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Thank you, Halton residents! In 2023, you diverted 136,285 tonnes of residential waste from the landfill—that’s 58 per cent of the community’s waste. The total garbage landfilled at the Halton Waste Management Site was 69,315 tonnes but we maximized waste diversion by re-using material and re-directing it through our programs and your participation in them!

Here is how we diverted waste in 2023:

Halton Region's comprehensive approach to waste diversion

Our waste diversion strategy has three key elements:

• advocacy
• programs and services
• community outreach and education

Our Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee also plays an important role in promotion of the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) to minimize waste going to the landfill.

Successful advocacy

Through collaboration with our municipal partners, Provincial legislation was updated, enabling increased industry support for the proper recycling and disposal of materials. Several programs now support extended user responsibility under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016:

• Blue Box Regulation (O. Reg. 391/21)
• Hazardous and Special Products (HSP) Regulation (O. Reg. 449/21)
• Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) Regulation O. Reg. 522/20 (including lighting)
• Tires Regulation (O. Reg. 225/18)
• Batteries Regulation (O. Reg. 30/20)

Halton Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee

In 2023, the Halton Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee helped to raise awareness of important changes to our waste collection programs, Extended Producer Responsibility programs under the Waste Free Ontario Act, and Halton’s Solid Waste Management Strategy. The Committee includes members from our four municipalities and was established as a Condition of Approval for the Halton Waste Management Site (HWMS) when it opened in 1992.

Your participation in our programs and services is essential

Halton Region’s waste programs and services play a central role in our waste diversion efforts—along with the participation of our community. Our programs and services include:

• weekly curbside Blue Box and Green Cart collection
• bi-weekly curbside garbage collection
• bi-weekly curbside Yard Waste collection (April to December, urban only)
• metal and appliance collection (by appointment)
• backyard composter sales
• HWMS drop-off of materials for recycling
• battery Recycling Depots, Household Hazardous Waste Depot and Salvation Army Reuse Depot
• delivery of Blue Boxes and Green Carts to new subdivisions and free replacements for broken containers
• Green Cart Program in apartments and condominiums
• using GPS technology to optimize space at the landfill
• space-saving reusable tarps as an alternative daily cover at the landfill

Stay connected on all things waste! Go Digital and Go Green.

We continue to connect with our community through our digital communications and waste management workshops for schools and community groups. Stay connected with us to help increase waste diversion! Visit our Recycling and Waste pages to:

• access your waste calendar and our Put Waste in its Place material sorting tool;
• sign up for weekly waste collection schedule reminders (by phone and email); and
• print or order your personal one-page Waste Collection Calendar.

This notice meets the requirement of Condition 1 of the Halton Waste Management Site’s Conditions of Approval under the Environmental Assessment Act. A report describing compliance with all the Conditions of Approval under the Environmental Assessment Act is available for review. To obtain a copy of this report, please contact Halton Region by calling 311, 905-825-6000, or 1-866-442-5866. This notice was first issued October 29, 2024.