Media & News – Waste Watch Ottawa

Diapers in the BLUE Bin? …Wrong but it happens in Winnipeg.

Do we really want Ottawa residents to begin using our GREEN bins for both dog waste AND diapers? Let your Councillor know what you think! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-contamination-recycling-1.5120339

Global News: Fixing the Recycling Industry in Canada?

https://globalnews.ca/news/5207352/how-to-fix-canadas-recycling-industry/?utm_source=notification/

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