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These three differently-coloured bins are used to sort waste in Toronto. The curbside collection systems for recyclates vary across Canada: Blue box – Ontario (excluding Toronto), British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Quebec and Manitoba; Wheeled Blue bin – Toronto, Calgary, Essex-Windsor, Winnipeg; Green box – used in North York, Ontario
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 two-bin system consists of a recycling bin (usually 240 litre) for co-mingled recyclables, and a general waste bin which is often smaller (e.g. 140 litre, 120 litre or 80 litre). The three-bin system consists of the above two bins plus a green waste bin (usually 240 litre). Not all councils have a green waste bin collection service.
Sorted recycling bins in Orchard Road, Singapore Recycling bin of plastic bottles in Tel Aviv, Israel. A recycling bin (or recycle bin) is a container used to hold recyclables before they are taken to recycling centers. Recycling bins exist in various sizes for use inside and outside of homes, offices, and large public
The council said on its website that it cost the authority £500,000 a year to run the current kerbside green bin collection service and it could no longer afford to provide it for free.
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Today, many municipalities operate blue box programs that accept all forms of paper materials, most plastic packaging, glass containers, aluminum cans and steel cans. For example, the City of Greater Napanee accepts: Glass bottles and jars, including all glass containers which previously contained a food or beverage product.
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