Zero Waste BC releases report on Capital Regional District’s draft Solid Waste Management Plan, evaluating the SWMP through a Zero Waste perspective. Report includes many evidence-based recommendations to the CRD to adopt to improve their draft SWMP and improve waste reduction targets significantly. Download report here.
Read MoreWe have just a few days left to ensure CRD hears our feedback on the draft Solid Waste Management Plan and their plan to expand Hartland landfill. The liveability of the entire region depends on your feedback. Here’s two easy ways to have your voice heard…
Read MoreOpen letter February 14, 2021: Mount Work Coalition’s submission of feedback to Capital Regional District (CRD) Board of Directors on the draft Solid Waste Management Plan.
Read MoreThe proposed expansion of the CRD Hartland Landfill will occur between 2045 and 2100 and result in the loss of more than 73 acres of trees. During this time, the world will have been transformed either through a severe change in climate if we cannot become carbon neutral by 2050.
Read MoreIs gasification the right solution to eliminate need for landfill and CRD’s plans to massively expand Hartland Landfill? We have received many questions about gasification and its merits. This is exciting - it is promising to see so many in our region engaging in this important conversation about how to better manage our waste while directly addressing climate action. Here are answers to your questions…
Read MoreWhat we have here is a fable of sorts. Specifically, that analogous tale of David and Goliath. David, of course, being the tax paying citizens of Willis Point; and Goliath being the vested interest of the CRD with regard to its suspect handling of the exponential expansion of Hartland Landfill.
Read MoreJoin the discussion! Mount Work Coalition presents South Saanich Candidates Discussion on October 15th via Zoom.
Read MoreOctober 3, 2020 at 10:00am at Intersection of Willis Point Road and Wallace Drive. Join us at this community action to raise awareness of the CRD’s proposal to turn Willis Point Road and Wallace Drive into a heavy industrial corridor as part of CRD’s massive landfill expansion plan.
Read MoreWithin the next 2 years, the Capital Regional District (CRD) plans to move garbage truck access to the Hartland Landfill facility from Hartland Avenue to Willis Point Road. Yet the CRD has failed to provide a compelling reason for this proposed change…
Read MoreVancouver Island’s Capital Regional District (CRD) declared a climate emergency, yet the CRD staff, and seemingly the CRD Board, are moving full steam ahead on approving a draft Solid Waste Management Plan (link to doc) which will significantly increase Green House Gas (GHG) emissions
Read MoreThe CRD plans to destroy 73 acres of forest near Mount Work Regional Park to make way for blasting, mining and a massive expansion of the Hartland landfill. Here’s why it is critical the CRD stop failing us, shift away from ‘business as usual’ thinking, and get on side with biodiversity and climate action.
Read MoreDespite known species at risk at Hartland and the surrounding parks, CRD plans to destroy 73 acres of forest, including old growth Douglas Fir, to blast a big hole to dump garbage into and decimate known habitat for the Threatened Western Screech-Owl for years to come.
Read MoreFifteen CRD citizens, most from the Willis Point community, appeared before the CRD Board on August 12, 2020 to provide their views on the CRD’s plans for Hartland Landfill expansion and shifting road access for dump traffic from Hartland Avenue to Willis Point Road.
Read MoreThe CRD plans to blast 73 acres of forest near Mount Work Regional Park, and begin mining at Hartland landfill. this will increase GHG emissions in our region and the heavy industrial trucks will congest our commuter and recreational corridors. The plans for the massive expansion of Hartland landfill will reduce and contaminate forests, farms and recreational areas. Here’s how to Stop the CRD…
Read MoreBased on a flawed study the CRD commissioned to justify moving all access to Hartland landfill to Willis Point Road, the CRD fails to acknowledge and understand significant environmental, safety and social implications of moving the Landfill access to Willis Point Road. No other options have been seriously considered. It is time for concerned stakeholders to speak out and demand that municipal politicians acting as CRD Directors review and rescind this ill-considered move.
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