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I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t done a great deal of research about our mayoral candidates, but I saw Alex Munter speak in May, and I was very impressed with his perspective. Today, I received an email from his campaign outlining what he thinks should be done with Ottawa’s waste, specifically, the Carp/Navan Road expansion.

From his press release:

Munter’s cost-neutral Six Point Plan to Achieve 60% Waste Diversion will divert sixty percent of Ottawa’s waste from landfills by increasing recycling, introducing organic waste collection for both residents and businesses, and making better use of new and emerging technologies.

Essentially, he’s suggesting a 60% waste diversion by 2012. As far as I can tell, that means ramping up the recycling programs, and implementing a municipal composting program. Which rawks.¹ There are more details in the backgrounder.

1. Of course, the correct way of dealing with the waste problem is to create disincentives on manufacturers for creating products which produce waste in the first place, but that’s a little off topic. (back)