PROCEEDINGS COMPTE RENDU

16th Canadian Waste ManagementConference

16e Conf6rence canadienne sur la gestiondes ddchets

September 13-16, 1994Palliser HotelCalgary, Alberta

du 13 au 16 septembre 1994H6tel PalliserCalgary, Alberta

Seminar sponsored by:

Environment Canada

Alberta Environmental Protection

Canadian Environment IndustryAssociation

City of Calgary

Environmental Services Association ofAlberta

National Solid Waste ManagementAssociation

Ontario Waste Management Association

Solid Waste Association of North America

Colloque commanditd par :

Environnement Canada

La Protection environnementale del'Alberta

L'Association canadienne des industries de1'environnement

La Ville de Calgary

L'Association nationale de gestion desddchets solides

L'Association ontarienne de gestion desddchets

L'Association des servicesenvironnementaux de l'Alberta

Solid Waste Association of North America

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SESSION 1A / SEANCE 1ACOMPOSTING / COMPOSTAGE

National Compost Standards (Normes nationales de compostage)

Nicole Folliet, Daniel Lefebvre, Suzanne Fortin, Solid WasteManagement Division - Environment Canada, Ottawa, BNQ, Quebec,Agriculture Canada, Ottawa

Use of Composted Municipal, Food Processing, Yard and AgriculturalWastes as Soil Amendments (Utilisation du compost municipal des orduresm6nagere des rebuts domestiques de cours et jardins, et des dechetsagricoles pour la tranformation des sols) 11

G.H. Neilsen, S. Ceglarek, E.J. Hogue, P. Delaquis and D. Neilsen,Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, BC

Slide presentation from Prince Edward Island (Presentation de diapositives

de l'lle du Prince-Edouard) 37

Don Jardine, PEI Department of the Environment, Charlottetown, PEI

INCINERATION / INCINERATION

The Design and Performance of the 4.4 Metre Rotary Kiln IncinerationSystem at the Alberta Special Waste Treatment Centre (La conception etle rendement du systeme d' incineration du four rotatif de 4,4 metres du Centrede traitement des residus sp6ciaux de l'Alberta) 39

J. D. Chilton, Chem-Security (Alberta) Ltd., Calgary, Alberta

The Wainwright Incinerator: A Waste Management Option For SmallerCommunities (L'incine'rateur de Wainwright: une option de gestion desd£chets pour les petites collectivites) 53

Jim Schubert, Sentar Consultants Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta

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An International Perspective on the Management of Residues from MSWIncinerators (Une perspective Internationale sur la gestion des r6sidusd'incineYateurs des dechets solides urbains) 63

S.E. Sawell, A.J. Chandler, T.T. Eighmy, J. Harlen, O. Hjelmar,D. Kosson, H.A. van der Sloot, and J. Vehlow, Compass EnvironmentalInc., Burlington, Ontario, A.J. Chandler and Associates Ltd., Willowdale,Ontario, Swedish Geotechnical Institute, Linkoping, Sweden, DanishWater Quality Institute, Hersholm, Denmark, Rutgers University,Piscataway, N.J., Netherlands Energy Research Foundation, Petten,NL and Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany

Speciation and Leaching Behavior of Elements in MSW Fines from theWaste Program (Differentiation des especes d'e!6ments en fractions choisiesdu programme des dechets urbains) 67

Eighmy T. Taylor, C. Koehler, W. King, J.D. Jr. Eusden,J.E. Krzanowski, and S.E. Sawell, Environmental Research Group,University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H., Geology Department,Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, Mechanical Engineering Department,University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, CompassEnvironmental Inc., Burlington, Ontario

Petrology, Bulk Mineralogy and Melt Structure of MSW Bottom Ash fromthe WASTE Program (Petrologie, mineYalogie en masse et composition de lacendre r6siduelle apres combustion des dechets solides urbains du programmeWASTE) 87

Eusden J. Dykstra Jr., Elizabeth A. Holland, and Eighmy T. Taylor,Geology Department, Bates College, University of New Hampshire,Durham, N.H.

CEM Operating Experiences at an Ontario MSW Incineration Facility(Experiences de fonctionnement des dispositifs de mesure des emissions encontinu d'un incinerateur de dechets solides urbains en Ontario) 107

A. John Chandler, A. J. Chandler and Associates, Willowdale, Ontario

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RECYCLING / RECYCLAGE

Keys to a Successful Plastic Recycling Progam (Clefs du succes d'un

programme de recyclage des matieres plastiques) 119

Fred Henselwood, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

Construction and Demolition: Building a Road to Recovery (Construction

et demolition: Mtir un chemin vers la remontee) 135

Joseph Hall, RMOC, Ottawa, Ontario

Design Start-up and Operating Experience of a 10.24 MW (13.5) CogenerationPlant Burning Non-Hogged Wood Waste at 60% M.C. (Fonctionnementd'une usine cogeneree en combustion des dechets de bois intraites, a bruts) 157

Jan Wrzesien, OIQ, ASME, TAPPI, CPPA, St-Bruno-de-Montarville,Quebec

Ottawa Carleton's 3Rs Study: The Planning and Implementation of WasteDiversion (Etude d'Ottawa Carleton sur le R3 - reduire, re-utiliser et recycler:planification et mise en place de programmes de detournement des dechets) 163

Duncan Bury, RMOC, ESD, Ottawa, Ontario

Rural Transfer Systems (Systemes de transfert ruraux) 181

Dennis Neufeldt, President Haul-All, Lethbridge, Alberta

Recycling Contrcution Waste is Economically Viable (II est economiquement

viable de recycler les dechets de construction) 187

Zev Kalin, Kalin Associates, Ottawa, Ontario

SESSION IB / SEANCE IBBUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN WASTE MINIMIZATION /DEBOUCHES COIMMERCIAUX EN MINIMISATION DES DECHETSNational Markets in Waste Minimization (Marches nationaux en minimisationdes dechets) 189

David Bromley, President Triwaste Reduction Services, Calgary, Alberta

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Technology Opportunities for Solid and Liquid Waste Management(Possibilites qu'offrent les technologies de pointe en gestion de dechets solideset liquides) 191

Allan Bowman, Vice-President, Business Development, Mobile ComputingCorporation, Toronto, Ontario

Developing High-Tech Solutions in Building Sustainable Waste ManagementSystems (Agencement des solutions de technologie rudimentaire a la hautetechnologie vers l'etablissement de systemes durables de gestion des dechets) 201

Stephen Walsh, President Walsh Integrated Recycling Systems,Montreal, Quebec

Waste Management Business Opportunities in the South East PacificRegion (Possibilites d'affaires en gestion des dechets dans la region du sud-ouest du Pacifique) 219

Grant Anderson, President Gartner Lee Limited, Markham, Ontario

Waste Management Business Opportunities in Eastern Europe (Debouche

commerciaux en Russie et dans les payhs de l'Europe de l'Est) 221

Eugene Kupchenko, West Vancouver, British Columbia

Business Opportunities in the Environment in Mexico (Debouchecommerciaux en environnement au Mexique) 223

Betsy Borrett, Environmental Industries Directorate, Industry Canada,Ottawa, Ontario

CONTAMINATED SITES / LIEUX CONTAMINES

National Scientific Tools for Contaminated Site Assessment and Remediation(Outils scientifiques nationaux pour revaluation et l'assainissement des lieuxcontamines) 225

Lee Hofmann, Hazardous Contaminants Branch, Ontario Ministry ofEnvironment and Energy, Toronto, Ontario

Canadian Soil Quality Criteria for Contaminated Sites: Ecological Effects-Based Protocol (Criteres de qualite des sols en vue de la protection desrecepteurs ecologiques) 233

Connie Gaudet, Guidelines Division, Environment Canada, Ottawa,Ontario

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Soil Quality Criteria for Protection of Human Health (Criteres de qualitedes sols en vue de la protection de la sant6 des humains) 239

Mark Richardson, Hazardous Waste Section, Health Canada, Ottawa,Ontario

Setting Site-Specific Remediation Objectives (Clean-up Goals) atContaminated Sites: Risk Assessment or National Criteria? (Etablissementdes buts et objectifs precis d'assainissement des lieux contamines: evaluationdes risques ou criteres nationaux?) 241

Ted Nason, P. Cureton & D. Milne, Alberta Environmental Protection,Lethbridge, Alberta, Environment Canada and Chelsea, Quebec

Overview of Human Health Risk Assessment Methodology Applicable toContaminated Sites (Vue d'ensemble en matiere devaluation des risques pourla sante des humains: methoidologie applicable aux lieux contamines) 249

D. Davies, Can Tox Inc., Calgary, Alberta

SESSION 2A / SEANCE 2APUBLIC PROCESS / PROCESSUS PUBLIC

Waste Management System: Development and Implementation at LakeviewGenerating Station (Elaboration et mise en place du systeme de gestion des

dechets a la centrale d'energie de Lakeview) 261

Norma A. Menis-Croxall, Ontario Hydro, Port Credit, Ontario

The 3R's are not Enough (Efficacite de la participation du grand public) 269Armand Bannister, Executive Director, Westmorland-Albert Solid WasteCorporation, Moncton, New Brunswick

Development of Integrated Solid Waste Management Plans for MixedUrban/Rural Regions hi Nova Scotia (Elaboration de plans integres degestion des d6chets destines aux regions mixtes urbaines et rurales de laNouvelle-Ecosse) 281

Norman Gridley, Vice President, Vaughan Environmental ConsultantsLtd., Halifax, Nova Scotia

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HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY /RESSOURCES HUMAINES DANS L'INDUSTRIE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT 313

Human Resources in the Environmental Industry - A National Study: Adiscussion of a national study that documented the human resource issuesand concerns for the Canadian environment industry (Une etude nationaleeffectuee aupres des ressources humaines pour documenter les grandes questionsde litige et de preoccupation de l'industrie canadienne de 1'environnement)

Brian Wanless, Principal, Ernst and Young, Toronto, Ontario

Environment Industry Human Resource Training - A college perspective.A presentation highlighting the Association of Canadian CommunityColleges (ACCC) activities in training and education for the environmentindustry including Waste Management Training (La formation professionnelledes ressources humaines dans l'industrie de 1'environnement - une perspectivecoliegiale. Un expose soulignant les activites de formation et d'education enindustrie environnementale de l'Association des colleges communautaires duCanada, notamment en ce qui a trait a la formation professionnelle sur lagestion des dechets)

Jon Ogryzlo, General Manager, The Centre for Environmental TrainingVentures Division, Niagara College, St. Catherines, Ontario

Skills and Knowledge Required for Environmental Management in the 21stCentury (Les notions et habiletes requises pour g6rer 1'environnement au 21esiecle)

Dixon Thompson, Director, Industrial Design Program, Faculty ofEnvironmental Design, University of Calgary, Alberta

"Putting Standards to Work" A discussion of certification/accreditation aswell as national occupational standards in Canada and potentialapplications to the environment industry (Mettre en vigueur les normes enmilieu de travail. Une detission sur l'attestation/l'accredition professionnelleautant que sur les normes canadiennes de qualite du milieu de travail et lesapplications pratiques possibles en industrie de 1'environnement)

Terry Lister, Senior Manager, Price Waterhouse, Ottawa, Ontario

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"Development Activities for Environmental Professionals" A discussionfrom a private sector trainer including a discussion of the Institute ofProfessional Environmental Practice (IPEP) Qualified EnvironmentalProfessional (QEP) Program (Des exercices de perfectionnement destines auxprofessionnels.les de l'environnement. Une discussion dirige par une formatricedu secteur prive traitant sur des volets des programmes de l'lnstitutd'entrainement professionnelles en environnement (IPEP) et (QUEP) pourformer des professionnels qualifies et competents en matiere d'environnement)

Jane Meyboom, Director, Canadian office of the Air & WasteManagement Association, Ottawa, Ontario

"An Overview of the Development and Delivery of Worker Training"A discussion of the organization's 80-hour Hazardous Waste Site ActivitiesCourse («Un apercu de 1'elaboration et de la prestation des services deformation des travailleurs.es,» une discussion du cours de 80 heures del'organisme portant sur les activites d'un site de dechets dangereux)

Howard Lucas, Field Coordinator, Western Canadian Region, L.I. U.N.A.Canadian Tri-Fund, Vancouver, British Columbia

HAZ/TOXIC WASTE TREATMENT / TRAITEMENT DE PRODUITSTOXIQUES/DANGEREUX

Decontamination of PCB Electrical Equipment for Metal Recycling

(Decontamination de l'outillage eiectrique en vue du recyclage du metal) 315

Jean Paquin, Sanexen Environmental Services Inc., Longueuil, Quebec

An Evaluation of Salt Strata and Granular Salt Backfill for use as aDisposal Medium and Sealing Material in a Toxic Solid Civil WasteRepository (Evaluation des granules d'halite utilisees comme materiaud'etancheite dans les d6p6ts de dechets solides toxiques entreposes dans le sel) 333

Brett Davidson and Maurice Dusseault, University of Waterloo,Waterloo, Ontario

Alberta Special Waste Treatment Centre - Environmental MonitoringProgram (Programme de surveillance environnementale du Centre detraitement des dechets speciaux de l'Alberta) 353

Frank Kloiber, Alberta Special Waste Treatment Centre, Swan Hills,Alberta

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In-situ Restoration of a Former Petroleum Products Storage Depot

(Restauration in situ d'un ancien d6p6t de vrac de produits petroliers) 371

Arnold Ross, Ecosite Inc., Sherbrooke, Quebec

On-Site Destruction of Small Quantities of Chemical Carcinogens(Destruction in situ de petites quantites de substances chimiques canc6rogenes) 373

Margaret-Anne Armour, Mui, Chang, Asya Linetsky, Donna Renecker,Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Radium, Fluoride and Trace Elements in Phosphogypsum Leachates(Radium, fluorure et elements a l'etat de traces dans les percolats de phosphogypse) 381

P.M. Rutherford, M.J. Dudas, J.M. Arocena, Department of Soil Science,University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

SESSION 2B / SEANCE 2BECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS / OUTILS ECONOMIQUES

Economic Instruments - What are they and International Dimensions (Lesinstruments economiques: quelle est leur nature et leur envergure sur le planinternational?) 395

Eric Cowan, APOGEE Research International, Toronto, Ontario

Economic Instruments - International Leading Practices (Outils economiques -

pratiques courantes au plan international) 397

A.M. (Sandy) Gillies, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Co-operative Marketing - A Rural Solution (La commercialisation cooperative -

une solution rurale) 399

Francis Veilleux, Bluewater Recycling, Grand Bend, Ontario

Product Stewardship and Integrated Waste Management Planning(Intendance des produits et Planification de la gestion integree des dechets) 401

John Sinclair & Tony Kuluk, Natural Resources Institute, University ofManitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Economics and Economic Instruments for Environmental Protection: AWaste Minimization Perspective (Economie et outils economiques -considerations reliees aux dechets et a la protection environnementale) 421

Gerry Andrews, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Economic Instruments for Waste Reduction in Alberta (Instrumentseconomiques en vue de la reduction des dechets en Alberta) 431

Patricia Mackenzie, Jim Rivait, Environment Council of Alberta,Edmonton, Alberta

Waste Stream Analysis Study in Jasper National Park Has Lead toReductions of Specific Components in the Waste Stream and EconomicBenefits to the Park (Une etude portant sur l'analyse du flux des dechets dansle pare national de Jasper a entraine la reduction de composantes specifiquesdu debit d'ordures et s'est av6ree profitable economiquement pour le pare) 433

Cathy Calvert, Parks Canada, Jasper, Alberta

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ITS ROLE IN SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT / ROLE DE L'EVALUATION ENVIRONNEMENTALESDANS LE DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE 435

SESSION 3A / SEANCE 3AOIL AND GAS / PETROLE ET GAZ

Soil as a Disposal Medium for Drilling Waste (Le sol en termes de moyen

de decharge des residus de forage) 437

John Ashworth, Norwest Labs, Edmonton, Alberta

Soil Washing of Brine and Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils (Lessivage dessols contamines par les hydrocarbures (essence et gaz) et la saumure) 445

Philip Carson, Kent Smith and George Collin, riWaste ReductionServices Inc. and Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd., Calgary,Alberta

Evolution and Development of a Delegated Regulatory Authority (Evolutionet developpement d'une autorite deieguee de reglementation) 455

Brian Bietz, Member of Board of Directors, Energy ResourcesConservation Board

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WASTE INITIATIVES / INITIATIVES PORTANT SUR LES DECHETS

The Technology Opportunities Project (TOP): A report on the findings of astudy for Environment Canada of effective and efficient waste collectionand processing technologies comprising existing technologies and howgovernments and industry in Canada can address R&D needs and commer-cialization opportunities (Le Projet de possibilites technologiques (PPT): Unrapport sur les resultats d'une etude pour Environnement Canada de la collecteefficace et efficiente des dechets et des technologies de traitement englobant lesprocedes deja en vigueur et la facon dont les gouvernements et les industries duCanada peuvent s'attaquer aux besoins en recherche et developpement et auxpossibilites de commercialisation) 463

Derek Stevenson and Nigel Guilford, RIS and Guilford and Associates,Toronto and Rockwood Ontario

Canada's National Packaging Protocol: An Update on Progress (Mise a jourdu protocole d'emballage environnemental du Conseil des ministres responsables) 465

r. W. Foote, Solid Waste Management Division, Hazardous WasteManagement Branch, Environment Canada

Hazardous Waste Minimization (Minimisation des dechets dangereux) 471

Graham Knowles, GKCI Associates, Fergus, Ontario

Regulations for the Control Export and Import of Hazardous Wastes(Reglementation de l'importation et de l'exportation des dechets dangereuxselon la Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement) 473

Antoine Dionne, Gilles Cloutier, Hazardous Waste Management Branch,Environment Canada

Computer Networking in Waste Management 491

Gilles Cloutier, Hazardous Waste Management Branch, EnvironmentCanada

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SESSION 3B / SEANCE 3BLANDFILL TECHNOLOGY / TECHNOLOGIE DE DECHARGE AUXSITES D'ENFOUISSEMENT

Landfill Reclamation by Excavation, Screening and Separation (Assainissementde la decharge par excavation, criblage et separation) 497

Frank C. Ford, Henderson, Paddon Environmental Inc., Owen Sound,Ontario

Enhanced Landfill Security Using Drilled Horizontal Wells (Rehaussementde la securite/salubrite de la decharge en se servant des puits de forage horizontaux) 521

C.A. Garvey, E. Janicki, John Wainwright, Zeeland Eco Ltd., Calgary,Alberta

Effect of Hydraulic Retention Time on Landfill Leachate and GasCharacteristics (Effet du temps de retention hydraulique sur les percolats de ladecharge et les caracteristiques gazeuses) 533

R. Munasinghe, J.W. Atwater, Department of Civil Engineering,University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

Modern Technology for Landfill Waste Placement (Technologie moderne

d'enfouissement sanitaire des dechets) 551

David L. Hansen, Landfill Service Corp., West Sand Lake, New York

Densification of Pulp and Paper Primary Sludge (Densification des bouesprimaires des pates et papiers) 565

Serge Genest, Sial Geosciences Inc., Montreal, Quebec

Treatment Strategies for Landfill Leachates in Order to Meet StricterRegulation (Strategies de traitement des percolats de decharge de facon asatisfaire aux criteres plus rigoureux de la reglementation) 575

Michael Abbott, Ronald Zaloum, Department of Civil Engineering,McGill University, Montreal, Que

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RISK ASSESSMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH / EVALUATION DESRISQUES FACE A LA SANTE PUBLIQUE

Health Risk Assessment and Landfill Design (Conception des sites

d'enfouissement et evaluation des risques pour la sante) 595

Warren B. Kindzierski, Alberta Health, Edmonton, Alberta

A Case Study of Risk Communications Theory in Landfill Siting (Une etudede cas de la theorie de communication des risques dans le choix des sites

d'enfouissement et de la decharge) 607

Bill Carney, Edmonton Board of Health, Edmonton, Alberta

Guidance Document for Human Health Risk Assessment of ContaminatedSites (Document d'orientation en matiere devaluation des risques pour la sante

des humains sur les lieux contamines) 615

Barry Jessiman, Hazardous Waste Section, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Ecological Assessment of Contaminated Sites (La sante des humains et

revaluation des risques environnementaux des lieux contamines) 617

G. Brown, D.Treissman, Can Tox Inc., Calgary, Alberta

Living with our Waste (La gestion des dechets solides municipaux et la santepublique) 629

Marcel Belanger, DRSPM-CSE, Valleyfield, QuebecBiotechnological Prosess for Sewage Sludge Reduction (Processus bio-technologiques pour la reduction des boues residuaires) 647

Michael O'Connell, Ron McCready, ATC Environmental Group Inc.,Calgary, Alberta