City of Toronto: Community Environment Days

Torontonians are more actively involved in dealing with current environmental challenges and are bringing more of their “stuff” to Community Environment Day events for re-using, recycling or safe disposal.

Year	# of Participants	Amt. of Waste Collected
2004	21,000	373,780 kg of HHW (household hazardous waste) 216,697 kg of non-Blue box material diverted (including electronics)
2005	21,500	194,969 kg of electronics 445,672 kg of HHW 80,781 kg of non-Blue box material diverted
2006	25,993	231,364 kg of electronics 490,560 kg of HHW 145,759 kg of non-Blue box material diverted
2007	31,447	314, 147 kg of electronics 586,768 kg of HHW 187, 519 kg of non-Blue box material diverted
2008	56,026	417,772 kg of electronics 604,576 kg of HHW 228,155 kg of non-Blue box material diverted
2009	40,319	353,820 kg of electronics 412,505 kg of HHW 177,871 kg of non-Blue box material diverted
2010	32,863	335,851 kg of electronics 406,640 kg of HHW 69,597 kg of non-Blue box material diverted
2011	30,053	272,450 kg of electronics 332, 695 kg of HHW 135, 952 kg of non-Blue box material diverted

Note: Non-Blue box materials include donations for reuse or recycling through community organizations and TDSB schools. Prior to 2009, the total non-Blue box amount listed here also included plastic shopping bags and polystyrene, which have since been included in the Blue Bin program.