Category: WWO PRESS RELEASE
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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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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…
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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 views.
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WWO Waste Agenda: News release August 29, 2018
Ottawa’s recycling and green bin program performance is lagging significantly behind that of all other large municipalities in Ontario. Waste Watch Ottawa (WWO) documented this poor performance in a September 2017 report (Waste Watch Ottawa) and detailed a number of proven program and operational changes which could bring Ottawa up to the performance of leading…
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News Release from Waste Watch Ottawa
Waste Watch Ottawa (WWO), a resident-led group, opposes the proposed changes to the City’s organics composting contract with Orgaworld, and will appear before the City’s Environment and Climate Protection Committee on Monday March 26.
Waste Watch Ottawa 