which this company provides waste management services and for which you will be returning reports.
Mark all that apply.

  • 01: N. L.
  • 02: P. E. I.
  • 03: N. S.
  • 04: N. B.
  • 05: Que.
  • 06: Ont.
  • 07: Man.
  • 08: Sask.
  • 09: Alta.
  • 10: B. C.
  • 11: Y. T.
  • 12: N. W. T.
  • 13: Nvt.

Business type - Question identifier:1.4

Please indicate which of the following waste management activities and/or services this company provides in the province/territory indicated in question 1.1.
See definitions. Mark all that apply.

Non-hazardous waste (garbage) recyclables and organics

  • 01: Waste collection, residential
  • 02: Waste collection, non-residential (IC&I and CR&D)
  • 03: Waste hauling or transportation
  • 04: Recyclable material collection/organic material collection, residential
  • 05: Recyclable material collection/organic material collection, non-residential
  • 06: Recycling/organic processing services (e.g., material recycling facility, composting facility)
  • 07: Waste transfer station
  • 08: Waste disposal/processing facility
  • 09: Other non-hazardous waste services (please specify)

Hazardous waste

  • 01: Waste collection
  • 02: Waste transfer facility
  • 03: Waste treatment
  • 04: Waste recycling
  • 05: Waste disposal facility
  • 06: Other hazardous waste services (please specify)

Other waste management activities or services

  • 01: Sewage treatment and containment
  • 02: Other (please specify)

Reporting period

Reporting period - Question identifier:1.5

Financial information should be reported for this company's most recent fiscal year that ended at any time between April 1 and March 31.
Specify fiscal year (Year/Month/Day).

Section 2 Collection/transportation of non-hazardous waste (garbage), recyclables, and organic materials

For businesses engaged in only hazardous waste management activities/services, please proceed to Section 6: Financial and employment information.

Collection/transportation of non-hazardous waste (garbage)

Collection/transportation of non-hazardous waste (garbage) - Question identifier:2.1

Did this company provide or sub-contract services for the collection and/or transportation of non-hazardous waste to a landfill, incinerator / energy from waste facility, residual waste processor or a transfer station?

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Collection/transportation of non-hazardous waste (garbage) - Question identifier:2.2

Please specify the name(s) of the facility(ies) where waste was taken. Include only final destinations such as landfills, incinerators / energy from waste facilities, residual waste processors, etc.

Do not specify transfer stations unless it is the final destination for waste collected/transported by this company.

Collection/transportation of non-hazardous recyclable materials

Collection/transportation of non-hazardous recyclable materials - Question identifier:2.3

Did this company collect/transport non-hazardous recyclable materials?

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Collection/transportation of non-hazardous recyclable materials - Question identifier:2.4

Please specify the name(s) of the facility(ies) where the recyclable materials were taken.

Collection/transportation of organic materials

Collection/transportation of organic materials - Question identifier:2.5

Did this company collect/transport organic materials for processing (e.g., composting, anaerobic digestion)?

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Collection/transportation of organic materials - Question identifier:2.6

Please specify the name(s) of the facility(ies) where the organic materials were processed.

Section 3 Waste diversion: Organic material processing and recycling

Organic material processing (composting, anaerobic digestion)

Organic material processing (composting, anaerobic digestion) - Question identifier:3.1

Did this company own and/or operate a facility where organic materials were processed?
Please include landfills or sites where organic materials were composted.

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Please complete the following for each facility.
Please include all quantities of food waste, materials from source-separated organics programs (SSO), leaf and yard waste as well as Christmas trees and pumpkins.
Please list additional facilities in the Comments Section.

  • 01: Name and owner of facility
  • 02: Year opened
  • 03: Quantity of materials entering facility (metric tonnes)
  • 04: Sources of materials, Residential (percentage)
  • 05: Sources of materials, Non-residential (IC&I and CR&D) (percentage)
  • 06: Material disposed as processing residue (e.g., contaminated materials) (percentage)

If you are not reporting quantities in metric tonnes, please specify the unit of measure used.

Organic material processing (composting, anaerobic digestion) - Question identifier:3.2

Please indicate the quantity of each type of organic material processed at the facility(ies) listed in question 3.1.

metric tonnes

  • 01: Leaf & yard waste
  • 02: Food waste / SSO materials
  • 03: Forestry waste / Wood waste
  • 04: Agricultural waste
  • 05: Biosolids
  • 06: Other (please specify)

Recycling

Recycling - Question identifier:3.3

Did this company own and/or operate a material recycling facility (MRF), recycling centre or drop-off depot (municipally or privately owned) where materials were prepared/collected for recycling?

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Recycling - Question identifier:3.4

Please complete the following for each facility.
Please list additional facilities in the Comments Section.

  • 01: Name and owner of facility
  • 02: Sources of materials, Residential (percentage)
  • 03: Sources of materials, Industrial, commercial and institutional (IC&I) (percentage)
  • 04: Sources of materials, Construction, renovation and demolition (CR&D) (percentage)
  • 05: Material disposed as processing residue (e.g., contaminated materials) (percentage)

Recycling - Question identifier:3.5

Please indicate the quantities of materials marketed from the facilities indicated in 3.4. Only count quantities once. Exclude organic materials reported in question 3.1.
metric tonnes

  • 01: Newsprint, phone books, magazines
  • 02: Corrugated cardboard
  • 03: Mixed paper fibre and boxboard
  • 04: Glass
  • 05: Ferrous metals (including ferrous scrap metal)
  • 06: White goods
  • 07: Aluminum
  • 08: Copper
  • 09: Mixed metals
  • 10: Plastic - PET (1)
  • 11: Plastic - HDPE (2)
  • 12: All other plastic (3-7)
  • 13: Mixed plastics
  • 14: Aseptic containers / tetra packs
  • 15: Gable top containers (e.g., milk cartons)
  • 16: Electronics
  • 17: Tires
  • 18: CR&D material (Please exclude asphalt, concrete, rubble and land clearing debris)
  • 19: Other (please specify)
  • 20: Total materials marketed

If you are not reporting quantities in metric tonnes, please specify the unit of measure used.

Section 4 Management of non-hazardous waste (garbage)

Transfer stations

Transfer stations - Question identifier:4.1

Did this company own and/or operate a transfer station for non-hazardous waste?

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Transfer stations - Question identifier:4.2

Please complete the following for each transfer station.
For each transfer station operated in this province/territory, please indicate the name, owner and provide your best estimate of the sources of waste and the total quantity of the waste managed through the transfer station.

  • 01: Name and location of transfer station
  • 02: Owner of this facility if not self
  • 03: Approximate percentage of total waste managed through the facility, by source, Residential
  • 04: Approximate percentage of total waste managed through the facility, by source, Industrial, commercial and institutional (IC&I)
  • 05: Approximate percentage of total waste managed through the facility, by source, Construction, renovation and demolition (CR&D)
  • 06: Weigh scale present?
  • 07: Quantity of waste managed through the transfer station
  • 08: Total waste managed through transfer stations

If you are not reporting quantities in metric tonnes, please specify the unit of measure used.

Waste (garbage) disposal or processing

Waste (garbage) disposal or processing - Question identifier:4.3

Did this company own and/or operate a facility where waste was disposed/processed? Include all types of landfills (e.g., sanitary, stabilized, bioreactor), incineration/thermal treatment (e.g., energy from waste, gasification) and residual waste processing (e.g., conversion of non-recyclable waste to an alternative fuel source).

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Waste (garbage) disposal or processing - Question identifier:4.4

Please complete the following for each facility.
For each facility that you owned in the province/territory, indicate the name, type of facility and the sources and amount of waste disposed/processed in the facility as measured by weigh scales or by providing your best estimate. Please see definitions.

  • 01: Name of facility
  • 02: Owner of this facility if not self
  • 03: Type of waste facility (Landfill (LF), Processor (P) or Incinerator (IN))
  • 04: Approximate percentage of total waste disposes/processed, by source, Residential
  • 05: Approximate percentage of total waste disposes/processed, by source, Industrial, commercial and institutional (IC&I)
  • 06: Approximate percentage of total waste disposes/processed, by source, Construction, renovation and demolition (CR&D)
  • 07: Weigh scale present?
  • 08: Quantity of waste disposed/processed in the facility (metric tonnes)
  • 09: Total waste disposed/processed in facilities

If you are not reporting quantities in metric tonnes, please specify the unit of measure used.

Landfills

The following question pertains to landfills. If no landfills were reported in question 4.4, please go to section 5.

Landfills - Question identifier:4.5

Please complete the following for each type of material (Bottom ash from sewage sludge or solid waste incineration, Contaminated soil or Clean fill) for each landfill reported in question 4.4

Please fill in the table below specifying if the landfill(s) reported in question 4.4, received any of the following materials, the quantity received, unit of measure and whether it was included in your response to 4.4 (quantity of waste disposed in landfill).

  • 01: Received at your landfill?
  • 02: Quantity
  • 03: Unit of measure (e.g., metric tonnes, kilograms)
  • 04: Included in 4.4?

Landfills - Question identifier:4.6

Did this company contribute to a post closure and maintenance fund for the landfill(s)?
See definitions.

If yes, indicate dollar amount.

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Section 5 Exports and imports of non-hazardous materials

Exports and imports of waste (garbage) for disposal/processing

Exports and imports of waste (garbage) for disposal/processing - Question identifier:5.1

Did this company transport/export non-hazardous waste for disposal/processing to another province/territory or to the U.S.A.?
Include direct shipments and shipments from transfer stations.

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Please complete the following for each facility.

  • 01: Name and owner of facility
  • 02: Location/Address
  • 03: Quantity of waste sent to another province/territory (metric tonnes)
  • 04: Quantity of waste sent to the U.S.A. (metric tonnes)
  • 05: Total waste exported for disposal/processing

If you are not reporting quantities in metric tonnes, please specify the unit of measure used.

Exports and imports of waste (garbage) for disposal/processing - Question identifier:5.2

Was non-hazardous waste from outside this province/territory disposed/processed in this company's facility (e.g., landfill, incinerator/energy from waste, or residual waste processing facility) in this province/territory?

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Please complete the following.

Total waste imported for disposal/processing

  • 01: Quantity of waste from other provinces/territories (metric tonnes)
  • 02: Quantity of waste from the U.S.A. (metric tonnes)

If you are not reporting quantities in metric tonnes, please specify the unit of measure used.

Exports and imports of recyclable materials and organic materials

Exports and imports of recyclable materials and organic materials - Question identifier:5.3

Did this company transport/export recyclable materials to a material recycling facility (MRF) outside of this province/territory?

Do not include exports of recyclable materials to end markets in other provinces or the U.S.A. Report organic material exports in question 5.4.

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Please complete the following for each facility.

  • 01: Name and owner of facility
  • 02: Location/Address
  • 03: Quantity of recyclables exported to another province/territory (metric tonnes)
  • 04: Quantity of recyclables exported to the U.S.A. (metric tonnes)
  • 05: Total recyclable materials exported

If you are not reporting quantities in metric tonnes, please specify the unit of measure used.

Exports and imports of recyclable materials and organic materials - Question identifier:5.4

Did this company transport/export organic materials for processing (e.g., composting, anaerobic digestion) to a facility outside of this province/territory?

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Please complete the following for each facility.

  • 01: Name and owner of facility
  • 02: Location/Address
  • 03: Quantity of organics processed in another province/territory (metric tonnes)
  • 04: Quantity of organics processed in the U.S.A. (metric tonnes)
  • 05: Total organic materials exported

If you are not reporting quantities in metric tonnes, please specify the unit of measure used.

Exports and imports of recyclable materials and organic materials - Question identifier:5.5

Were recyclable materials and/or organic materials from outside this province/territory processed at this company's MRF or composting/anaerobic digestion facility?

  • 01: Yes
  • 02: No

Please complete the following.

  • 01: Quantity of recyclables from other provinces/territories, total materials imported (metric tonnes)
  • 02: Quantity of recyclables from the U.S.A., total materials imported (metric tonnes)
  • 03: Quantity of organic materials from other provinces/territories, total materials imported (metric tonnes)
  • 04: Quantity of organic materials from the U.S.A., total materials imported (metric tonnes)

If you are not reporting quantities in metric tonnes, please specify the unit of measure used.

Section 6 Financial and employment information

Section 6 Financial and employment information - Question identifier:6.1

Gross Operating Revenues. Indicate this company's gross revenues (to the nearest dollar) from the provision of waste management services. Do not net out expenditures.

Section 6 Financial and employment information - Question identifier:6.2

Please indicate the percentage of total gross revenues (reported in question 6.1) received from the provision of each of the following.

  • 01: Collection of waste, recyclables, organics
  • 02: Operation of a non-hazardous waste transfer facility, landfill, incinerator, processing facility
  • 03: Operation of a MRF or organic processing facility/site
  • 04: Operation of hazardous waste facilities (treatment, transfer, containment, recycling, incineration or disposal facility)
  • 05: Sewage treatment/containment
  • 06: Other waste management revenues (e.g., consulting, brokerage fees) (Please specify)
  • 07: Sale of recovered materials
  • 08: Other non-waste management revenues (Please specify)

Section 6 Financial and employment information - Question identifier:6.3

Gross Operating Expenditures. Please report this company's gross operating expenses (to the nearest dollar).
Include expenses reported in question 4.6 if applicable (post closure and maintenance fund).

Section 6 Financial and employment information - Question identifier:6.4

Capital Expenditures. Report this company's total capital expenditures.
Include any new (non-amortized) capital expenditures, new assets purchased in Canada and all imported assets (new and used).

Section 6 Financial and employment information - Question identifier:6.5

Employment. Report the average number of full time (30 or more hours per week) and average number of part time (less than 30 hours per week) employees whose primary function is working on the waste management activities of this company.
Do not specify full-time equivalents for part-time employees. Do not include contract employees or sub-contractor's employees.

  • 01: Full-time
  • 02: Part-time

Section 7 Certification

Section 7 Certification - Question identifier:7.1

I certify that the information contained in this report is correct and complete to the best of my knowledge.

- Signature
- Date (Year/Month/Day)
- Name of person completing this report
- Telephone
- Extension
- Title of person completing this report
- Fax
- E-mail address
- Website address

Section 7 Certification - Question identifier:7.2

Approximately how much time was spent filling out this survey and calculating the figures required? (Hours)

Comments

Please provide any comments you may have about this survey (e.g., length, ease of completion, suggestions for future questions, suggestions about the format). Also, please use this space or attach additional documentation if you wish to provide additional information about your waste management activities.

If you have any questions, please contact:
Operations and Integration Division, JT-2-C4,
Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6
Telephone (toll free) 1-866-445-4323
Fax: 1-888-883-7999
Email: enviro-waste-govt@statcan.gc.ca

Please return this questionnaire in the envelope provided.

Thank you for your participation!

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