Recently released Capital Regional District data is cause for concern, showing that contrary to assurances given to the public that a maximum of 700 tonnes would be spread, in 2021 over 6,600 tonnes of biosolids were spread or buried at Hartland due to failures at the CRD’s new CRD Residual Treatment Facility. Peninsula Biosolids Coalition calls for CRD to stop spreading toxic biosolids.
Read MoreOpen letter to Capital Regional District Chair, Colin Plant, from the Peninsula Biosolids Coalition, penned by David Cowen, CEO of Butchart Gardens, one of the largest employers in the CRD, and signed by members of the Peninsula Biosolids Coalition. Opposition grows to the spread of toxic biosolids at Hartland Landfill, a regional watershed that boarders Mount Work Regional Park. Open letter calls out Plant for contradicting CRD’s own resolutions to end spread of toxic biosolids at Hartland. Calls on Plant to ensure Public trust.
Read MoreFifteen representatives from business, farming, community and environmental associations, and tourism, plus politicians, sign letter to George Heyman, BC Minister of Environment calling on Heyman to explain why MoE continues to insist on spread of biosolids in Capital Regional District despite all evidence, including MoE’s own internal report, of the persistent toxicity of Class A Biosolids.
Read MoreMLA Adam Olsen (Saanich North and the Islands) is listening to his constituents raising real concerns for the safety of the environment and of residents in the region. In his letter to George Heyman, Olsen pushes back on the Minister’s insistence that the CRD spread biosolids waste in the Mount Work region at Hartland Landfill.
Read MorePublic pressure brought by a consortium of environmental groups known as the Peninsula Biosolids Coalition, which includes the Mount Work Coalition to support Motion to CRD Board to end land application of toxic biosolids near Mount Work Park and Durrance Lake. Sign the Petition. Urge CRD to adopt the safe alternatives.
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