Waterloo Region considers a chop in amount of garbage people can take to curb
The region says it recently conducted an audit in 15 different collection areas which showed that 88 per cent of area residents were already meeting the potential new standard of three.It says that since it introduced the four-bag limit back in 2017, it saw organic waste collection grow by 170 per cent while blue box recycling also grew by five per cent.In addition, the amount of garbage collected also fell by 26 per cent.
“Sometimes, we get into old habits and just throw recyclables and organics into the garbage. By taking a few extra minutes, we can all reduce the amount of garbage we place at the,” Arsenault said.
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