“Ottawa’s waste diversion performance continues to be mediocre and is below the provincial average and well behind leading municipalities. One way of achieving significant improvement would be to implement a partial or full user pay system for garbage. User pay systems are widely used in Ontario municipalities and are a proven factor in achieving much better rates of waste diversion than is being
achieved by the City of Ottawa.”

Read the full report from WWO… Diverting More Curbside Waste With a User Pay System June 25, 2019