Rehabilitating Ontario's Pits & Quarries

Rehabilitation of Ontario's Aggregate Pits & Quarries

• For every two hectares of land newly excavated, less than one is rehabilitated
• In the last decade (1992-2001) Ontario's aggregate pits & quarries have excavated an additional 5,948 hectares (size of 10,000 football fields) that has not rehabilitated.

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has been requested, under the Environmental Bill of Rights, to review why rehabilitation is not being done. See Request for MNR Review. Good News!! The government has agree to carry out our request to review the status of rehabilitation of gravel pits/quarries in Ontario.

Why aren't we protecting our land and our environment? For answers read further:

1. New excavation each year: Rehabilitation rapidly falling behind
2. Ontario law and rehabilitation: Aggregate Resources Act
3. Who's who in Ontario aggregates: MNR & APAO
4. What has been said about the rehabilitation problem: MNR & APAO
5. Annual production statistics: Only modest changes
6. Licensed area statistics: Only modest changes
7. Per capita consumption of aggregates: Ontario vs US vs UK
8. Urban sprawl: Highways & houses
9. Haulage levy: Tax on trucking
10. Liquidating rehabilitation deposits: Eliminating incentive to rehabilitate