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POP: Landfills

POP: Yes
Res #: POP 3-17M
Number: 3
Year: 2017
Midterm: Yes
Expired: No
Responses Received: No
Departments: Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment

WHEREAS the provincial government is in the process of wholesale closure of rural landfills;

WHEREAS in most cases an alternative site is not within practical distance of urban and rural ratepayers;

WHEREAS RMs are now victim of illegal dumping in roadside ditches;

BE IT RESOLVED the provincial government restore landfill site operations until an alternate solution is found or created.

View response from the Ministry of Environment