Thank you Halton residents!
In 2025, you diverted 134,686 tonnes of residential waste from the landfill—that’s 59 per cent of the community’s waste. The total garbage landfilled at the Halton Waste Management Site was 85,358 tonnes but we maximized waste diversion by re-using material and re-directing it through our programs and your participation in them!
How we diverted waste in 2025
- Blue box: 46,837 tonnes
- Green cart: 34,477 tonnes
- Yard waste: 26,850 tonnes
- Household hazardous waste: 731 tonnes
- Electronic waste: 314 tonnes
- Other waste: 25,477 tonnes
A strategic approach to waste diversion
Halton Region’s approach to waste diversion has three key elements:
- advocacy
- programs and services
- community outreach and education
Our Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee also plays a vital role in promoting 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 Regulation (O. Reg. 449/21)
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment 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 2025, the Halton Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee helped raise awareness about important changes to Halton’s waste collection programs and initiatives. This included updating Committee members about Halton Region waste management programs, the O. Reg. 391/21: Blue Box, under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, initiatives under the Solid Waste Management Strategy, the Wheeled Cart Program implementation plan, expansion of the Landfill Gas Collection System, and the Cell 4 West construction of the Halton Waste Management Site landfill.
The Committee, which includes members from each of Halton’s four municipalities, was established as a Condition of Approval for the Halton Waste Management Site 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 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)
- weekly blue box collection to business improvement areas and designated commercial locations
- backyard composter sales
- Halton Waste Management Site drop-off of materials for recycling
- Battery Recycling Depots, Household Hazardous Waste Depot and Salvation Army Reuse Depot
- delivery of 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)
- print or order your personal one-page waste collection calendar
Notice information
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 19, 2026.