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Hold on! The Blue Bin won't accept just anything
We all want to recycle all we can, but some plastics and metals can't go in the Blue Bin. If you don't recycle properly, we can't either. Learn the ins and outs from the top 10 Bin sins ads. To learn even more about what to do with your waste materials, visit our new online search tool.
Toronto City Council passes Solid Waste 2010 budget
The Solid Waste Management Services 2010 budget, passed by Council at its Nov. 30 - December 1, 2009 meeting, strikes a balance between fiscal constraint and a continued commitment to investing in Toronto's infrastructure and the waste diversion initiatives necessary to achieve 70% waste diversion from landfill. The program includes no increase in solid waste rates for 2010.
Proposed New Processing Facility for Mixed Waste
The City of Toronto is pursuing a number of waste diversion initiatives including the need to build a residential mixed waste processing facility. A number of sites and technologies for processing residential mixed waste have been evaluated and the preferred site for this proposed facility is City of Toronto owned land, adjacent to the Green Lane Landfill located in Southwold Township (near St. Thomas, Ontario). Learn more ...
3Rs Ambassador Volunteer Program
The 3Rs Ambassador Volunteer Program is looking for volunteers who are interested in promoting the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) as a way to reduce waste. If you are a resident of an apartment or condo and would like to help your neighbours, through an education and outreach program, think about volunteering. View program and volunteer information.
Reducing starts with reusing
Think more, about using less. It's simple. When you leave the house, bring a refillable container for water or coffee and when shopping, bring reusable bags and look for items with less packaging. See the City's new packaging reduction ads.
Experts' reports help inform next steps for policy on reduction and recycling of hot drink cups
Independent experts were retained by the City to assist staff and industry members of the Hot Drink Cup Taskforce to understand issues impacting on the goal to reduce and recycle hot drink cups within the framework of Toronto's recycling program. The areas of research included end-markets assessment; processing equipment and material recovery facility (MRF) assessment; and behaviour change. The following reports are now available:
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Retailer for yellow bags and tags
Residential garbage bag tags and commercial yellow garbage bags are sold at Toronto Canadian Tire stores.
Extra residential garbage must be tagged with a City-issued garbage bag tag. Residential tags cost $3.10 each. Commercial yellow garbage bags are sold in a package of five for $15.50.
Council approves new packaging reduction policies
On December 2, 2008, Toronto City Council took bold action to reduce retail in-store packaging and to ultimately ensure that the materials used are recyclable in the City’s Blue Bin recycling program. The policies primarily focus on reducing the volume of plastic retail shopping bags, plastic take-out food packaging and plastic water bottles.
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