Good-bye to Last Truckload of Toronto Garbage Going to Michigan Landfill

Toronto, Ontario, Canada News Release

December 29, 2010

Last truckload of garbage from Toronto to landfill in Michigan

Tomorrow morning, Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong (Ward 34 Don Valley East), Chair of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, and Deputy City Manager Richard Butts will be present at the Commissioners Street Transfer Station as the last truckload of garbage bound for Michigan’s Carlton Farms Landfill leaves Toronto.

Starting 1 January 2011, all of Toronto’s waste requiring landfill disposal will go to the City-owned Green Lane Landfill in Elgin County west of Toronto.

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