Author: Waste Watch Ottawa
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Renewing the Blue Box: Final report on the blue box mediation process
The Special Advisor on Recycling and Plastic Waste report outlines recommendations for transitioning the management of Ontario’s Blue Box Program to producers of plastic and other packaging. The report, written by advisor David Lindsay, includes results from consultations with municipal and industry stakeholders and offers ways to improve recycling and increase the number or products…
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WWO Proposes that City of Ottawa evaluate User Pay options as part of our new Waste Management Master Plan
In an interview with 1310 NEWS, Duncan Bury, the spokesman for Waste Watch Ottawa, talks about the results of his report on Ottawa’s waste management. Bury hopes it will give City council ideas on improving their waste planning process and encourage people to use recycling bins correctly.
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WWO suggests a User Pay “nudge” to increase curbside recycling in Ottawa.
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…
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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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Zero Waste Hierarchy
Zero Waste Canada was founded on the principles of Zero Waste as defined by the Zero Waste International Alliance.
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