York1 Environmental Waste Solutions Ltd. is the applicant/proponent for the proposed landfill and waste-processing expansion at the former Dresden Tile Yard site (29831 Irish School Road, Chatham-Kent), which would expand waste storage/processing area from 0.8 to 25 hectares and accept up to 6,000 tonnes/day. York1 is controlled, via the Willowdale Asset Management umbrella, by developers Andrew Guizzetti and Daniel Guizzetti along with business partner Brian Brunetti (Brunetti is York1's president/CEO). The Guizzetti-Brunetti group also owns Whitestone Fields LP, which acquired the underlying Dresden property from York1 in March 2025.
Company
York1 Environmental Waste Solutions Ltd.
A Mississauga, Ontario-headquartered environmental and infrastructure services company providing non-hazardous solid waste collection, disposal, processing and soil remediation services.
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Beneficiary
Beneficiary
Bill 5 (Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025), which received Royal Assent June 5, 2025, revoked Ontario Regulation 284/24 (which had designated York1's Dresden-area landfill project for a full environmental assessment) and amended the Environmental Assessment Act to exempt the project from further EA requirements — the first landfill proposal in the province selected for fast-tracking under Bill 5.
People
- Brian BrunettiExecutivePresident and CEO of York1 (also referred to in some coverage as president/COO of York1 Group); business partner of Andrew and Daniel Guizzetti and co-owner of Whitestone Fields LP, which bought York1's stake in the Dresden landfill property in March 2025.
- Andrew GuizzettiOwnerToronto developer and co-CEO of Willowdale Asset Management; controls York1 Environmental Waste Solutions along with his brother Daniel and partner Brian Brunetti, per reporting on an Integrity Commissioner complaint filed by an MPP.
- Daniel GuizzettiOwnerToronto developer and co-CEO of Willowdale Asset Management; controls York1 Environmental Waste Solutions along with his brother Andrew and partner Brian Brunetti, per reporting on an Integrity Commissioner complaint filed by an MPP.