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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Waste composition studies for year five of the RPRA (formally WDO) Terms of Reference. Funding partners are Stewardship Ontario and the CIF. Documents Year 5: 4-Season Residential Waste Composition Study Results (2019/20) Blog Post Related Projects Project #1002 (Year 1) Project #1005 (Year 2) Project #1014 (Year 3) Project #1045 (Year...
Waste composition studies for year four of the RPRA (formally WDO) Terms of Reference. Funding partners are Stewardship Ontario and the CIF. Documents Year 4: 4-Season Residential Waste Composition Study Results (2019/20) Blog Post Related Projects Project #1002 (Year 1) Project #1005 (Year 2) Project #1014 (Year 3) Project #1045 (Year...
Waste composition studies required to fulfill year three of the RPRA (formally WDO) Terms of Reference. Funding partners are Stewardship Ontario and the CIF. Documents Results Summary Report: CIF/SO Terms of Reference Year 3 Residential Waste Composition Study Blog Post March 5, 2020: Third year of waste composition studies gives...
Waste composition studies required to fulfill year two of the RPRA (formally WDO) Terms of Reference. Funding partners are Stewardship Ontario and the CIF. Documents Summary Report: CIF/SO Terms of Reference Year 2 4-Season Residential Waste Composition Study Results Blog Post November 9, 2018: Waste Composition Study Results Available Now:...
