Knowing that more than half of what we throw in the garbage could be recycled or composted and the City of Ottawa says the Trail Road landfill is filling up fast, we need to do better, and that means rethinking how we collect garbage at the curb. As a community, Ottawans can divert more waste from the landfill, reduce emissions that contribute to climate change and turn more waste into new products and resources.
For this reason the City of Ottawa is engaging on options for the Solid Waste Master Plan, and curbside garbage collection is up first. Between now and September 12, the City wants your input on three options to divert more garbage:
- Partial pay-as-you throw: Households would be allowed to place a set number of garbage items out for collection. Households with more than this limit would purchase garbage tags for each additional item. Recycling, organics, and leaf and yard waste would still be picked up without any tags and with no limits.
- Reduced item limits: Households would set out a reduced number of garbage items for collection. Anything above the limit would not be collected.
- Clear garbage bags with recycling and organics bans: Households would set out their garbage in clear bags. Recyclables and organic waste would not be permitted in the garbage.
Ottawa residents are asked to visit ottawa.ca/wasteplan have a say and become part of the solution. You can share your thoughts by completing a survey or participating in one of our online workshops.
Feedback from this engagement series will be used to help select a new curbside garbage collection option for Ottawa. It will also feed into the ongoing development of the Solid Waste Master Plan – a guide for how garbage, recycling and household organics will be managed for the next 30 years.
SOURCE City of Ottawa
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