The Green Energy Act looks promising for Guelph and the implementation of our Community Energy Plan (CEP) – support for renewable energy, local generation, and district energy systems. One big change is that local electrical utilities will be permitted to generate electricity. This should assist Guelph Hydro Inc. implement parts of our CEP.
Filed under: Healthy Environment
Dear Karen,
I am living at 85 Willow Road for at least 3 years. As you know in this area, there are 4-5 apartment buildings. I have noticed that each building has only one kind of garbage bin. I feel extremely grief when I see lots of people throwing their organic waste, papers, cans, bottles etc. in the same bin.
Is there possible to provide these building a separate recycle bins or one large recycle bin that two or three nearby building can share?
Hello Mahesh,
The City doesn’t have jurisdiction for recycling at multi-residential buildings. Most apartment buildings have private waste haulers collect their waste.
The Province (Ministry of Environment) does mandate recycling at apartments, but it’s the Province that enforces those regulations, not the City.
Having said that, the City does recognize that recycling at multi-residential buildings is an issue, and a pilot project to deal with it is one of the recommendations in our Solid Waste Management Master Plan. Staff are currently working on timelines for all the recommendations in the Master Plan.
I hope this helps,
Kate Sullivan
Mayor’s Office
Dear Kate,
Thank you very much for your response and efforts you took to make it possible that now we have all blue recycle bins at our building.
Regards,
Mahesh