You won't believe what Sudbury wants you to do now
Bonjour du Nord — c'est Sudbury, on lâche pas. Let's go.
Okay, ben là. You know how we always talk about how we're building a new Sudbury, right? Re-greening, new tech, all that. Well, the city just dropped a bombshell that really gets down to brass tacks about what *we* need to do. They're telling us, straight up, that our three landfills – yeah, the ones out near McCrea Heights and over by the Valley East – they've only got about 25 years left. *Vingt-cinq ans!* And their big idea to stretch that out? They want us to get serious about composting. Like, *really* serious. It’s not just about what we put out on the curb anymore; it’s about what we *don't* put there, eh.
### Pourquoi C'est Important
This isn't some abstract, far-off problem, voyons donc. If we don't change how we're tossing our banana peels and coffee grounds, we're looking at needing a whole new landfill in a quarter-century. And where are we going to put that? We're already a city built on a crater, with lakes and bedrock everywhere you turn. Finding a massive new parcel of land that's not already home to someone, or a blueberry patch, or a new housing development in New Sudbury? C'est fou! This is about our future, our land, and frankly, our wallets, because new infrastructure like that costs big, big money.
* The city's current landfills are projected to be full in 25 years. * Composting significantly reduces household waste, extending landfill life. * A new landfill would be an enormous logistical and financial challenge for the city.
Think about it while you're driving past the slag heaps in Copper Cliff, or through the re-greened hills where the blueberries are finally thriving again. We’ve shown the world we can fix massive environmental problems here. We brought the land back after decades of industrial damage. Surely, we can figure out how to keep our food waste out of the dump, eh? This is our chance to really walk the talk about being a sustainable, forward-thinking Northern city.
Elodie Bélanger-Mikkonen, MiTL Sports Desk, Sudbury.
You know Keith and the gang are already on this story – catch all the details at mornings.live.