Category: NEWS
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User-Pay for garbage can play a major role in Ottawa’s new Waste Master Plan
As the City Ottawa starts work on a new solid waste master plan (Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management Committee, June 25, 2019: Solid Waste Master Plan Roadmap), Waste Watch Ottawa (WWO) urges that a major component of the planning process and the plan itself should be a user pay system for garbage.
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Diapers in the BLUE Bin? …Wrong but it happens in Winnipeg
Winnipeg’s recycling needs to get cleaner; instead, people are putting dirty diapers in the blue bin.
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Fixing the Recycling Industry in Canada
Global News has written a series investigating Canada’s recycling industry.
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Please…No Plastics in Our Green Bins!
While the Federal and Provincial Governments are developing a Canada-wide strategy on zero plastic waste, and the Government of Ontario is consulting on waste and litter reduction in the Province, including plastics, the City of Ottawa is encouraging plastic bag use in its green waste stream. “This is frankly embarrassing,” says Brian Tansey of Waste Watch Ottawa.
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Kingston Ontario: Making Improvements to their Curbside Collection and Recycling Programs
Residents of Kingston Ontario already have their own customized/modern user pay system for curbside waste collection. Their municipality is now asking the public how to make it work better. When will Ottawa residents be offered an opportunity to express their views?
Waste Watch Ottawa 