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Biodegradable plastic packaging and bags present recycling challenges
The majority of Ontario municipalities, including the City of Toronto, do not want biodegradable plastic packaging, including biodegradable plastic bags, in their recycling or organics programs for a number of reasons. They belong in the garbage. Read further about the challenges biodegradable products present.
Green Bin is a success: The facts about the program
Toronto's Green Bin Program is one of the most successful waste diversion programs in North America. Our unique composting technology allows everything from table scraps to pet waste to be turned into compost. The City needs residents' continued participation. Learn the facts.
More useful Green Bin program information:
What amount of my household garbage could be Green Bin material?
About one-third, or 30%, of your household garbage is organic material - material that can be processed into compost for use on farms, parklands and gardens instead of being sent to landfill. The purpose of the Green Bin Program is to divert these organic materials from landfill and turn them into compost. Given the City’s goal of striving for 70% diversion of waste from landfill, reducing our volume of garbage by separating out organics to be processed as a beneficial resource, is the right thing to do.
Questioning the value of the Green Bin program? (PDF)
Why did the City introduce the Green Bin program?
How Green Bin organics contribute to the City’s 2008 overall diversion rate?
Questions and answers about the program
What goes in the bin v.s. what doesn’t
How organics are processed – what is removed as residue and what continues on to become finished compost
Green Bin organics go full circle (PDF) – what goes in your bin could end up back in your garden as compost to improve soil conditions
How to use compost?
Green Bin collection is weekly – check your full collection schedule
Think your Green Bin material is being mixed with garbage when collected? It’s not true.
Homeowners: need to replace your bins or get additional ones?
How can I participate in my multi-unit building’s Green Bin program?
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...For more information about the processing of organics
Please view the presentation The Green Bin Program . from curb to compost and check out this ad which shows how the Green Bin goes full circle (PDF).
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City Council approves plan for two new organic processing facilities within Toronto
Due to strong participation in the Green Bin Program and the plan to expand this organics collection program to more users, City Council, at its June 2007 meeting, approved building and siting two new facilities to process Green Bin organic material. Each facility will be capable of processing 55,000 tonnes of organic material bringing the City’s processing capacity within city borders up to 110,000 tonnes a year. Find out more about the process, including the study, reports and public consultation that led to this decision. For more information about the processing of organics, please view the presentation The Green Bin Program … from curb to compost.
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