Item - 2025.IE24.5

Tracking Status

This item was considered by Infrastructure and Environment Committee on September 26, 2025 and was adopted without amendment.

IE24.5 - Transition of the Blue Box Program to Extended Producer Responsibility - Post-Transition Communications Strategy

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Adopted

Wards:: All

Committee Decision

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee:

1. Received the report (September 11, 2025) from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and the Chief Communications Officer for information.

Origin

(September 11, 2025) Report from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and the Chief Communications Officer

Summary

The purpose of this staff report is to provide Infrastructure and Environment Committee with an overview of Solid Waste Management Services and Strategic Public and Employee Communications' strategy to communicate Blue Box Program changes to residents and other City of Toronto waste customers before and after the full operational transition to Extended Producer Responsibility beginning on January 1, 2026.

Background Information

(September 11, 2025) Report from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and the Chief Communications Officer on Transition of the Blue Box Program to Extended Producer Responsibility - Post-Transition Communications Strategy
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-258438.pdf

Communications

(September 25, 2025) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (IE.Supp)

Speakers

Ted Aivalis, TCEU Local 416

Motions

Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Paula Fletcher (Carried)