I would like to clarify a statement that appeared in the editorial titled ‘Waste Management should be county responsibility,’ which appeared in the May 13 issue of the Orangeville Citizen.

The editorial states, “As a result, the region now has a Peel Integrated Waste Management Facility, the largest of its kind in Canada, which houses a single-stream Material Recovery Facility (MRF), a waste transfer station and an organics composting plant, as well as a modern incinerator that handles a significant portion of the output from the MRF.”

The Algonquin Power Energy-from-Waste facility (referred to as the modern incinerator) manages a significant portion of Peel’s garbage but does not handle any output from the MRF.

The material collected through the Region’s Blue Box Program is a recyclable and valuable commodity. It is brought to the MRF, sorted by material type, baled and then sold to markets that use the material to make new products.

Residents who wish to learn more about how the Region of Peel manages it recyclable material and garbage can view videos of the MRF and Energyfrom Waste facility at www.peelregion.ca/waste

Norman Lee Director, Waste

Management Region of Peel