As the policy is phased in over the next three years, municipalities will be out of the blue and black box business altogether in favour of a provincewide program run by the producers themselves.
And he wants to be sure collection days for recycling boxes stays the same for people and is in harmony with the garbage collection, which will remain in the city’s hands.
All municipalities will have been switched to the IPR program by December 2025, with the Ontario common collection program starting in January 2026. Ottawa’s recycling contracts will remain in place until then, but the city will be reimbursed its cost by industry. Existing bottle and can recycling programs like those offered by the Beer Store will remain.Article content
“It’s a very good step to make sure producers are responsible,” said Alice Irene Whittaker of Ecology Ottawa. “It’s good in principle and we think it will be good in practice, but I always emphasize that recycling is not the answer. It’s one part of a larger solution.”
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