Proposed recycling facility for Essa
by Richard Blanchard

Essa township could soon be home to a new recycling facility.

Council heard a proposal from Recycling Facilities which currently operates a a metal recycling facility at the corner of County Roads 90 and 56 to add a recycling processing and transfer facility which will sort and transfer solid non hazardous materials such as metal, wood, plastics and cardboard.

A 7500 square foot facility would be constructed to house the sorting operation.

Tis Zaghi of Jones Consulting who represented the proponent said that operation would be designed to have rapid turnover of materials which would be placed in transport trailers and moved. Mayor Dave Guergis said that his biggest worry was about material coming to the site ending up on the township roads.

"I have seen similar problems at recycling facilities in southern Ontario where the ditches and property around them are filled with trash which has blown off the trucks."

He also wondered if material would be imported from outside of Simcoe county to be processed.

Dan Kozina, who owns the current operation, said that he would ensure that any potential litter problem would be taken care of.

"If they create a trash problem on neighbouring properties, they will be asked to go elsewhere," he said.