Item - 2025.IE24.6

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommend that:

1. City Council request the General Manger, Solid Waste Management Services to request that Enbridge:

a. reconsider its refusal to transport the renewable natural gas from the Green Lane landfill through its pipelines for use in the neighbouring First Nations and in the City of Toronto; and,

b. provide the City with an offer, setting out its financial and other terms to provide this service.

The City's Green Lane Landfill produces landfill gas. The regulated practice for managing this gas is to capture and flare it, which does not take advantage of the gas' green energy potential. To realize this potential, the City has been working with Enbridge Gas Ontario on a project to turn the landfill gas into renewable natural gas, a renewable energy that can be used to fuel vehicles or heat buildings.

As part of an agreement with the City, Enbridge Gas Ontario was to be responsible for the design and construction of the renewable natural gas facility as well as its operation and maintenance for the first 15 years. Additionally, the City had required that Enbridge Gas Ontario provide the three First Nations in close proximity to Green Lane Landfill with an opportunity to invest in the equity of the project in order to generate benefits for their communities.

The project recently completed its pre-design phase which included a feasibility study. On July 3, 2025, the City received a letter from Enbridge Gas Ontario stating that based on the feasibility study, Enbridge Gas Ontario no longer wishes to proceed with the project and is terminating its agreement with the City. As a result, the project cannot go forward as originally intended.

The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the project and Solid Waste Management Services intention to explore alternative avenues to beneficially use the landfill gas produced at Green Lane Landfill. It is also to advise of Solid Waste Management Services' intention to partner with the City's Indigenous Affairs Office to enhance the division's Indigenous engagement.