Item - 2022.IE31.15

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee received the report (June 21, 2022) from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services for information.

This report provides an update on the City of Toronto’s Single-Use and Takeaway Items Reduction Strategy including the status of the development of mandatory measures (bylaw) that would require businesses to implement approaches to reduce single-use and takeaway items in their operations. This report also provides an update on status, timelines and steps taken to implement the ReduceWasteTO program, “Reducing Single-Use", (formerly named the Voluntary Measures Program), which provides supports for businesses within Toronto to voluntarily adopt single-use and takeaway item waste reduction measures in their operations. Lastly, this report provides an overview of the plans for the City to take a leadership role in supporting the reduction of single-use and takeaway items at City-owned and managed facilities and City- organized and permitted events.