Composition Studies

August 23, 2024

Preliminary Municipal Litter Analysis

Communities were seeking data on municipal litter quantities, composition and collection costs for ground and public space bin litter and specifically for blue box material litter. The Municipal Resource Recovery and Research Collaborative (M3RC) was also looking for municipality-wide litter data to assist with advocacy efforts. As a result, CIF...

August 31, 2023

Community Waste Audit Guideline

Between July 2023 and December 2025, all municipalities in Ontario will be transitioning blue box programs to producers and as a result will have less information on whether recycling efforts are improving within their individual communities. The Municipal Datacall will also be coming to an end and municipal governments will...

March 3, 2022

Waste Audits – Sample Size and Statistical Validity

With transition fast approaching, the need to analyze and monitor the blue box programs performance is evident. The CIF is looking at the current blue box recovery rate calculation to determine the best course of action to track/measure performance throughout transition. Current audit methodology will be assessed and potentially modified...

July 19, 2019

Analysis of Variability in Waste Composition Studies by RPRA Datacall Grouping

The CIF co-funds waste composition studies across the province annually with Stewardship Ontario.  This project will analyze completed waste composition studies to determine if there is sufficient variability to warrant continued sampling from each of the nine RPRA Datacall groups. Documents Final Report: Analysis of Variability in Waste Composition...

March 21, 2018

Sault Ste. Marie Curbside Cart Contamination Analysis

An analysis of cross contamination and residual levels in Sault Ste. Marie’s split cart program. Documents Final Report: Sault Ste. Marie Single Family Residential Curbside Audit & Inbound Recycling Audit Blog Post August 2, 2018: Sault Ste. Marie and GFL Celebrate 5 Successful Years with Split-Body Cart Recycling Related Projects Categories Blue...

April 23, 2020

Waste Analysis Management Tool (WAMT)

Waste studies undertaken by CIF and many municipalities over the years had produced hundreds of waste composition data sets, which were most often utilized and archived independently for each individual project. The purpose of this project was to develop a tool for aggregating, managing, tracking and analyzing these types of...