Item - 2024.IE14.8

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee:

1. Received the report (May 13, 2024) from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services for information.

The City's Long Term Waste Management Strategy (Waste Strategy) was approved by City Council in 2016 and provided recommendations and a long-term planning framework to guide the City’s waste management policy, planning, and program decisions over the next 30 to 50 years. A review of the recommendations after the first five years of implementation was recommended as part of the Waste Strategy,  however, this was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In June 2023, as part of its consideration of the Residual Waste Management Work Plan, City Council directed Solid Waste Management Service to submit an interim Waste Strategy update report no later than June 2024 and a final Long Term Waste Management Strategy update (Strategy Review) by June 2025.

The purpose of this report is to provide an interim progress update on the City's Long Term Waste Management Strategy Review. The report provides a summary of the work completed to date, an update on the progress of the Residual Waste Management Work Plan¹, and next steps for engagement with the public and interest groups. 

¹ Residual Waste Management Plan, link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-236734.pdf