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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.
Residential Units Above Commercial
If you live in a residential unit above a commercial property your garbage and recycling is changing as of November 1, 2009.
Key changes:
- Recycling, garbage and organics (Green Bin) will be collected on the same day every week.
- Yard waste will be collected every other week.
- Items must be set out after 6 p.m. and before 9 p.m.
A calendar will be delivered to your door which will contain your collection schedule. If you have not received a calendar by November 1, 2009, please call 311.
All residential properties are being charged for their garbage disposal on a volume-based rate system; either through the Bins System or through the use of paid garbage tags (Bags System). The implementation of the volume-based rate system for residential above commercial units was deferred pending the results of several pilot programs.
For details see Frequently Asked Questions.
Easy access to non-emergency City services and information
Dialing 311 provides residents, businesses and visitors with to non-emergency City services, programs and information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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. Learn more.
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
Yellow garbage bag tags and commercial yellow garbage bags are be sold at Toronto Canadian Tire stores.
Yellow garbage bag tags can also be purchased at Commissioners St. Drop-off Depot.
Extra residential garbage must be tagged with a City-issued yellow garbage bag tag. Residential tags cost $3.10 each and may be purchased as a package of five for $15.50. Commercial yellow garbage bags are sold in a package of five for $15.50.
Pilot program provides easy HHW/electronics collection for selected multi-residential buildings
On Earth Day, April 22, 2009, Mayor David Miller introduced two new recycling collection vehicles - the ElectroVan and the HazMobile - for household hazardous waste and electronics. Special City of Toronto vehicles will bring service collection right to the door of multi-residential buildings taking part in this pilot. Photos of event.
Drop-off Depots continue to accept household hazardous waste, computers, monitors, printers, fax machines and televisions.
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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