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In 2021, Edmonton transitioned from a bag to cart system for garbage and food waste collection. [14] On September 10, 2020, the Edmonton city council approved a 25-year waste strategy to reduce the landfill waste by 90%. The city is also transitioning into a new cart system rather from the blue bag system to dispose of waste. [15]
GFL's contract with the city of Toronto to collect residential waste west of Yonge Street began in August 2012. [7] In January 2015, the Halifax council awarded GFL three new contracts to collect residential waste in Halifax for the next four years [31] In 2016, the city of Windsor chose to keep their waste and recycling collection service ...
A city is the highest form of all incorporated urban municipality statuses used in the Canadian Province of Alberta. Alberta cities are created when communities with populations of at least 10,000 people, where a majority of their buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1,850 m², apply to Alberta Municipal Affairs for city status under ...
Kerbside collection or curbside collection is a service provided to households, typically in urban and suburban areas, of collecting and disposing of household waste and recyclables. It is usually accomplished by personnel using specially built vehicles to pick up household waste in containers that are acceptable to, or prescribed by, the ...
Waste collection barges are used in some towns, for example in Venice, Italy. However, in many developing countries, such as Mexico [1] and Egypt, [2] waste left in bins or bags at the side of the road will not be removed unless residents interact with the waste collectors. Mexico City residents must haul their trash to a waste collection ...
The Halifax Regional Municipality has had Green Bin collection in urban areas since 1998. Hamilton, Ontario had originally implemented its "Green Bin" program to houses in 2006 and is the first city to recently spread the project to apartment buildings and complexes to reduce waste by 35% to ease the garbage in Hamilton's only operational landfill.
The Calgary CMA includes Calgary, Rocky View County, Airdrie, Beiseker, Chestermere, Cochrane, Crossfield, Irricana, and Tsuu T'ina 145. The Calgary Metropolitan Region is a major transportation hub for southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, eastern British Columbia, and parts of the northern United States.
Map of Calgary c. 2000. This is a list of neighbourhoods in Calgary, Alberta. As of 2016, Calgary has 197 neighbourhoods, which are referred to as "communities" by the municipal government, [1] and 42 industrial areas. [2] A further 15 communities were included in the civic censuses from 2015 to 2019, [3] bringing the total to 212.