FOMB

This organization got its start on Mother's Day 1997. The current Waste Connections landfill was then owned by a company called Huneault. One of their leachate holding ponds had turned septic and the stench travelling eastward on the prevailing winds was unbelievable. Leachate is the liquid material that drains from land or stockpiled material and contains significantly elevated concentrations of undesirable material derived from the material that it has passed through... Neither Huneault nor any of our elected or appointed officials or their departments were willing to do anything to resolve the issue in the near term. A group of residents got together, called themselves Friends of The Mer Bleue, and set out to see what could be done. Representatives from the committee met with officials from Gloucester, the waste management company, the NCC and the Ministry of the Environment to find a cure. Handling and treating the leachate onsite had failed and the only solution that could be..