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Working together to improve the Blue Box program in Ontario. Sherry Arcaro Director of Field Services. MWA Spring Workshop May 2013. MWA Spring Workshop May 2013. SO in the field… Curbside audits – Muskoka , Toronto, City & County of Peterborough, London, Orillia and Simcoe
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Working together to improve the Blue Box program in Ontario Sherry Arcaro Director of Field Services MWA Spring Workshop May 2013
MWA Spring Workshop May 2013 SO in the field… Curbside audits – Muskoka, Toronto, City & County of Peterborough, London, Orillia and Simcoe 4 seasons complete in two weeks
MWA Spring Workshop May 2013 Annual 2 phase MRF studies 12 MRF locations Toronto, Bluewater, Durham; Guelph, Kingston, London; Norfolk, Peterborough, Northumberland; Quinte, Toronto, Waterloo and York Spring and fall
MWA Spring Workshop May 2013 Regional “Plastic Is In” campaign Plan to include 7 GTA/Golden Horseshoe municipalities Working with CIF High level – increase plastics capture
MWA Spring Workshop May 2013 Composite paper packaging project Working with CCC and TDL Recruiting municipal/MRF partners to test CPP packaging sorting via optical Working with mills in the US to test bales of different blends
MWA Spring Workshop May 2013 Curbside Study Fast Facts Annual generation per single-family household in kgs
Emerging Packaging Types Annual generation per single-family household in kgs
CAGR Recycling -3% Garbage -12% MWA Spring Workshop May 2013
PET Found in Recycling Stream by year MWA Spring Workshop May 2013 CAGR Bottles -2% Thermoform 18.7% Mixed Plastic and PET (mixed) bale composition
MWA Spring Workshop May 2013 Final Points New website - comments Multi-residential data Future studies
MWA Spring Workshop May 2013 Sherry Arcaro Director of Field Services (Blue Box and Orange Drop - MHSW Phase 1) Stewardship Ontario 1 St. Clair Ave. West, 7th FloorToronto, ON M4V 1K6 Phone: (416) 725-3156 sarcaro@stewardshipontario.ca www.stewardshipontario.ca