Niagara businesses in recycling limbo as province ponders blue box changes

Niagara businesses in recycling limbo as province ponders blue box changes

Regional public works committee recommends another deferral on a decision to have property taxpayers foot the bill for recycling from “non-eligible properties.”

Trashing Ontario’s Blue Box Regulations Will Reverse Progress on Waste Reduction

“Instead of redesigning packaging for reuse and recycling, or eliminating it altogether, producers will be incentivized to burn non-recyclable packaging in incinerators, refineries or cement kilns and call it recycling.” A Statement by Karen Wirsig, Senior Program Manager for Plastics, Environmetal Defence Canada Posted June 12th, 2025 on Niagara At Large Toronto – The government’s proposal to gut the Ontario Blue Box regulations trashes more th…