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EVER WONDER WHAT HAPPENS behind the gates of a soil receiving site?
Environment Journal recently embarked on a site tour to 昀椀nd out more
about the strategies employed at a successful soil management company
servicing the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). We learned 昀椀rsthand how the
company employs strict environmental standards while maintaining
positive public relations with the surrounding community — despite all
the trucks with substantial volumes of soil rolling through every day.
THE UNITED SOILS MANAGEMENT SITE IN STOUFFVILLE, ONTARIO:
THE SITE, WHICH IS 80 HECTARES (200 ACRES) HAS A
CLEARLY DESIGNATED ENTRANCE FOR TRUCKS TO CHECK IN
AT THE OFFICE TRAILER AND SUBMIT THEIR TICKETS,
GET WEIGHED ON THE SCALE IF REQUIRED, DUMP THEIR
LOAD, AND TRAVEL THROUGH THE WHEEL WASH AVAILABLE
SEASONALLY, BEFORE HEADING BACK ON THE ROAD.
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United Soils Management, located in Stou昀昀ville, Ontario, has a long
history of providing excess soil solutions (in its previous life as Lee Sand
and Gravel, and North York Sand and Gravel).
Before the site started accepting soils, it was
an extraction operation, providing building
materials for construction projects. Now the
site continues to help these projects by taking
their excess soils. At one point in time, it was
the province’s only licensed clean 昀椀ll site. In
2007, the site started receiving approved soils.
In 2016, a site alteration permit meant they
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could restore the original grade of the site and
UNITED SOILS MANAGEMENT
set the stage for bene昀椀cial reuse.
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