Sources tell CTV News Ottawa one of the options in the new Curbside Waste Diversion Policy will be a bag tag system, requiring residents to pay extra for additional garbage bags left at the curb.
The city of Ottawa will unveil proposed changes to curbside garbage collection for homes today, as the city looks to encourage waste diversion and extend the life of the Trail Road Landfill.
The city has been looking at several options over the past two years to extend the life of the Trail Road Landfill. As of 2019, the dump in Ottawa's south end had 30 per cent remaining capacity, and was expected to run out of space between 2036 and 2038. Gonthier says community participation in waste diversion programs are required to give the city enough time to move forward with the future disposal option chosen by Council, comply with provincial regulations and diversion targets and reduce the amount of unnecessary waste sent to the landfill.
CTV News Ottawa reported last week that one of the options would be a bag tag system, which would give residents an allotment of tags for garbage bags and once that allotment runs out, they would need to purchase more.
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