http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/10416/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/otter-lake-landfill-glimmer-hope-community/20242 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Residents fear it is too early to celebrate </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/1385229_707418869268476_124445845_n.jpg" alt="" title="On Friday, Otter Lake received this load of fish from a motor vehicle accident. Too contaminated for the composting plant, HRM directed it to the landfill, where it was shredded and is now being stabilized. If the HRM Administration gets its way, a load like this would go straight to the landfill without any processing. Photo Otter Lake Community Monitoring" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <div>With 10 councilors on board and only nine votes needed to veto HRM&rsquo;s plan to shut down Otter Lake&#39;s waste managment facilities, the future of the town dump is still in the air. </div><p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/otter-lake-landfill-glimmer-hope-community/20242" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/otter-lake-landfill-glimmer-hope-community/20242#comments Jeff L. Wilson Environment Halifax Otter Lake Landfill Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:22:46 +0000 Robert DeVet 20242 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca