City CouncilMeeting 45
Solid Waste Services By-law Update
Council was asked to
- Solid Waste staff be directed to ensure that residents that are utilizing bins larger than up to 140 litres or 33 pounds continue to receive curbside collection for a temporary period of up to 6 months, so long as the maximum capacity within the bin does not exceed the total three item capacity of 420 litres or 99 pounds
- during this 6-month period, solid waste collectors place a courtesy non-compliance tag on bins that do not comply with the Solid Waste Services By-law indicating that there is a temporary exemption being granted, in order to educate residents that they will need to locate different bins
- after this temporary period, the maximum capacity would continue to be 140 litre or 33 pound bins as described in the Solid Waste Services By-law.
Carried
13 for, 11 against
- Affects
- City-wide
- Agenda item
- 14.1
- Motion number
- 2024 - 45-03
- City file number
- ACS2024-PWD-SWS-0005
How each member voted
The recitals
- on June 14th, 2023, City Council approved amended staff recommendations with respect to curbside waste diversion in the City of Ottawa, lowering the garbage putout limits for curbside households to three items bi-weekly
- Solid Waste Services staff are currently in the process of implementing a phased rollout of the new three item limit, with the final phase to begin in December 2024
- some residents in Ottawa have had oversized garbage bins that have historically been collected at their laneways with no enforcement action taken by collectors, and many residents were likely not even aware of the already approved up to 140 litre limit for containers that was in place prior to the shift to the three item limit
- residents who are receiving non-compliance courtesy tags during the phased enforcement period are reporting that although their bins are oversized, they are putting out a lesser volume of garbage than would be permitted in three separate containers totaling 420 litres of garbage
- it is difficult for residents to even locate bins that can contain a maximum volume of up to 140 litres as described in the City’s by-law, and have already owned these bins for a period of time
- it would be beneficial to allow for additional time for residents to be able to locate different bins on the open market once they are available, instead of having to adapt to the three item limit and the need for smaller bins at the same time
- Solid Waste Services staff are also in the process of looking at options available for the disposal of these oversized bins, given that they are not going to be accepted for collection
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