About The Lambton Facility, Hazardous waste is a fact of modern life. From medicines to cosmetics, from packaged foods and beverages—to paint, fertilizer, rubber and plastics—all the products that nurture our lifestyle generate hazardous waste as part of their production and consumption. The generation of this material is inevitable, and Canadian law has mandated that it be contained and managed in a responsible fashion to…, Serving the Great Lakes Region, View Ontario area map Located near the Ontario/Michigan border, the Lambton facility's primary service area encompasses the Great Lakes region. The facility began accepting waste on a regional basis in the early 1970s in response to the needs of major industrial customers, such as the automotive industry, who were already moving toward a North American rather than country-specific business model…
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Does the landfill pollute local groundwater resources?, There is currently no evidence of contamination of the interface aquifer in analytical samples collected as part of the semi-annual sampling event at the Lambton site, which are a result of site operations. Clean Harbors has an active groundwater monitoring program that provides early detection of changes in groundwater quality at the site. Monitoring wells are installed along the perimeter of…, Does the operation of the landfill contaminate local crops?, Clean Harbors has maintained a phytotoxicology monitoring program since 1991 to track potential impacts on surrounding farms within approximately 2 km of the Lambton facility. Foliage, soil and crop samples are collected and analyzed for a broad range of trace organic compounds and metals. There has been no evidence of any impact on the quality of local crops.
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Sharing Information with Our Neighbours, Maintaining a positive relationship with our neighbours and the communities around us is very important to the employees and management at Clean Harbors Lambton facility. At Lambton, we strive to make the community a part of our operations, and we are proud to be an active supporter of Lambton County and St. Clair Township. By using various communication tools to provide the public with…, Supporting the Communities We Live In, Every year, through an employee managed charity committee, the facility provides financial support to over 30 local organizations. Here’s a small sample of the organizations we have supported: Alexander Mackenzie Secondary Special Education Canadian Cancer Society Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Ducks Unlimited 1st Hussars Regiment Inn of the Good Sheppard Kidney Foundation of Canada…
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Skills Development and Preparedness, Lambton facility employees and site workers participate in a comprehensive skills training program involving safe operations and emergency response procedures. The program ensures our employees are skilled in the following: Workplace health and safety Hazardous materials awareness, identification and management Environment, transportation, and labour regulations Confined space entry Emergency…
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Safety is our No. 1 Priority, Protecting the safety of every Clean Harbors employee, every visitor to our facility and all of our neighbours is our No. 1 priority. At Lambton, our waste treatment processes incorporate closed- and controlled-loop systems to prevent adverse health and environmental effects. For example, many feed and processing vessels include nitrogen blanketing, vent filtration and fume incineration systems.…
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Providing consistently reliable information is a top priority for the people at Lambton's on-site laboratory. Every day, we use modern analytical technology and proven scientific practices to describe the various types of waste that Clean Harbors is asked to manage. The laboratory's chemists, technologists and technicians perform a number of important duties, including: Analyzing waste to help…
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Every year, the Clean Harbors Lambton facility, in conjunction with the County of Lambton, provides Lambton County residents the opportunity to dispose of their household hazardous waste (HHW) including unused cleaners, garden chemicals, dead batteries, paints and more. The Clean Harbors Lambton facility HHW depot is located at the corner of Telfer Road and Petrolia Line between Corunna and…, Helpful Hints to Safely Handling Materials in Your Home, Download Fact Sheet (HHW Collection Depot Information Flyer) Download Fact Sheet (Do's & Don'ts of Handling Household Hazardous Waste in Your Home) Download Fact Sheet (What Happens to Household Hazardous Waste), About the Collection Depot, Clean Harbors has been managing the County's HHW collection depot since 1993. However, the site's efforts to encourage local residents to manage their household hazardous waste responsibly dates back to 1986. Working in cooperation with the Lambton Industrial Society (now called the Sarnia-Lambton Environmental Association) and Lambton College, the site helped introduce the concept of household…
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The St. Clair Township site is well suited for a secure landfill operation for several reasons. First and foremost, is the layer of natural clay till, approximately 42 metres (140 feet) thick, on which the township is located. The clay is so resistant to the passage of water (permeability 10-7 to 10-9 cm/sec.) that hydrogeologists predict it will take hundreds to thousands of years for even a…
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Environmental specialists have engineered a continuous trench method of landfilling that is used at the Lambton Facility. This method complements the site's natural ability to isolate waste from the surrounding environment. The secure landfill cells are dug 18 metres (60 feet) deep, and are continuously filled and capped. The continuous trench method ensures that waste is placed in the secure…
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On September 1, 2007 the Ontario government introduced a new Land Disposal Restriction (LDR) Regulation (O. Reg. 461/05), which prohibits the land disposal of untreated hazardous wastes, and requires that the waste meet treatment standards before going to landfill. The new law primarily affects companies in the following industry sectors: primary metals, petroleum refining, transportation…, Acceptable Waste Types, The list below provides some examples of waste streams that are being processed in the new plant: Contaminated soils Heavy metal compounds Electric arc furnace dust (EAF) from steel manufacturing Acid residues (solids, slurries) Alkaline residues (solids, slurries) Electrical/electronic manufacturing waste Inorganic waste from chemical and petrochemical industry processes Incinerator, boiler and…
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