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Waste Diversion

Municipal governments play a pivotal role in Canada and around the world in ensuring residential waste is properly managed to ensure the health of our communities and our environment. Significant progress has been made by municipalities to operate integrated waste management systems that keep our communities safe and improve environmental outcomes.

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Blue Box Program

The Blue Box program is the largest and most well-known diversion program in Ontario. In August 2019, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks announced that the Blue Box program would transition to full producer financial & operational responsibility.
Jan 15, 2021 • Resource
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Food & Organic Waste Program

Organic programs are not cost-shared with producers of this type of waste, and fall outside of the scope of programs that are transitioning to full producer responsibility.
Jan 11, 2021 • Resource

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Food & Organic Waste

Recommendations for the Diversion of Food and Organic Waste in Ontario

Nov 9, 2021 • Discussion Paper

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