Solid Waste Master Plan

Biodiesel - Collect cooking oil for conversion and use as biodiesel in the city's fleet.

Make Composting Mandatory in Multi-Res Buildings

My experience is that multi-res mangement companies can easily ignore the requests from residents to allow composting at their building. It should not be an option.

Automotive waste, i.e. from vehicles, needs to be disposed of in a more environmentaly friendly manner.Oil changes, filters, etc., and not w

In-Home organic waste pre-treatment devices for those who can't compost

More green bins throughout the city

I would like to see more green bins on the sidewalks and in the parks. I think this would greatly reduce the amount of food and pet waste going into landfills.

Deposits for blue box items and more efficient collection.

I like the Saskatchewan system. Almost every blue box item has a deposit, people work to return them. For paper, they have huge bins at almost every major shopping center and people drop it off, so there's no household pickup saving costs and fuel. Lastly, if there's a holiday, they don't make it up the following week, they shift a day. It doesn't reduce garbage, but it does reduce operation costs and fuel.

Larger Families / Extra items

I don't really support implementing a cost for 'extra' garbage. Some families are large - there may be 10 people in a home. It doesn't mean that garbage should be more; this was especially poignant as during Covid, many people moved in with families, and so households naturally became bigger. Also, there may be times when one simply has more garbage - moving (own waste + any waste left by previous owner/tenant), holidays, birthdays, etc. What an extra fee will do, will result in people illegally dumping at local businesses wherever there is a bin, or even on neighbour's property. It's just not really a feasible option, when there are so many other options on the table.

Please - no garbage bag limits! Every household is different. We already reduce as much as possible. Please, don't make my life harder.

If there is one thing I count on my city doing... it's pick up the garbage. Please, don't introduce bag limits that will just add another difficulty to my life.

Cost of Garbage Police?

Paying for people to check clear garbage bags? people having to buy special bags so "police"can check contents. Money better spent in other areas.

Small Business Curb Pickup Program for Organic Waste and Recycling.

We are trying to be an environmentally responsible business and reduce our waste. However, it is currently a massive pain/onerously expensive to be an environmentally conscious company in Ottawa. Organic waste and complete recycling program for small businesses would be a great initiative to consider implementing through the City of Ottawa and would contribute to accelerating waste reduction.

Partner with local initiatives like Earthub

Implement a program to keep items out of landfills to reuse them. For example, Earthub (https://www.earthub.ca/make-a-difference) sends out the item to be reused.

Rename and promote the app, include a barcode/scanning feature

I suggest renaming the app from "Ottawa Collection Calendar" to something that highlights the search/sort feature. This feature is something a lot of people would benefit from knowing exists, likely much more than the calendar feature. I also suggest promoting this app! I didn't know this feature (or app) existed before I Googled it, looking for something quick and easy to use. A barcode or scanning feature would be a nice addition to the app to make it even easier to use.

Multi-Unit Dwelling Waste

I find that even though our apartment building has recycling, it is poorly used and often has garbage and non-recyclables in it. There must be a way for residents of multi-unit dwellings to be accountable for their waste while also acknowledging the issues of smell and pests can increase in apartment spaces and with such large volumes. We also have a communal garbage chute, so there would be no way of maintaining accountability. As stated elsewhere, there are no green bins here either. Until green bins are required here, perhaps promoting partnerships between multi-unit dwelling residents and nearby homeowners to drop off organics to homeowners' green bins.

Happy to contribute. Lots of education is needed!

Reading the answers to “ways you would like to be engaged” is interesting! I would happily do more surveys or contribute in forums. Clearly the more education the better. That is the main challenge as I see it.

more re-use days when residences can leave old appliances on the curbs, promoting/incentives to thrift stores to accept old appliances.

Re-use

Back to recycling basics

When I was in Elementary school we were taught this relatively new thing called recycling. I don't remember the specifics but it was along the lines of If you see a 1or 2 in the recycling triangle then recycle it, if you see a 3-4-5 then it's not recyclable here. No BS about a list of 50,000 items.

Incentive for minimizing volume of residual garbage: pay service fee for the volume and frequency of pickup in standardized garbage cans

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Before buying something, I ask myself if I actually need it.

Many things that we buy, we can actually do without. I also: - Shop for previously-loved books and clothes; - Ask if a family member has something before buying it; - "Shop" from my fridge; - Bring my own grocery bags to the store (and bag my own groceries, so that the checkout clerk doesn't have to touch my bags); - If a retailer is using too much packaging, I give them feedback via email or customer survey; - Use things until they are worn out, then try to repair/mend them; - Educate my peers and family members; - Participate in this consultation in the hopes of giving the city evidence that people want change.

Education: Elementary and Secondary

As an education component, I would have school field trips to visit the City of Ottawa's waste and recycling facilities. From an engineering, logistics, management point view. This could easily be tied into the science, technology and math curriculum. Hopefully that will plant the seed in their brains to think twice of purchasing anything that will ultimately end up there. I saw councilor DaRouze post photos from a visit to one facility and I was blown away.

In the context of the Covid pandemic, I felt uncomfortable picking up litter (e.g., licked straws and cups)- please reduce litter for COVID!