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21Jun 201821 Jun 2018

Tomlinson Springhill

The Springhill site is owned by the City of Ottawa but operated by Tomlinson. Here is a recent video they…

24Mar 201829 Apr 2018

Image by Kai Kalhh, Pixabay

News Release: Ottawa Moving Backwards with Green Bin Program

WASTE WATCH OTTAWA Ottawa is Moving Backwards with Its Proposed Changes to the Green Bin Program Allowing Plastic Bags and…

15Sep 201729 Apr 2018

Analysis Finds City is Squandering Landfill Capacity

Waste Watch Ottawa Analysis Finds City’s Lack of Planning and Public Education is Squandering Landfill Capacity Ottawa is dumping much…

Research & Best Practices

A Look At Different Waste Hierarchies

28 Apr 201821 Jun 2018

Here in Canada, the waste hierarchy most often referenced is by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME). Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Waste Free Ontario…

WWO News Release

News Release: Ottawa Moving Backwards with Green Bin Program

24 Mar 201829 Apr 2018

WASTE WATCH OTTAWA Ottawa is Moving Backwards with Its Proposed Changes to the Green Bin Program Allowing Plastic Bags and Dog Waste will Create Problems and Reduce Compost Quality Ottawa,…

WWO Research & Reports

Analysis Finds City is Squandering Landfill Capacity

15 Sep 201729 Apr 2018

Waste Watch Ottawa Analysis Finds City’s Lack of Planning and Public Education is Squandering Landfill Capacity Ottawa is dumping much of its recyclable and green waste into landfill, squandering both…

Plastic Contamination in our Green Bin Compost…… See Photos

Using plastic bags in our municipal green bins can further degrade the quality of the compost. These photos show a recent sample of compost from the our contractor's facility. Contamination…

Please… No Plastics in Our Green Bins!

The City of Ottawa has been asked to postpone allowing plastics in our green bins. WWO and others have put forward their views to the Standing Committee. The Committee will…

Kingston Ontario: Making Improvements to their Curbside Collection and Recycling Programs.

9 Apr 20199 Apr 2019

Kingston already has a Pay-As-You-Throw system. https://globalnews.ca/news/5047343/kingston-curbside-recycling-garbage-collection/

Best Practices for Waste Diversion in Multi-Res Buildings: Final Report for Toronto

1 Apr 201929 Mar 2019

https://thecif.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/979-Toronto_Final_Report.pdf

Tools of Change: Is PAYT Coming to a City Near You?

29 Mar 201929 Mar 2019

Here is a summary of how Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT or "Tag-a-Bag") works in other cities. Note in particular that PAYT was introduced to residents in Orillia Ontario with an initial "free"…

FCM Webinars: Worth Watching Again!

If you would like to see some of the innovative approaches done in other Canadian municipalities please go to the FCM website below https://fcm.ca/en/resources/gmf/webinar-recording-plastic-waste-management-solutions-canadian-municipalities?utm_source=fcm-connect-en&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=gmf-webinar-series&_cldee=d2lsbGlhbXRvbXMwMEB5YWhvby5jb20%3d&recipientid=contact-4c32567d641ce111ad6b005056bc2614-90cb5a8cb2344665b7fcc406bb795f0c&esid=1750c4da-d44f-e911-baa5-005056bc2614

Vancouver is Canada’s Greenest City. We could learn from them?

17 Mar 201917 Mar 2019

Here is some interesting news from Vancouver and how they are dealing with waste. Thanks to ED for letting WWO know about this story! https://thetyee.ca/News/2019/02/28/Less-Waste-Vancouver-Green-Goal/

New Group in Ottawa with a Proposal on Single Use Water Bottles

For information on the Ottawa Water Study/Advisory Group visit https://www.facebook.com/owsagottawa/posts

Motion to Delay Allowing Plastics in Ottawa’s Green Bins

This is the text of a Motion put forward by Councillor Menard this week. It will be discussed at the next Standing Committee Meeting. Please let your Councillor know your…

Maybe allowing “plastics in the green bin” really was a bad idea last year? Lets re-think it now.

Councillor Menard introduced a motion today to delay/review this decision by the previous Council. Please let your Councillor know what you think before it comes to a vote in March.…