Waste Check to pay Municipality of Barrington $150,000

Waste Check will be presenting MoB with $150,000 in two payments of $75,000 each. The first will be supplied within 30 days, the other at the end of April.

Diversion credits are distributed annually to regional authorities in each district by RRFB Nova Scotia (Resource Recovery Refund Board) and are based on how much waste is diverted from the landfill.

The MoB left Waste Check in 2001 and sent its waste to H & H Recovery and the Yarmouth landfill until August 2006.

The MoB approached RRFB in Fall of 2002 requesting diversion credits be paid directly to the municipality rather than to the regional authority. Waste Check does not distribute diversion credits to each participating unit, but instead uses the funds for regional solid waste solutions, including education.

In June 2004, the MoB and the Town of Clarks Harbour filed a lawsuit against Waste Check asking for a share of diversion credits that are distributed to Region 7 each year. There was no amount specified, as the sum was to be determined later, depending on the time involved.

In October 2004, Waste Check creatively settled a similar lawsuit with the Town of Yarmouth, which said $134,000 in diversion credits was owed. Waste Check committed that amount as capital towards solid waste management infrastructure.

Last August the MoB and the Town of Clark’s Harbour entered into a contract to dispose of waste, organics and recyclables at the Queens Landfill. All municipalities in Shelburne County now belong to Region 6.

MoB clerk/treasurer Brian Holland says council is happy to receive the $150,000 and will hopefully direct them towards waste management projects,”

“We’re glad to have the issue finally settled,” he said.