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By the later 20th Century Toronto and previously Metro Toronto have used a number of sites mostly close to the city to handle solid waste collected: Keele Valley Landfill - former landfill owned and used by Metro Toronto from 1983 (Toronto since 1998 to 2002) to deal with waste from all municipalities that now make up Toronto. Now sits idle ...
Ottawa, Ontario has a Green Bin program in operation since January 2010, with service to apartments and multi-residential units to follow. Peel Region, Ontario's Green Bin program began on April 2, 2007. Red Deer, Alberta; Richmond, British Columbia's Green Cart program has been around since 2009 and accepts all food scraps and yard trimmings. [11]
He was appointed director of the Standards Council of Canada in April 1999 and was re-appointed in 2005. He was voted into council for Ottawa City Council in the Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward at the 2010 municipal election. [1] In January 2011 he expressed his belief that safety for pedestrians and cyclists is a priority in the city.
GFL Environmental Inc. (an initialism of Green For Life) is a Canadian waste management company, with headquarters in Vaughan, Ontario. Founded in 2007, GFL operates in all provinces in Canada and much of the United States, and currently employs more than 20,000 people. [ 2 ]
TransformTO is a plan adopted by the City of Toronto to bring the city to carbon neutrality by 2040. [1] The plan was adopted by city council unanimously in July 2017, [2] and has components addressing buildings, transportation, waste, and natural systems. [1]
The first full-scale community wide BBRS was implemented in 1983 by the waste management contractor Ontario Total Recycling Systems Ltd. (a subsidiary of Laidlaw Waste Systems) for the City of Kitchener, Ontario. The blue box recycling system was implemented as part of the city's waste management procedures.
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
A number of divisions (core public service, or "Toronto Public Service"; responsible to the city council through the city manager), agencies (responsible through their relevant boards), and corporations (municipally owned through the city council) administer programs and services as directed by the city council. [23] [24] [25] [26]