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Final Report Recovering Scrap Metal from Northern Communities in Saskatchewan Final Project Report Prepared by Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council March 31, 2007 A project funded by Government of Canada Climate Change Mitigation Program Northern Saskatchewan Scrap Metals Project 2 Background Metal recycling in the southern half of Saskatchewan is fairly well established. Most municipal landfills have a designated area for scrap metals. Some recycling programs include household metals. The collection and recycling of scrap metal from northern communities is hampered by transportation distances and lack of infrastructure. There are metal stockpiles in Saskatchewan’s north, but their locations and volumes have not been systematically catalogued. In addition, there is currently no plan in place to address either the legacy piles or the ongoing accumulation of such materials. Project Objectives The objectives of this project were: • to locate and quantify the extent of metals stockpiled in northern Saskatchewan communities • to conduct a pilot to remove scrap metal from selected communities in order to determine the associated costs of scrap metal recovery in northern Saskatchewan • to investigate potential transportation options, including transportation corridors and backhaul options, to move scrap metals from northern communities to southern markets • to develop an implementation plan for the province that will include recommendations and creative ways of overcoming the barriers to increased recycling of northern/remote scrap metal • to seek the commitment from partners to embrace the scrap metal recovery plan with a view towards ongoing support Results Steering Committee The first task of the project was to bring together a steering committee composed of those knowledgeable about northern communities and those knowledgeable about scrap metal issues. Project Steering Committee Members: Warren Kelly, Sask. Environment, La Ronge Ken Latimer, Wheat City Metals, Regina Boyd Clark & Al Loke, NewNorth—Sask. Assoc. of Northern Communities, La Ronge John Schisler, La Ronge Waste Management Corp., Air Ronge Rob Sinclair, NRCAN, Ottawa Yann Ruskovski, PAGC, Prince Albert Ian McDonald, McDonald Metals, Prince Albert Bryce Jardine, INAC/EC, Regina Randy Braaten, SK Government Relations, La Ronge Victor Chang, Sask. Environment, Regina Bruce Trotter, Meadow Lake Tribal Council, Meadow Lake The committee met several time to discuss scrap metal issues in the north. A workplan was adopted and later revised when it became clear that it would not be feasible within project timelines to carry out community scrap metal cleanups as pilot projects. The steering committee also met to decide on a long-term plan for handling scrap metal in the north. Northern Saskatchewan Scrap Metals Project 3 Scrap Metal Survey We completed a physical survey of 38 community scrap metal piles in northern Saskatchewan in January and February, 2007. Winter conditions have hampered the quality of the information received somewhat, but many piles were identified. Situations vary greatly throughout the north. Communities manage their scrap in different ways. Some communities do not have a separate scrap metal pile, so their scrap is non- recoverable. Others may have poor or no road access so their options are limited. Many northern communities are very small and a plan to amalgamate their scrap with larger communities will be necessary. The entire survey is attached as Appendix A. Pilot Sites We were unable to clean up any scrap metal piles as a pilot project because of the unavailability of equipment, the short time frame and the winter conditions. We were able to arrange for consolidation of abandoned vehicles in St. George’s Hill. The community had no formal scrap metal pile and many derelict vehicles were scattered throughout. The community selected a new site for the vehicles and a local company prepared the site and moved 35 vehicles to it. The cost of this project was about $3500. It included the clearing of roads and site preparation as well as the cost of dragging the abandoned vehicles from various locations to the new site. Now that the community has a designated area for scrap metals, it plans to continue to use it to collect scrap metal. New Designated Scrap Metal Area Area (roughly) before project Derelict vehicles scattered around St. George’s Hill before the new site was established: Northern Saskatchewan Scrap Metals Project 4 Development of Educational Resources The steering committee recommended the development of educational resources to assist northern communities in improving how scrap metal is handled. Three items were developed, directed at different audiences. The first is a one-page brochure directed at operators — those in charge of landfills and designated areas. The brochure outlines the basic information on how scrap metal should be separated and handled, and gives some tips on how to arrange materials so that scrap metal dealers might be interested. A copy of the brochure is included as Appendix C. The second educational resource is a backgrounder directed at community administrators. The backgrounder provides basic information about scrap metal and goes into more detail about any regulations surrounding scrap metal areas, describes the benefits of scrap metal recycling, and outlines how scrap metal should be prepared, e.g. removing mercury switches, draining fuel tanks, etc. The third resource is a one-panel display on how to handle scrap metals for optimum recycling. This display will be used at educational events and conferences in northern communities to reinforce the messages in the brochure and the backgrounder. The display is designed to be easy to set up and use, and we hope it will be used at many venues. Long Term Plan While the educational resources will provide the information needed to run future northern scrap metal piles optimally, many current piles do not follow any guidelines. These piles will need to be cleaned up before new procedures can be implemented. Communities contacted during the survey were amenable to having their piles cleaned up. In some other provinces, a company has been able to make a business from servicing northern communities’ scrap metal piles. This hasn’t happened on its own in Saskatchewan. In fact, our communities have great difficulties getting scrap metal dealers to even consider a pick-up. One suggested solution was for a northern organization to purchase mobile equipment that could travel to northern communities and process their scrap metal. While the approach has many factors to recommend it, it was considered unworkable. The cost of the equipment, the ongoing coordination, staffing, maintenance and travel costs would be very high. As the distances to scrap metal dealers effectively cancel out the value of the scrap, it wasn’t clear who would cover the ongoing costs in this system. The steering committee also considered the value of a one-time cleanup of the scrap metal piles in northern communities. While not a sustainable solution in the very long term, a one- time cleanup would give the communities the opportunity to re-start their scrap metal collection areas. In combination with the cleanup and the educational resources provided by this project, we hope that northern communities would re-establish their scrap metal collection systems in a more environmentally sound way and in a way that will make the scrap easier to be moved to scrap metal dealers. We also hope that the cleanup will lead to increased community pride and will reduce scrap metal dumping. Northern Saskatchewan Scrap Metals Project 5 A one-time cleanup will provide a clear idea of the cost of pulling the scrap metal out of northern Saskatchewan communities. It also gives a few years in which other long-term solutions (e.g. industry stewardship) could be developed. Alternatively, another cleanup could be planned in 5-10 years if it were needed. The steering committee decided that the one-time cleanup is a useful medium-term plan that will generate useful cost and logistical information for future programs. NewNorth, the organization of northern Saskatchewan municipalities, has initiated the development of the one-time cleanup plan. Using the information from the community survey, NewNorth is estimating the amount of scrap metal that will need to be collected from the northern communities. The plan includes the use of three sites located near the southern edge of the Northern Administrative District (NAD-see page 6) the district that NewNorth serves. These three sites will be used to consolidate the scrap metal. One site will serve the west side of the NAD, one the centre and the third will serve the east part of the NAD. Specific requirements of the sites include: -accessibility by large trucks and equipment — old gravel pits or other sites with good drainage are optimal -large enough to handle the estimated amounts of scrap available -the potential to become permanent consolidation sites for scrap metal -it would also be useful if the sites were able to be secured in some way Potential sites have been identified and work continues to get the permissions needed to use them for scrap metal consolidation. NewNorth approached all northern communities to discuss the cleanup project. Communities who sign on to the cleanup project agreed to follow the rules and guidelines (if they weren’t already) when they re-establish their scrap metal systems. Each community is expected to assist in the consolidation by providing the labour to load the trucks. Communities are also responsible for gathering together any scrap metal that is scattered around so that it can be included in the consolidation. NewNorth gathered estimates of the cost of gathering the materials from participating communities to the consolidation points. Once the cleanup plan details were finalized, NewNorth developed a proposal that will be presented to several funding agencies. We expect that if funding is secured work can begin in the summer of 2008. The NewNorth Proposal is included as Appendix B.
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