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Recycling Rules are Changing

There’s a new provider for recycling in Ontario — and the rules are changing. Circular Materials is now overseeing residential recycling as part of Ontario’s shift to a producer-responsibility model.  That means the companies that create packaging are now responsible for managing it at end of usefulness. Across Ontario, what belongs in the blue box […]
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Wish Cycling

Wish-cycling

We have had an ongoing debate in our household – What preparation needs to be done to put items into our curbside recycling totes – and what is or isn’t recyclable?   Some believe that the sorting, separating, cleaning and general fussiness of our recycling system is onerous and not worth the effort.  Others believe that […]
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