GFL Environmental is the only major diversified environmental services company in North America offering services in solid waste management, liquid waste management, and infrastructure development.  

With strategically located operations across Canada and the United States, GFL is uniquely equipped to undertake practically any environmental challenge, with unparalleled commitment to safety and customer service.  

Recognized by our signature fleet of bright green trucks and equipment, we offer a wide range of environmental and industrial services to businesses, communities and households, providing a consolidated and sophisticated approach to meeting our customers’ needs.  

About the Stoney Creek Regional Facility

The Stoney Creek Regional Facility opened in 1996 as the Taro East Landfill, under the ownership of PSC Industrial Services. Newalta acquired the site in 2006 with its acquisition of PSC Canada.

The Site

The site receives solid, non-hazardous residual materials from commercial, industrial and institutional sources that have exhausted all recycling options. These materials include residues from local steelmaking and other industrial operations, excavation materials from industrial sites, construction/demolition materials and rubble - primarily from the Hamilton Area. The site does not receive municipal garbage.

The site is permitted to receive up to 250 trucks per day.

The site is permitted to receive 750,000 tonnes of material annually, taking in a combination of residual material and industrial soils, or "fill".

Once the site has reached its maximum lifetime capacity, GFL, the City of Hamilton and the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks (MECP) in consultation with the community, will determine its post-closure plans. This could include converting the site to a passive park or golf course, for example.

Environmental Controls and Monitoring

GFL’s operational and compliance record at the SCRF is exemplary. We operate in compliance with all regulatory requirements. GFL has never had a serious issue related to receiving or handling material at the SCRF.

The highly engineered site ensures maximum environmental protection through a double-liner system. It is constructed with two levels of natural clay liner and a single geosynthetic membrane liner, along with extensive leachate and groundwater collection systems. The liner is approximately 10 feet thick and ensures nothing is able to escape to the natural environment.

GFL employs three full-time environmental technicians whose sole responsibilities are to monitor and ensure compliance with all environmental regulations. They screen incoming materials to the site and monitor groundwater, surface water, leachate and various other aspects of facility operations.

All new materials received at the site must be analyzed and pre-approved for acceptance by independent, accredited third-party laboratories to ensure only permitted non-hazardous industrial material is received. Once material arrives at the site, analysis and documentation are verified and the material is visually inspected. GFL also conducts random sample analyses of incoming vehicles and materials.

In addition to our own rigorous procedures, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks perform random inspections at the SCRF periodically.

GFL also commissions an independent annual Community Health Assessment Review, which has consistently concluded that the facility poses no scientifically significant or measurable potential impact to human and environmental health. The study reviews the cumulative impacts of ongoing monitoring data of key parameters that could impact the health of the local community, including: air quality, leachate,
groundwater and surface water.

In 2012, Hamilton Public Health did an evaluation of the site, which can be downloaded here.