Toronto is currently facing some major decisions about the future of our waste management. We have the choice of further investing in waste diversion, green jobs and protecting the environment, or sinking millions of dollars into a short term disposal solution.
TEA's Residents' Guide to Waste outlines what happens to our waste and how we can reduce, reuse and recycle more.
This guide is divided into two parts:
1) Waste 101 outlines the basics of Toronto’s waste: what’s in our waste, why we recycle and compost, where our waste goes and who’s responsible.
2) The State of Waste in Toronto explains why we still send half our waste to landfill, and what we can do to change that.