The curbside collection change is coming to London, Ont. This Year – London | globalnews.ca

Before the end of 2023, residents of London, Ontario will finally have one curbside collection Calendar with garbage and recycling collected on consecutive days of the week.

Also down the line is its long-awaited arrival in London green box Fertilizer Program.

They are among many changes being planned by city staff, as outlined in A report is going before the civic works committee (CWC) of the city council on Tuesday.,

The changes stemmed from the Ontario government’s move toward standardized recycling programs across the province.

The province’s recycling update will shift the costs of the recycling program from being split between municipalities and waste producers, to instead being paid mostly by those producers. Manufacturers will also take responsibility for collecting and processing most of the recycling in the city. Although the change is due to start on 1 July, changes to London’s curbside waste collection system will not happen until a few months later

In their report to the CWC, city staff writes: “Preliminary estimates suggest that $500,000 in taxpayer money and ultimately more than $4 million per year (in 2026) will be saved”.

“The actual amount will be determined in negotiations with industry (eg, what happens to existing contracts, how costs will be paid, how ineligible materials will be handled, etc.).”

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A change is needed in the way London collects and processes waste in order to fall in line with standardized recycling programs across the province.

It is set to coincide with the oft-delayed start of London’s green bin programme, which Jay Stanford, the city’s director of climate change, environment and waste management, expects to begin in late 2023.

The launch of the Green Bin program was put on hold last year when supply chain issues prevented the delivery of needed collection trucks. The city has ordered 26 trucks with delivery dates set for half of them this year, but Stanford says they are now waiting to confirm arrival dates for the final 13 trucks.

An overhauled curbside collection system is being proposed in which recycling bins and green bins will be collected on a weekly basis, while trash will be collected every two weeks.

Stanford expects some residents may be concerned about garbage collection only once every two weeks, but says other cities like Toronto and Ottawa have made it work.

Stanford said, “Initially you think – I can’t keep the garbage that long – but when the smelly portion is picked up every week (via the green bins), you quickly realize it’s a manageable amount.” system.”

“This is the environmental thing we need to do, the reforms that are necessary, not only from a climate change perspective, but also from our responsibility with the materials that we handle.”

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Mayor Josh Morgan, who sits on the CWC and will be among the councilors receiving the report on Tuesday, says curbside collection has been a long-standing issue for Londoners.

With two terms as a councillor, Morgan says he often hears from Londoners frustrated voters Current Curbside Collection CalendarThis varies from neighborhood to neighborhood and often sees a change in garbage and recycling collection days each week.

“I am a victim of this myself, in fact, I have created despair in my entire street. One time, I got the day wrong, I put my trash out, and everyone thought because I was the councilor, I knew what I was doing and everyone put their trash out and actually it was the wrong day ,” Morgan said.

“It’s saved us a lot of money doing it the way we’ve been doing it, but with the transition to the new recycling system, the new green bin system, it’s time we had same-day garbage and recycling collection.

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