How well do Torontonians recycle? Councillor Janet Davis and the Public Works Committee want to know.
Davis is asking for a report from waste management to see if people are using blue and green bins properly. She also wants to know if the city is enforcing the rules for those who aren’t.
“Really we just want compliance. There’s no point in going off to court, it’s not a good way to get compliance,” Davis told Global News.
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Fines for improperly sorting or putting out garbage range from $50 to almost $300.
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Davis believes that not enough is being done.
“We have 99 per cent of households diverting, but when you audit what’s in those bags there still remains, in the garbage stream, about 30 per cent that could go into either blue or green bins.”
In high-rises that number is even greater. Councillor Davis says two-thirds of what’s found in garbage bins could be recycled.
“We need better education, maybe different kinds of incentives,” Davis said. “And at the end of the day, if we do find that people aren’t participating in the program, then we do have enforcement that is already in place.”
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